Singur: Tata Motors files amendment to original petition

Tata Motors today filed an amendment in the Calcutta high court to amend its original petition filed on June 22 challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011.

A statement by Tata Motors said the original petition was filed "in great hurry as we were dispossessed on the night of June 21."

"The amendment places on record facts and developments which could not be incorporated in the petition that night. This had led to technical objections, which have now been taken care of," the statement said.

The West Bengal government in its submissions before the high court had stated that though the petitioners had claimed status quo on fears that it would be dispossessed of the land at Singur, in fact the possession had already been taken by the state on June 21, following notification of the Act.

The statement said the amendment has been filed in time such that the state could reply to it by July 8, the time given by the Calcutta high court.

Tata Motors has obtained a stay in distribution of land to 'unwilling farmers' from the Supreme Court after the Calcutta high court refused such a reprieve to the company.