Housing board scheme conceived 25 years ago cancelled

Chennai:

A housing board scheme conceived 25 years ago has been shut down after
Tamil Nadu Housing Board cancelled land acquisition for 65.34 acres in
Sornajeri village of Poonamalee taluk in Thiruvallur  district.


A Government Order to this effect was passed on March 25, 2015.

It is learnt that the government has issued orders for land
acquisition measuring 65 acres in Soranjeri Village on September,
1989, for a Tamil Nadu Housing Board Scheme.

But the scheme never saw the light of the day as dispossession stay
was granted to an extent of 32.6 acres by the High Court.

As such only 32.74 acres of land was awarded but this was not handed
over to TNHB.

As such in 1993, TNHB recommended to the government to withdraw the
land acquisition proposal as it will be difficult to implement the
housing scheme in that area due to large number of constructions.

Interestingly, Madras High Court has directed the commissioner of land
acquisition in its order dated 11 November 2013 to send suitable
remarks to housing secretary besides the resolution passed by TNHB and
pass final orders.

Following which the Commissioner of Land Acquisition sought the land
acquisition proceedings to be withdrawn under section 48 of Land
Acquisition Act 189.

The government following the recommendation of commissioner of land
acquisition as well as law and revenue department, cancelled the land
acquisition measuring 65.34 acres on March 25, 2015, the GO stated.

A TNHB source said that the real issue is lack of adequate planning
before acquiring the land. “It is not only with this project. There
are numerous other projects which are facing litigation as the
government has been sleeping over the projects and hardly aware that
it had been encroached upon,” he said.