Chandigarh, July 8 (KNN) Haryana Cabinet on Friday approved the "No Litigation Policy-2023," which grants landowners entitlement to 1,000 sq mt developed land/plots in exchange for the acquisition of one acre of land on a prorata basis. 

This policy applies specifically to the industrial model township in the revenue estate of villages Kasan, Kukrola, and Sehrawan, located in Manesar tehsil of Gurugram district.

As per the new policy, Landowners whose land was notified for compulsory acquisition on January 10, 2011, will be eligible to avail the benefits of this policy. 

They have the opportunity to receive enhanced benefits by submitting an undertaking in the specified format. The farmers/landowners will have a six-month window from the notification and launch of the portal to exercise their right to choose the scheme.

“Now a specific policy has been prepared for rehabilitating the landowners, whose land has been acquired under award no. 1 , 2 and 3 dated August 16, 2022 , for villages Kasan , Kukrola and Sehrawan respectively for area measuring 1758 acre,” an official spokesperson said.

As per reports, the landowners not opting under the ‘No Litigation Policy- 2023’ will be eligible for benefits under the Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Land Owners and Land Acquisition Oustees policy.

To assure instant benefit to the landowners, HSIIDC will issue Land Entitlement Certificate on the allotment share of land owners within three months from the closure of the scheme.

The land owners or holders of the land entitlement certificates shall have the freedom to trade, buy or sell the Land Entitlement Certificates. This implies that land owner can monetise the Certificate in the open market or sell back to the HSIIDC.

They will be eligible to exercise the option to take developed residential or developed industrial plots equivalent to 1,000 sq mt for every one acre land acquired.

In order to make the policy more acceptable and to benefit the farmers on the lines of Land Pooling Policy 2022, the landowners/ holders of land entitlement certificate may also request HSIIDC to buy-back the land entitlement certificate at a price of Ra 35,400 per sq mtr, if he does not avail Annuity payment incentive. 

The buyback price will be Rs 35,100 per sq mt if the land owner/holder of Land Entitlement Certificate avails annuity payment incentive, the spokesperson said.

The Supreme Court on April 25, 2011 had stayed the land acquisition proceedings in question and the stay was vacated on December 2, 2019. 

Thereafter, the said land was notified under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, on August 17, 2020 and subsequently award was announced on August 8, 2022.

KNN Bureau