Friday, October 17, 2014

Ex-rulers of Kalyan win battle for Navi Mumbai intl airport land

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed the state's acquisition of 157 acres of land for the Navi Mumbai International Airport as "totally incorrect and baseless" and directed the City & Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (CIDCO) to recompense the owners of the parcel. As per prevalent rates, the land is worth in the vicinity of Rs 1,500 crore.

The judges, A A Sayed and Anoop Mehta, held that the plot was transferred to CIDCO without the knowledge of the owners, the Bivalkars of Pune, from whom it was acquired in 1970. "The Collector was not empowered to handover possession to CIDCO without acquiring rights," the court observed.

The contentious plot, in Ulwe village near Panvel, was awarded to the Bivalkars, rulers of Kalyan in the nineteenth century, by the British East India Company. Since that time, several alterations were made to the nature of ownership of the plot.
17/10/14 Mubarak Ansari/Mumbai Mirror
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