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Shekhar cool to SC order Bhondsi (Gurgaon), July 25 The order of the apex court highlights the statement of counsel of the kendra, that 500 acres were given to it for the plantation of saplings. It did not claim any interest or possession of the land. The counsel further stated that the trust was not in the possession of the land and it was up to the panchayat to guard the trees. Considering the statement, the court directed officials of the Haryana Government to take possession of the land accompanied with officers of the Central Government. The order also directed the state to put guards and security so that the trees were not damaged or destroyed. The order placed embargo on the Haryana Government on allotting the land to any one without the prior permission of the Central Government and the apex court till the proceedings were pending before it. Talking to TNS today, Mr Chandra Shekhar apparently nonchalant over the development said there was nothing wrong in the order. He said even before the petition was made to the apex court, he had stated a number of times that the land belonged to the panchayat. However, he reacted sharply to allegations that no dispensary was constructed on the gifted land and that a dispensary was constructed in the village by the trust with the help of Rs 6 lakh it received from the state government. He shot back: “Whom did the state government give Rs 6 lakh?” I have not received any money”. He rebutted the charge that the trust had not set up a polytechnic. He said Nari Niketan imparting training to women, had been established a long time ago. Giving it recognition was in the hand of the state government. With regard to the trust’s failure to set up a college, he said it wanted to construct one on the 500 acres, but residents of the village wanted it to be set up at a convenient site. He said it was not proper for any one to expect me or the trust to bear the expenditure without any monetary support from the state or the panchayat. Regarding the allegation that the trust had not undertaken plantation, he said ravines and the Aravali Hills were an integral part of the land which was wasteland when the tract was gifted to the trust by the panchayat. Thousands of saplings had been planted by the trust.  |
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Trust land not to be allotted to anyone: SC New Delhi, July 25 The Bench comprising Mr Justice M.B. Shah and Mr Justice R.P Sethi while ordering the takeover of the land by the Haryana Government noted, “counsel appearing for respondent no (Mr Chandra Shekhar’s Trust) that with regard to 500 acres of land which are given to the trust for plantation of trees, the trust does not claim any interest or possession of the land.” “He further states that respondent no. 7 or the trust is not in possession of the land and the land belongs to the panchayat and it is open to the panchayat to guard planted trees properly, the order added. The judges said,” Considering the aforesaid statement, learned counsel for the State of Haryana is directed to take possession of the land immediately and to put proper guards and security so that the trees which are planted over the said land are not damaged or destroyed.” “Further, for the time being the government of Haryana is directed not to allot this land to anyone except with the permission of the Central Government and of this court till the proceedings are pending before this court”, the court order stated. |
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