Chandigarh, April 20
In a significant development in connection with the acquisition of land for the Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Park, Phase II and III, the Supreme Court today issued directions to the UT Administration and to the petitioners to submit documents in support of their claims within six weeks time.

The Supreme Court, which had last year ordered status quo on the land acquisition of Rajiv Gandhi Technology Park, has now deferred the hearing till August.

The petitions had challenged the acquisition of land by the Administration for public purpose, namely for the provision of city level-infrastructure, regulated urban development of the area between Chandigarh and Mani Majra, and planned development and expansion of Chandigarh Technology Park in Mani Majra (popularly known as the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park).

The petitioners had alleged that the project was being set up without clearance from the ministry of forest and environment, even though it was close to the ecologically sensitive lake. According to the petitioners, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had dismissed their pleas without considering the relevant material.

The UT Administration had acquired the farmers’ land ostensibly for public purpose, but was utilising the land for favouring real estate companies. Ten per cent of the area was meant for constructing residential premises for IT professionals, but not a single flat had been allotted to them so far, the petitioners claimed.

The audit report by a six-member committee had gone into the alleged irregularities committed in the first two phases of the park, particularly by the authorities. The audit had been conducted in the light of the findings of a one-member committee of Arul Ramanathan. The findings had been submitted to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), which in turn had asked the home ministry to conduct the audit.

Mohali, April 20
The Mohali police has arrested one student in a ‘teacher thrashing’ case at Chandigarh Group of Colleges’ in Landran, here today. The student, Ajay Garg, arrested is a resident of Mansa.

Ajay was involved in using unfair means along with the main accused, Kamalpreet Singh, on the day of the incident and was involved in thrashing of the invigilator Vinod Kumar on Tuesday.

The DSP Darshan Singh Mann said that Ajay has been arrested and the raids were on to nab other culprits.

“Thrashing up a teacher by the students is a sensitive issue. We are very serious in the case and I assure that all the culprits would be arrested soon,” said the DSP Mann.

Notably, Vinod Kumar, who works as a mechanical workshop instructor, at the Chandigarh Group of Colleges at Landran, was brutally bashed up by about eight students of the college following his raising an objection to using unfair means during the examination here on April 17.

Chandigarh, April 20
The bowlers of home team, city’s cricket team (U-16) , managed to stop the Ludhiana team for 154 runs in their first match at the ongoing Punjab State Inter-District Cricket Tournament for boys (U-16), being held at DAV School, Sector 8, today.

In the first match of the day, the visiting side after winning the toss elected to bat first and posted a total of 154 runs before getting all out in 63.5 overs. Batsman Anirudh Aggarwal scored 41 runs for the team, including seven boundaries. Rohit Verma (26 in 105) was the other main scorer for the team. Sagar Sharma was the most successful bowler after taking three wickets for 21 runs, whereas Bhagminder Singh and Kuljit Kuhar claimed two wickets.

In reply, the home team scored 121 runs after losing one wicket in the 29th over. The team will continue the innings tomorrow. Batsmen Jasnoor Singh (43) and Lakshay Rakhra (22) remained unbeaten and will open the innings on the second day.

Bhagminder Singh (47) was the other main scorer for the team. Bowler Manan Jain claimed the lone wicket after giving 37 runs.

In the second match of the day between Patiala and Ropar, at Ropar, the visiting side scored a total of 368 runs for four wickets in 96 overs.

Brief Score

Patital- 368 for 4 in 96 overs (Mandeepinder Singh Bawa 61, Akul Pandove 87 not out, Sanbir Singh 97 Anmolpreet Singh 29, Ikjot Singh 84, Jagdeep Singh 2 for 89, Resham Kumar 2 for 103).

In the third match of the day at YPS Mohail, the Jalandhar team posted a total of 216 runs before getting bundled out in 96.5 overs.

Brief Score

Jalandhar 216 all out in 96.5 overs (Mansab Gill 81, Karn Rajput 32, Rohit Chohan 21, Harkamaljeet Singh 22, Amish Sidhu 3 for 32, Tarnpreet Singh 3 for 42, Siddharth Shekhar 2 for 23).

Chandigarh, April 20
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) will organise CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for boys’ and girls’ (U-14 and 16) from April 23 to 27. Sources said the qualifying matches for the event will be played on April 21 and 22.

The players from different states will participate in the tournament. A total of 162 players have signed in for the qualifying event.

Results

Boys (U-14): Jagdeep Singh, Siddharth Basnet, Mingki Talom, Prithvi Khanna;

Boys (U-16): Param Pun, Sultan Singh Atwal , Rahul Seth, Rian Pandole;

Girls(U-14): Prinkle Singh, Nimrat Walia, Sabhyaya Nihalani, hivani Swarup Ingle;

Girls(U-16): Nikita Bishnoi, Aarushi Kakkar, Sabrina Gill, Ayushi Gupta. 

Panchkula, April 20
The carom players of St Xavier’s School, Mohali, defeated Little Flowers Convent of Panchkula in the quarterfinal match held during the ongoing Sixth Clive Shear Memorial Carom Tournament.

The players of St Xavier’s School, Mohali, defeated Little Flowers Convent of Panchkula by 2-1.

In the girls’ category, the St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, Delhi Public School, Pinjore, Saupin’s School and Little Flower School qualified for the semifinals.

The carom players of the Stephen’s School, Sector 45, Chandigarh, will face St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, in the first semifinal for the boys’ category tomorrow. In the second semifinal encounter, the host St Xavier’s School will face St Xavier’s School of Mohali.

Results

Boy (quarterfinals)- St Stehpen’s Chandigarh beats CLDAV Panchkula by 3-0.

St Xavier’s Chandigarh beats DPS Pinjore by 3-0, St Xavier’s High School Panchkula beats Saupin’s Panchkula by 3-0,

St Xavier’s Mohali beats LFCS Panchkula by 2-1.

Girls (quarterfinals)-St Xavier’s Panchkula beats St Teresa Panchkula by 3-0, DPS Pinjore beats CL DAV Panchkula by 3-0.

Saupin’s Panchkula beats St Xavier’s Chandigarh by 2-1 and LFCS Panchkula beats St Stephen’s Chandigarh by 2-1.