Allottees hold dharna, seek possession of plots

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Allottees hold dharna, seek possession of plots
Our Correspondent

Mohali, February 12
A dharna was organised by members of the Plot Allotment Sangharsh Committee, Sector 76-80, outside the office of the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority here today in protest against the failure of the authorities concerned to give them possession of the plots allotted to them.

The protesters said PUDA had failed to give possession of the plots to 3,950 allottees, who had been issued letters of intent in 2001 even when Rs 56 crore had been deposited by them over the past four years as payment for the plots allotted to them.

They regretted that PUDA had allotted a part of the land in Sector 76 to the Radha Soami Trust. Apart from this, land had also been allotted to Golden Bells Public School, Officers and Judges Enclave and Sant Kirtan Convent School in Sector 77 and in Sectors 79 and 80 land had been allotted to the Housefed Society. But no step had been taken to give possession of the land to 3,950 allottees.

The allottees said PUDA had not carried out any development work in Sectors 77 and 78 and they fear that PUDA might hand over the land to colonisers and societies. Moreover, the area had not been developed as farmers, who had already taken compensation from the government, were cultivating the land allegedly in connivance with PUDA officials.

They said the possession of the plots to allottees could have been given by PUDA as only 102 acres of land in Sectors 79 and 80 were under dispute. They felt that allottees were being deliberately harassed by the PUDA authorities.

The allottees said they would meet the Punjab Governor and Chief Minister and appeal that they be given the possession of plots allotted to them.