Monday, December 6, 2010

Uttarakhand revokes concessions to firm on land use change

DEHRADUN: After incurring the wrath of the high court, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank-led BJP government on Tuesday finally revoked concessions to a private company Citurjia Bio-Chemicals allowing it to make homes in an area demarcated for industry. The company that was to make homes on 18 acres along the Ganga near Rishikesh said it would challenge the government move.
Taken at a high-level meeting on Tuesday, the decision was conveyed to the Uttarakhand HC by advocate-general S N Babulkar during arguments on a PIL that had challened the land use change order. The bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice B K Bisht then reserved its verdict in the case. Sources said government withdrew the concessions as it had been misled by the company which allegedly concealed certain facts. However, Citurjia's spokesman Ashok Marwah described the charge as ''absolutely untrue''.


Read more: Uttarakhand revokes concessions to firm on land use change - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Uttarakhand-revokes-concessions-to-firm-on-land-use-change/articleshow/7019037.cms#ixzz17P5P08bR

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