Farm Houses in Noida

Farm Houses in Noida InfraLIVE September 15, 2022 20 www.infralive.com crore due to allocation of plots at subsidised rates (see table-1 at pg 21). The farm house plots were allotted at an average of Rs 3,390 per sqm, compared to the basic price of Rs 12,814 to Rs 32,403 per sqm fixed by the Noida Authority in other cases of allotments. When an unsuccessful applicant of the above Farm House plots approached the Allahabad High Court, the court found the whole process dubious and directed the registrar to put the allocation of FarmHouses Scheme case before a larger bench in the form of a PIL. Relevant part of the May 29, 2017 order passed by a bench of Justices Sangeeta Chandra and VK Shukla has been reproduced in box-A at pg 22-23. This PIL matter is pending. On August 31, 2018, the court had ordered the Noida Authority to make all the 157 allottees as parties to the petition. The State of Uttar Pradesh through the Principal Secretary, Industrial Development has also been made party in this matter. The last hearing took place on May 30, 2022. But interesting part is that all the parties involved in this PIL matter are in favour of allocating plots, and there is none opposing it. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, who also has been allocated uring the Mayawati D r e g ime i n Ut t a r Pradesh, the state handed largesse to private entities / individuals, people belonging to the affluent class on an industrial s c a l e . D u r i n g t h i s p h a s e (13.05.2007 to 15.3.2012), the Noida Authority in Uttar Pradesh allotted 181 FarmHouse Plots, each of over 10,000 sqm (about 2.5 acres), to 157 applicants. Out of these 181 plots, there was a spill over to 2014-15 of five plots in handing over of the possession due to court cases. The total loss to the state exchequer is Rs 2,833.18 Farm Houses in Noida r Mayawai govt allotted 181 plots, each over 10,000 sqm to th affluent at 1/5 rate r Caused Rs 2,833 crore loss to the state, says CAG