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Apr 6, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
An update. Today, @MirzaMahmood65 argued a petition filed yesterday on behalf of some small land owners and affectees in the Ravi Urban Development Project area before the honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore.
The Petition, inter alia, calls into question not only the mode and manner of the land acquisitions proceedings undertaken by RUDA for the Project, but also the legality of forceful acquisitions of land for commercial purposes. RUDA is offering the land forcefully acquired...
Mar 2, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
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For context: Certain residents of Sheikhupura received notices under Sections 9/10 of the Land Acquisition Act that an award is being finalised for acquisition of their land by RUDA for the Ravi Project. Such a notice can only be issued if...
a section 5 notice has already been issued and the land owners are afforded a 30 day period to provide objections to such acquisition under Section 5-A of the Act. It is only after recording objections under 5-A, and accepting or rejecting such objections with cogent reasons,...
