Acquire private land for expressway: HC

Devnani challenged the acquisition in High Court, claiming that the acquisition procedure was not adhered to, and that he was not given due notice and adequate hearing before the land was taken into possession. The division bench of Justice A A Desai and Justice T K Chandrashekhara Das had admitted Devnani8217;s petition in January this year. They ordered status quo on the land until final disposal of the petition.

However, the state governmentfiled an affidavit to clarify the situation today before the division bench of Chief Justice M B Shah and Justice R M S Khandeparkar. State Advocate General C J Sawant, appearing for the government, claimed that it had complied with every possible procedure of acquisition. Devnani was given notice as well as paid adequate compensation, the government claimed.