SC notice to Raj govt on allotment of grassland to pvt firm

A bench of justices Deepak Verma and S J Mukhopadhyay also sought the state government's reply, while also issuing notices to firms, Suzlon India and Wish Wind Infrastructures on a plea seeking quashing of the land allotment on the ground that it is pastureland and cannot be used for industrial purposes.

The court order came on a petition by NGO LIBRA India challenging the allotment of land by the state government.

The NGO has come to the apex court against a Rajasthan High Court order, which had dismissing its plea against the land allotment and had also imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on it.

The high court had refused to interfere with the government decision after it was told that it is not grassland.

The petitioner alleged the land allotment was in utter violation of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, Revenue Act, Panchayati Raj Act and other acts pertaining to land allotment and valuable pastureland meant for animal grazing cannot be given away to the private companies.