Finalize shifting of auto market from metro route: HC

 Dec 28, 2012,

GURGAON: The Haryana government has been ordered by Punjab and Haryana high court to finalize the land for shifting of the proposed automobile market from Sector 9 to make sure that the work on the Delhi- Bahadurgarh Metro line doesn't suffer any hiccups.

On December 18, the double bench of Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rameshwar Singh Malik had taken up the petition and had given the order to expedite the shifting of the market to the new place.

After the announcement of the ambitious Metro project, it was found that at one station, the state had earmarked land in Sector 9 to set up an automobile market for which a foundation stone was laid in 2004. Now, the proposed land has to be given for Metro project.

Upset with the development, the Bahadurgarh Automobile Association had moved the court seeking direction to the state government to resolve the issue of allotment of land and shifting of the market to the other place. The court also found no justification in delaying the shifting of the market and held that it is in interest of the public if all the auto dealers are made to work at one place.

The petitioners submitted in the court that the land in Sector 9 was acquired and the process of setting up the market had started in 2004. Later, the petitioners came to know that the land is required for extending the Metro Line of the DMRC from Delhi to Bahadurgarh.

The state government council had informed the court a high-level committee, is working on the project of developing a Transport Nagar in Sector 17 by the HSIIDC.

The council also submitted that the process of acquiring land in the new place is pending for past one year.The court gave three months to the state government to finalize the land and shift the automobile market.