Mumbai: In a huge boost to the Navi Mumbai airport project, the Bombay High Court on Thursday allowed the state to rectify a mistake that had virtually handed over 157 acres to a local family.
A division bench of Justice D K Deshmukh and Justice S B Deshmukh allowed the state to withdraw its statement in 2005 that the family was owner of the land in Ulwe village, Panvel. Further, in an interim order, the HC allowed Cidco to go ahead with the construction after an assurance that the land would be not be used for any commercial activity that was not connected to the airport.
"It is clear from the records that the land was in the possession of Cidco for a long time and is required for the construction of the new airport," observed the judges
The 157 acres had been claimed by Gangaram Bhiwalkar, arguing that the plot was given to his family as inam land (gift from rulers).
03/02/12 Shibu Thomas/Times of India
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