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SILCHAR: A statutory notice from 'Patel family' adds a new twist in the Doloo airport controversy. Sourav Baidya, a Kolkata based advocate on behalf of his clients Kailash H Patel wife of late Hasmukh R Patel and her son Anant H Patel cautioned the airport authorities as well as Assam transport department and Cachar district administration that any attempt to do demarcation of the land of Doloo Tea Company (India) Ltd would invite appropriate legal action. The notice further said that a case was pending at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal in which Doloo Tea Company India Limited was also a party and hence the matter was subjudice.
Cachar district administration had recently started the process of acquiring 2500 bighas of land at Lalbagh and Mainagarh divisions of Doloo Tea Estate near Silchar for a proposed greenfield airport. In the backdrop of protest as well as allegations from various quarters, the district administration recently in a clarification stated that on the basis of government instruction, they started the acquisition of land.
But the June 11 statutory notice from the Patel family now claimed that a litigation was pending at the NCLAT and hence the matter was subjudice. The notice further claimed that Doloo Tea Estate belongs to the Patel family.
The controversy over the land acquisition takes a new twist as the Patel family claimed that on January 17 they had a meeting with Additional Deputy Commissioner in charge of land acquisition where they lodged a complaint as well as protested against takeover of the said land as a litigation was pending. The notice further said, they had served legal correspondence on May 5 to the stakeholders regarding non transfer or bequeath of any portion of Doloo tea estate without intimating the share holders.
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