HSIIDC plot holders seek exclusion of shamlat land

KARNAL: As many as 115 industrialists of Sector 3 A, a part of Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), Industrial Estate, Karnal, have reiterated their demand for recalculation of enhancement charges of their plots excluding ‘Shamlat deh land (common land), and the land of the state and Central government.

Tribune News Service

Karnal, November 19

As many as 115 industrialists of Sector 3 A, a part of Haryana State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), Industrial Estate, Karnal, have reiterated their demand for recalculation of enhancement charges of their plots excluding ‘Shamlat deh land (common land), and the land of the state and Central government.

They allege that even after assurances from Minister for Industries and Commerce, Environment and Industrial Training Vipul Goel and the MD, HSIIDC, to sort out the issue, the authorities concerned have taken no action. Now, the industrialists have decided to meet CM Manohar Lal Khattar when he visits Karnal on November 26.

The industrialists say they were served notices on July 11, 2017, for the payment of the enhancement cost at the rate of Rs 1,734.21 per sq mt, which contains the cost of 12.01 acres belonging to ‘Shamlat deh land (common land), and land of the state and Central governments. The HSIIDC local office has sent a proposal after recalculating the enhancement cost, but it has not been approved, they add.

Som Sachdeva, secretary, Karnal Agriculture Implements Manufacturers Association (KAIMA), says that they had procured plots in the industrial area in 2007 at the rate of Rs 1,800 per sq mt and deposited the enhancement cost calculated up to March 30, 2012, as per the order of the then MD, HSIIDC, at the rate of Rs 1,860.15 per sq mt.

“We have twice approached Industries Minister Vipul Goel as well as the MD, HSIIDC, but are still awaiting the final outcome. Even the local HSIIDC office had submitted the recalculated enhancement cost of Rs 1,161.63 per sq mt to the HSIIDC office at Panchkula on September 28, but it has not been approved,” he says.

“We are only demanding that the HSIIDC should charge the enhancement cost excluding ‘Shamlat deh land (common land), and the land of the state and Centre government,” says Ramesh Aneja, industrialist and executive member of the KAIMA.

“Plot holders understand the liability to pay the enhanced cost as ordered by the court concerned, which is payable to farmers, but we are worried about the high interest of 15 per cent. The enhanced cost after correct calculation has not been passed on to the plot holders even after six months of the court decision as per the Estate Management Procedure (EMP)-2011,” says Amit Gupta, state vice-president, HSIIDC.

Besides, the industrialists also demand interest relief on the enhancement cost. Karnal HSIIDC Industries Welfare Association Manoj Arora urges the government to waive the interest on the enhancement cost.