Gurugram, Nov. 6 -- Five rooms of the land acquisition officer's (LAO) office in Sector 14 were sealed on Wednesday on the orders of a district court over a 16-year delay in paying enhanced compensation to a 61-year-old woman whose land was acquired for the construction of the Dwarka Expressway.

The dispute concerns half an acre of land belonging to Dhanwati's family, for which compensation was initially fixed at Rs.50 lakh per acre. In 2010, a district court increased the amount to Rs.1.2 crore per acre while hearing a batch of petitions seeking enhanced compensation.

After waiting nine years for the enhanced amount, Dhanwati filed an execution petition in 2019 to enforce the court's order. However, the authorities failed to clear the ...