Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has stayed land acquisition proceedings for an industrial park, planned over 300 acres in Mohali's Sectors 101 and 103. The state government had initiated the process in Dhurali and Saneta villages in March this year.

The HC bench of justice JS Puri and justice PS Chauhan acted on the pleas from villagers who had challenged acquisition proceedings. "We are of the considered view that prima facie the state has not adhered to the statutory provisions contained in Section 10 and Section 15 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013," the court observed deferring the hearing for October 27 and asking the state...