Court orders attachment of Mohali railway station property

A local court here today ordered attachment of property of Mohali railway station after the railways failed to give revised compensation to farmers whose land was acquired for construction of the station here in 2005.
The court also ordered giving of revised compensation amount to farmers within three months.
Additional Districts and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Tarsem Mangla ordered attachment of three railway tracks, booking and reception office, railway bridge, one power house, water storage tank, an under-construction building and the residential quarters of Station Superintendent and Class IV employees of railways existing here.
The order came on a petition of farmers of Kambala village in Mohali who had approached the court seeking more compensation for their land which was acquired by railways in 2005 for constructing a station here.

Railways had declared the award for the acquired land at the rate of Rs 50 lakh per acre on March 20, 2007.
Dissatisfied with the award, several farmers of Kambala moved the court, terming the compensation as "inadequate."

After hearing both the parties, the court declared the revised compensation of Rs 1.31 crore per acre in 2013.
Railways paid the revised compensation to some of the farmers but ignored who filed the petition, following which they again approached the court.
Now, after one and half years of legal battle, the court has ordered attachment of the property of the railway station.

The court also ordered attachment of five rooms of the ground floor of the station, 12 steel chairs at the station, 8 fans and 8 tube-lights fitted at the station to pay the enhanced compensation to the aggrieved landowners.