A division bench comprising Justice Rakesh Tiwari and Justice Mukhtar Ahmad passed the order on May 6 last while allowing the petition of Devi Singh and four others, who owned the plot in Soharkha Jahidabad village of Dadri Tehsil.
The plot was part of 5.537 hectares of land acquired by the state government in 2005-06.
Of total nine plots acquired by the state, compensation had been awarded to all except the petitioners who had moved the court with the prayer that the lease issued in favour of a private builder by the Noida Authority also be quashed.
It was argued by the Noida Authority's counsel that land in an industrial development area "is not merely industrial as is wrongly contended by the petitioners but according to the development plan uses (of the land) include residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, greens amenities and such other uses as may be mentioned in the Development Plan".