A division bench comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Rituraj Awasthi passed the order on the petition filed by one Nathimal who had challenged the lease granted to Jayprakash Seva Sansthan, a trust run by Jaypee group, in 2009 for a period of 90 years.
The petitioner had claimed that the lessee was asked to pay a paltry sum of Rs 40,000 annually by way of rent which had resulted in an estimated loss of about Rs 24 crore to the state exchequer.
The court also rapped the Nagar Palika Parishad (municipal board) of Anoopshahr, which had transferred the land in the lessee's name, for failure to hold an auction in accordance with the state government's policy before granting the lease in favour of a private party.
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