HC stays land allotment to housing society run by Civil

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Press Trust of India Kochi
Last Updated : Mar 29 2016 | 6:57 PM IST
: The Kerala High Court today stayed allotment of land by Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) to a housing society floated by Civil Service officials at a very cheap price, to build a multi-storey apartment.
Justice V Chitambaresh heard the petition by one Melton Thomas, challenging the allotment.
Expressing displeasure over the GCDA decision to allot 50.3 cents of prime land in the heart of Kochi city to top bureaucrats' Civil Service Officers Housing Cooperative Society to construct a multi-storey apartment, the judge said, "The act of GCDA was surprising."
The decision to allot the land was taken by GCDA last year.
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First Published: Mar 29 2016 | 6:57 PM IST

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