The modus of the Manesar land scam starts from builders coercing farmers to sell their land by getting the government to use Section 4 of the land law and issue a notification to the farmer that their land is required for the "public purpose", then the builders will try to acquire this land by offering a small premium above the government's rate for the acquisition of the land, the same on what happened in 2004, where the  Hooda government issued a notification to acquire a 688 acre land for the IMT Manesar.
Builders coerce farmers to sell their land by getting the government to use the Section 4 of the land law to have a government notification issued to the farmer that their land is required for the "public purpose". Builders try to acquire this land by offering a small premium above the government's rate for the acquisition of the land. In 2004, Hooda government issued the notification to acquire the 688 acre land for the IMT Manesar. 
