allahbad the high courts order for higher compensation to farmers whose land had been acquired in noida and greater noida villages ended three months of suspense and tension about the fate of nearly 50000 apartment buyers however not everyone is happy while credai the apex body of builders welcomed the clarity provided by the court and greater noida authority said it was happy with the ruling noida authority said it would go in appeal to the supreme court against the award of 10 developed land to farmers as it no longer had buffer land to give some farmers too said they would knock the apex courts door for higher compensation the order passed by a specially constituted threejudge bench of justice ashok bhushan justice s u khan and justice v k shukla doesnt cover shahberi the village in noida extension where land acquisition was denotified by supreme court greater noida authority ceo rama raman said a fresh notification for acquiring land would be issued here but not under the emergency clause this time noida authority ceo balvinder kumar pegged the payout on account of raised compensation at rs 1178 crore while greater noida authoritys raman claimed that they would have to fork out rs 4000 crore the court was hearing 491 writ petitions by thousands of farmers from 63 villages who had challenged the acquisition of more than 3000 hectares of land in 2009 raising serious questions over ups land acquisition policy for development of noida greater noida and noida extension areas the court directed the up chief secretary to set up an inquiry panel under a principal secretarylevel officer except officers of industrial development department who have dealt with the relevant files to look into change of land use allotment to builders and indiscriminate proposals for land acquisition setting aside acquisition of land in three villages of devla yusufpur chak shahberi and asadullahpur on the ground that neither the land was given to any third party in these villages nor any substantial development work made the court ruled that affected farmers were entitled to restoration of their land provided they return any compensation they have already received it also ordered that no further construction and implementation of master plan 2021 shall take place in the area unless approved by the national capital region planning board it however dismissed petitions related to acquisition of land in six villages nithari sadarpur khoda sultanpur chaura sadatpur and alaverdipur on the ground that they were filed after inordinate delay with additional reports by prabhakar sinha in new delhi