LDA resolves nine cases at janata adalat
Lucknow: A retired police officer, B C Srivastava, once again appeared at the Lucknow Development Authority's janata adalat, as part of Pradhikaran Diwas on Thursday, seeking resolution to a land dispute pending for 40 years.
Srivastava said his land in Ujariyaon was acquired in 1985, with promise of alternative land which he never received. A similar case surfaced of retired police inspector
Indra Kumar
, who was allotted a flat in Aliganj in an LDA scheme in 1984, but its registry is pending. Officials were directed to investigate resolve the matters fast. Of 32 applications received, nine were resolved on the spot.
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