It’s been a sweet victory for land owners and farmers in Chandigarh who had been contesting against the union territory (UT) administration’s decision to acquire 272 acres of land to expand the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP). After their petitions were rejected by the High Court in 2011, land owners and farmers affected by the acquisition of land approached the Supreme Court.

With the Supreme Court ordering quashing the acquisition last week, the UT administration has been put on the back foot, bringing a smile on the faces of the members of the Mani Majra Farmers and Welfare Protection Society, which had been contesting against the decision.