The plea, filed through advocate Omprakash Parihar, also contended that the action of the respondent-State to continue to be in possession of the land but not compensating for the same was illegal and unsustainable in law.
”Since the State of Uttar Pradesh is Welfare State and as such it not open to the State Government to take the property of citizens illegally and arbitrarily without compensation,” the plea emphasised.
Source: Barandbench