Land acquisition for huda sectors Infuriated over the state government's move to acquire land for developing residential sectors, farmers in five villages in the district on Tuesday tore the notices served on them by the government and burnt those at the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) office to register their protest against land acquisition. They decided to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court to get the land acquisition process cancelled. The farmers said the government could not acquire fertile land without the consent of landowners as per the new acquisition policy and it should initiate the process to get their consent. The state government had acquired over 450 acres in Kalaka, Peewara, Jhhajhhanvaas, Konsivaas and Maandhaiyan villages to develop sectors 20 and 21 in Rewari. The villagers had recently been issued notices under Section 9 of the Land Acquisition Act for to take compensation for the land. The notices had sparked anger among village residents as they were waiting for the cancellation of the acquisition process. The authorities had given them the last chance to file their objections to the land acquisition process. Following this, the farmers assembled at the local HUDA office to raise their objections. The farmers criticised the land acquisition process in the presence of HUDA officials and questioned the exercise, stating that there was no need to invite objections when no action had been taken in resolving the issues. "We had filed our objections to the acquisition of the chunks of land where a significant number of houses had been built and people had been residing for years, but no one paid heed to us," the farmers said. They tore the notices sent by the government for acquisition of their land and burnt those at the HUDA office. They announced that they would not accept the land award under any circumstances. "We want our land and not the compensation. We will not give our land as the government cannot acquire land in a residential area. Since the government is adamant on forcibly acquiring our land, we have no option but to knock at the door of the court," said Hari Om, a farmer. The High Court had stayed the process of acquiring over 3,700 acres for developing a multi-model logistic hub at Bawal, an industrial town in the district. The farmers were hopeful of relief from the High Court.