The West Bengal government today started examining all legal issues involved for the return of 400 acre to farmers who unwillingly parted with their land in Singur for the abandoned Tata Nano project.
“All legal issues are being examined. A file will be handed over to the Industries Minister (Partha Chatterjee) tomorrow,” Industry Secretary Dipankar Mukherjee told PTI.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Chatterjee asked the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation to prepare a file on Singur.
After his request, Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh, Mr. Mukherjee and WBIDC MD Subrata Gupta met to discuss the issues involved.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, immediately after assuming office, had said the government would return 400 of the 1000 acres acquired for the Nano project which subsequently shifted to Gujarat.
She had said that the Tatas were welcome to set up a project on the remaining 600 acre of 1000 acre.
The Tatas were paying the annual rental till date for the land given on lease.
Ms. Banerjee had also sought to make public the agreement reached between the erstwhile Left Front government and the Tatas on the Nano project.
