Kolkata:
The Tatas will challenge the bill scrapping the previous Left Front government's Singur land deal in the Calcutta High Court.
"We will move the high court tomorrow," S Pal, who is representing Tata Motors, told PTI on Tuesday. Asked which part of the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, would they will be challenging, he said, "We are challenging the whole act."
The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court has posted the hearing for Wednesday.
Sources say the Chief Justice asked the Tatas to inform the West Bengal government that in light of this development, no further action on the land can be taken. The Tatas on their part have informed the West Bengal government.
The Singur Land Bill was passed in the state Assembly on June 14, amid a walkout by the Opposition Left parties, by voice vote along with some amendments brought by the government.
(Read: Singur Land Bill passed in West Bengal Assembly) It had also received Governor M K Narayanan's assent.
Effectively, the Mamata Banerjee government has acquired all of the 997.11 acres of land that the previous Left government had leased to Tata Motors. Out of that, around 400 acres belong to farmers. The other 600 acres that were leased, Ms Banerjee has said, will be "kept open for industry...The Tatas can set up industry if they want. If they (Tata) demand compensation without going in for industry on these 600 acres, we will give them compensation through legal means by appointing an arbitrator."
In Singur, the police has moved in at the project site and has taken over the land. The security staff posted at the site has been asked to vacate the site, and are being allowed to camp outside the site for the night.
Farmers in Singur plan to hold victory rallies around factory site on Wednesday.
(With PTI inputs)