GREATER NOIDA: Thousands of individual allottees will take to the streets to protest the Greater Noida Authority’s decision to extract money from them. Gathered under the banner of Evergreen Federation of RWAs in Sector Alpha 1 on Sunday, plot owners said they are not willing to shell out extra amount for distribution among farmers as hiked cash relief .

Last month, Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority had asked residential plot owners to cough up an additional Rs 1,465 per square metre and owners of group housing flats — who bought their properties after 2003 — were supposed to pay Rs 2,015 per square metre. Though GNIDA is yet to send out formal notices to them, members of 21 RWAs have refused to share the burden.

“Eighty per cent of the allottees have taken loans to buy properties and are paying installments of nearly Rs 15,000 every month. Moreover, the original allottees have sold their plots, so why should new owners bear the brunt,” said Ilam Singh Nagar, president of Evergreen Federation of RWAs.

The Federation had sent out a memorandum to GNIDA last week seeking a dialogue with senior authority officials. However, repeated attempts to meet officials have failed. “We will not agree to this resolution. I bought a property in Greater Noida because it was affordable but if GNIDA imposes its decision, I will have to pay another Rs 2 lakh,” said Balraj Hoon, a resident of Sector 36.

Fuming at GNIDA’s decision, residents claimed that they were being wrongly burdened to save real estate projects in Noida Extension-Greater Noida area. Owners of sectors 2, 3, Omicron-I,II,III, Xu-I,II, Mu-I,II besides a host of others will have to shell out anything between Rs 3 to 10 lakh. “Why should we be troubled with the excess amount,” said Vijender Singh Lohia, who owns a 200m plot in Sector 3. “I was allotted this plot in 2008 at Rs 10,500 and I am required to pay Rs 3 lakh to GNIDA,” Lohia rued.“If GNIDA doesn’t address our woes, we are ready to go to court”, said Sher Singh Bhati, general secretary of the federation.

Allahabad High Court had ordered the Authority to distribute 64.7 per cent additional cash compensation among disgruntled farmers. The order meant an extra burden of Rs 9,500 crore on the Authority.

