Sourav Ganguly’s land allotment canceled by the Supreme Court
After his banishment from Kolkata http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746, has suffered another blow as the Indian Supreme Court has ruled to cancel his land allotment which was sanctioned by the state of West Bengal.
The court has ordered the Indian superstar to return the entire land in two weeks.
In recognition of his long term http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771, Ganguly’s home province, allotted a land plot of 63.04 katha to Ganguly in 2000. The allotment was not free of cost as Ganguly paid the cost of the plot.
Ganguly planned to establish a school on the land to give free education to the Bengali children.
Last year, an NGO named as Humanity and C. A Block Citizens Association, filed petitions with Calcutta High Court to challenge the allotment, which they considered to be unfair and illegal.
They claimed that the state authorities had given the land for peanuts, while the plot was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gordon-James-Muchall-c60376 expensive.
However, the court dismissed the petition at that time.
The petitioners then moved to the Supreme Court to seek justice. After long hearings, the Apex court has finally decided against Ganguly.
Ganguly is quite dejected at this situation. He considers it to be part of a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 cricket are maneuvering against him.
It is the second loss in a row. Before it, Ganguly was slashed down during the IPL 2011 auctions and no franchise bid for him.
The KKR hired http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861.
Ganguly’s fans in Bengal are protesting against the court decision. The Indian star is widely respected and loved in Bengal where the natives call him ‘http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lameck-Onyango-Ngoche-c72165’.
During his 16-year international career, Ganguly played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs with 7212 and 11363 runs respectively. He got retired from international cricket in 2008. However, he led the KKR in first three seasons of IPL.
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