Hisar : Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has directed the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) not to serve notices of enhancement dues on residents of HUDA sectors in the state.

He has decided to call a meeting of HUDA officials and representatives of the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) to discuss the matter.

Representatives of the RWAs of HUDA sectors met Khattar here on Monday, urged him to intervene. They claimed the HUDA had wrongly calculated the enhancement cost of their plots.

The HUDA is planning to serve notices of enhancement dues on residents of HUDA sectors in 16 districts of the state and recover about Rs 17,000 crore.

In Hisar, The HUDA is planned to recover about Rs 200 crore as enhancement costs from residents of seven sectors. Trilok Bansal, the secretary of Hisar RWAs, said: “The CM has responded positively to our demand. We proved to him the HUDA has wrongly calculated the dues. The CM agreed to our demand that notices should not be served. Instantly, he instructed the HUDA in this connection.”

He further said a meeting of the RWAs and the HUDA would be held in Chandigarh in a fortnight. The enhancement notices are served by HUDA on the orders of courts after original landowners move court, demanding enhanced compensation for their land acquired by the HUDA to carve out residential sectors.