Chandigarh, Feb. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought response from the Greater Mohali Development Authority (GMADA) on a plea from residents of Sectors 76 to 80 in Mohali opposing move to levy enhancement fee on 30,000 odd plot holders.

The high court bench of justice Sureshwar Thakur and justice Vikas Suri has sought response by March 18.

The plea seeks declaration of additional demand notices of July 2023 and January 2025 as illegal and arbitrary. As per the petition, the plot holders are being asked to collectively pay Rs.288 crore more on the actual enhancement fee of Rs.300 crore, as GMADA failed to initiate the proceedings in 2013.

In an earlier round of litigation in October 2024, the high court had given six week...