Amid growing political and legal pressure, the AAP government led by Bhagwant Mann in Punjab on Monday withdrew the controversial land pooling policy of May 14, 2025 and all subsequent amendments. In a press release issued by the Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, it has been said that all the actions taken under the policy have been canceled with immediate effect. This includes cancellation of letters (LOIs) issued, completed registration, or other measures implemented under the policy structure. The press note issued by the Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department of Punjab states that the government withdraws the land pooling policy of May 14, 2025 and the subsequent amendments. As a result, all actions under it will be canceled from now on.
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Soon after the announcement of the withdrawal of the controversial land pooling scheme, Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal described the move as the victory of the people. Sukhbir Singh Badal said in a post on X, “I salute the brave Akali workers, farmers, laborers and shopkeepers who got up united and forced Arvind Kejriwal to withdraw the Bhoomi Pooling Scheme, which was actually a plan to grab a land, under which the Aam Aadmi Party tried to collect 30,000 crore rupees from Delhi’s builders to expand the country.” The incident has come up a few days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order to stop the implementation of the land pooling policy 2025 on a petition filed by Ludhiana resident Advocate Gurdeep Singh Gill.
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The court order states that to avoid the creation of any right, as an interim measure, notified on 14 May and 6 June and later the disputed land pooling policy revised on 25 July, 2025 will be banned. During the hearing on 7 August, Justice Anupander Singh Grewal and Justice Deepak Manchanda’s bench said, the land that is to be acquired is one of the most fertile land in the state of Punjab, and it is possible that it affects the social environment.