A group of Seafield, West Coast Berbice rice farmers, who filed a court action challenging the revocation of their land leases, yesterday expressed concern at the delay in a decision being handed down even though final arguments were submitted almost six months ago.
They say that the prolonged delay has put their lives on hold, making it extremely difficult for them to adequately care for themselves and their families.
Philip Alexander Johnson, Rupert Blackman, Rawle Miller and Doreen Monah visited Stabroek News yesterday to issue an appeal for the court to deliver the awaited ruling.
In April last year, the quartet was forced to return the court to challenge the revocation by President David Granger. They had earlier won a legal battle against the Mahaica/MahaiconyAbary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA), which had illegally cancelled their leases for farmlands at Seafield.
