FIR Against 188 Defence Personnel For Plot Grab

Manveer Saini TNN

Chandigarh: Its called Haryanas Adarsh scam.The list of allottees reveals the name of a colonel who grabbed 16 housing plots under defence quota using bogus documents,prompting the high court on Tuesday to lambast Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda ).It is a public property and how can you (Huda ) allocate multiple plots like this to the same individual.If defence officials are filing false affidavits to take plots,thecountry is notin safe hands, the court observed.

Following Hudas complaints,Haryana police had registered FIRs against 325 people,including 188 defence personnel,for fraudulently grabbing plots on the basis of fake documents.

Of the 188 persons,46 have managed to get three or more plots in different locations,21 got five or more and nine snatched seven or more.

According to Huda records,Col Karan Singh Yadav of Gurgaon takes the cake in theentirelot.Hehas managed to grab 16 plots at various places Gurgaon (3),Faridabad (2),Sonipat (4),Rewari (3) and Fatehabad,Hisar,Panipat and Sirsa (one each ).

According to HUDA rules,allotment under the defence quota is allowed to both serving and retired personnelwho have notbeen allotted any other HUDA plots under the quota.It all started with a single case and gradually during the course of inquiry,scores of more names came out.So far we have submitted a status reportin thecourt, saidH aryana advocate general Hawa Singh Hooda.

The government has constituted a five-member committee to probe the scam.The high court has also asked Huda chief administrator AK Singh to file a status report by December 4 after investigating the allocation of plots among members of reserved categories.Singh had told the courtthatitwouldtake nearly six months to probe the links and promised action against the Huda officials who are found guilty.

Lidon thescam wasblown during hearing on a bail plea,filed by Hisar resident Dharam Singh Yadav against whom Huda hadstartedcriminal proceedings for violating the rules to get the plot.He submitted a list of 36 persons belonging to the ex-servicemen category who were also allotted plots in the same way.

After getting bail,Dharam moved the high court and alleged he was falsely implicated in the case.During Hudas probe 379 objectionable deals were found.

Source:lite.epaper.timesofindia.com

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