Key points:
- A complaint against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, an official including 15 real estate developers in the matter.
- The three TCP officials were charged with making “backreferences” by the CBI to real estate developers.
- The CBI prima facie found anomalies in the release of lands from the process of acquisitions.
In the Gurugram land release case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted charges towards three former Haryana town and people planning (TCP) officials including two companies on allegations of cheating, falsification, criminal conspiracy as well as provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The formers suspected officials are:
The officials are Jagbir Singh Redhu, former chief city planner, Satish Arora, former assistant city planner, as well as Rajbir Singh, former deputy superintendent, and also Brahma City Private Limited, through its director, Amit Katyal, as well as Commander Realtors.
The CBI sought sanctions from the government of Haryana In September:
In September, the CBI sought sanctions from the government of Haryana to prosecute three former TCP department officers for their suspected role in promoting the granting of licenses for the construction of real estate on land acquired from the Gurugram acquisition process.
A complaint against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hood registered by the CBI in January 2019:
A complaint against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, an official including 15 real estate developers in the matter, was registered in January 2019 by the CBI, which is investigating the case regarding the release of around 95 per cent of 1,407 acres under allocation land in Gurugram during the Congress rule in 2009.
On orders from the Supreme Court, the investigation was ordered. The three TCP officials were charged with making “backreferences” by the CBI to real estate developers who’d already submitted licensing applications. The “backreferences” allowed the developers, sources claimed, to correct the deficiencies in the application.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda and others are also identified in the FIR. No charges have, however, been pushed against them so far. There could be more charge sheets filed. January 18 is the next date for the trial.
The Case was all about:
In June 2009, the government of Congress released a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act for the acquiring by HUDA of 1,407 acres for the construction of residential Sectors 58-63 as well as commercial Sectors 65-67 in Gurugram.
The total area was reduced to approximately 800 acres when the declaration under Section 6 was released on June 2, 2010. Finally, for 87 acres only, the grant dated May 29, 2012, was issued.
Around 1,300 acres were published in favour of private builders, the SC stated. In its preliminary investigation, the CBI prima facie found anomalies in the release of lands from the process of acquisitions.
