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SME Times News Bureau | 23 Apr, 2014
The Delhi High Court will next week hear a PIL seeking a CBI probe into
licences granted to several real estate developers in Haryana, including
one allegedly associated with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law
Robert Vadra.
A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Pradeep
Nandrajog, posting the matter for April 30, said: "We will hear the
matter next week."
Advocate M.L. Sharma had moved the high court saying several licences
were issued to developers and builders for turning 21,366 acres of
agricultural land into colonies without complying with the statutory
rules. The decision caused "serious financial loss of Rs.3.9 lakh crore"
to the exchequer, it added.
In the plea, he contended that allocation of licences for developing
colonies was contrary to provisions of the Haryana Development and
Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975.
It further sought quashing of the June 3, 2013 letter by Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma allegedly rolling back the
audit and inquiry into the grant of licence to Skylight Hospitality Pvt.
Ltd that is said to be associated with Vadra.
The plea contended that the inquiry was ordered by Shashi Kant Sharma's predecessor Vinod Rai.
Sharma claimed that the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP)
issued hundreds of licences for over 21,000 acres of land spread over
Gurgaon and other parts of the state from 2005-2012.
"Issuing of colony licences by the DTCP in Haryana in the name of an
individual who is not owner of a land is not only illegal but also clear
case of corruption within the provision of PC Act 1988. To support or
give undue favour is an corruption what has been hatched in the Haryana
colony licence deal for Robert Vadra and others," the plea said.
The public interest litigation was filed against the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI), CAG, Skylight Hospitality, Robert Vadra, and DLF
Universal Limited.
The lawyer sought registration of criminal cases against Skylight
Hospitality, Robert Vadra, DLF Universal Limited under the Prevention of
Corruption Act and initiation of investigation under the high court's
supervision in licences for colonisation issued under the Haryana
Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 during 2005-2012
including to Skylight Hospitality.
The petition also sought a probe into the land deals entered into by
Skylight Hospitality (Pvt) Ltd and its subsidiaries in Rajasthan.
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