The Vigilance Bureau on Thursday registered a case towards former minister Sunder Sham Arora, IAS officer Neelima, except 10 authorities officers/officers for the transfer/bifurcation of an business plot to a actual property enterprise and for permitting it to set up a township via way of means of reducing plots.
Three owners/companions of Gulmohar Township Private Limited have additionally been booked. The VB has registered a case below Sections 13 (1) (a), 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC on the VB police station in Mohali, Punjab, towards all referred to accused officers/officers of committee individuals of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation (PSIDC), Neelima and previous minister, except 3 administrators of Gulmohar Township.
The VB has arrested seven officers of the PSIDC, which incorporates Ankur Chaudhary, Estate Officer; Davinderpal Singh, GM, Personnel; JS Bhatia, Chief General Manager (Planning); Ashima Aggarwal, ATP (Planning); Parminder Singh, Executive Engineer; Rajat Kumar, DA; and Sandeep Singh, SDE; for conniving with every different to offer undue advantage to the corporation.
A VB spokesperson stated aiming to sell the industry, the Punjab Government had allocated 25 acres to Anand Lamps Limited via a sale deed in 1987 which turned into later transferred to a corporation named Signify Innovations. This plot turned into then bought to Gulmohar Township via a sale deed via way of means of Signify Innovations after purchasing a no objection certificates from the PSIDC. On March 17, 2021, then Industries and Commerce Minister Sundar Sham Arora had forwarded a letter to the then MD of the PSIDC obtained from Gulmohar Township for in addition bifurcation of plots.
He stated the MD had constituted a departmental committee to take a look at the thought of this realtor corporation which blanketed SP Singh, government director; Ankur Chaudhary, Estate Officer; Bhai Sukhdeep Singh Sidhu, Davinderpal Singh, GM, Personnel; Tejveer Singh (deceased), DTP; JS Bhatia, leader wellknown manager (planning); Ashima Aggarwal, ATP (planning); Parminder Singh, government engineer; Rajat, DA, and Sandeep Singh, SDE.
The committee headed via way of means of SP Singh had authorized the thought of the corporation to bifurcate plots, from 12 plots to a hundred twenty five, with out taking note of thought report, challenge report, articles of affiliation and memorandum of affiliation. The stated committee had advocated the thought of Gulmohar Township with out consulting Punjab Pollution Control Board, Municipal Corporation, Electricity Board, Forest Department, State Fire Brigade etc.
During research via way of means of the Forensic Science Laboratory, it has additionally been discovered that pages of the noting on document didn’t fit with the relaxation of the pages connected withinside the document. It turned into discovered that the above stated committee individuals have connected faux files and didn’t scrutinise the stated utility/thought.
The spokesperson in addition introduced that in step with the deed of 1987, this plot turned into for use for business functions simplest and the stated Gulmohar Township has no such background. He introduced that in step with the regulations of the PSIDC, the rate for plots turned into to be charged on the fee of Rs 20 in line with backyard and Rs three in line with 12 months from 1987, which turned into a complete rate of Rs 1,51,25,000 for a complete of 1,21,000 rectangular yards. It turned into brilliant that the accused corporation had already connected pay order of Rs 27,83,000 with the utility even as no person from the PSIDC had demanded it. Due to this, the Punjab Government has incurred a economic lack of Rs 1,23,42,000.
He stated in the course of the probe, it turned into discovered that if this plot turned into to be bought as in line with the instructions/regulations of the country authorities, the authorities could have were given an profits of six hundred to seven-hundred crore. At the time of sale of a hundred twenty five plots via way of means of Gulmohar Township, no thought report, challenge report, articles of affiliation and memorandum of affiliation have been demanded from any purchaser and bought all plots illegally.
He knowledgeable that via way of means of doing this, the above committee individuals, inclusive of Neelima, then MD and previous minister Sundar Sham Arora colluded with every different and misused their reputable positions to present unfair benefit to the owners/administrators of Gulmohar Township Company — Jagdeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Rakesh Kumar Sharma.