Ghaziabad civic agency accused of illegal land sale
January 5th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANSGhaziabad, Jan 5 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) has illegally sold government land near the Hindon Air Force Station to a Delhi-based private builder, former councillor Rajendra Tyagi said here Thursday.
The land, valued around Rs.30 crore was sold to the builder for Rs.4.4 crore, he said, adding that the illegal deal was exposed through a right to information application.
Tyagi, a board member of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), said the civic officials sold the land on the basis of a government order which had been quashed by the Allahabad High Court long ago.
Denying any wrongdoing, GMC property officer T.P. Verma said: “We have been acting as per the government order on sale of land.”
Tyagi said the GDA’s chief town planner asked the builder and the municipal corporation to furnish documents showing their rightful ownership so that the necessary approvals could be accorded.
But neither the builder nor the municipal corporation could do so hence the plan could not be approved, he said.
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