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CBI looks into Golf Course road of colonisation

licence was
Gurugram acquisition case cleared in single
day and the role
of three senior IAS
officers who had
After successfully completing investigations in what is known as Manesar land acquisition case dealt the file is
and subsequent release of about one thousands acre land, CBI has filled charge-sheet against a under scanner of CBI
former chief minister of Haryana and half a dozen senior IAS officers in the court of Jagdeep Singh,
designated Judge of CBI court at Panchkula. The agency is investigating yet another case of issue of
notices under the Land Acquisition Act for the public purpose and subsequent release of land when
panicky farmers had sold it to builders at throwaway prices in Gurugram. The case has assumed
significance with a top officer of CBI, accusing other officer of accepting a huge sum of bribe via an
IAS officer for hushing up the case which is being investigated by the agency on the directions of
the Supreme Court, reports PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL

n the case, notice under section 4
of the Land Acquisition Act for the
acquisition of 1,407 acres land of
villages of Nagli Umarpur, Tigara,
I Ulahwas, Kadarpur, Maidawas,
Badshahpur, Bahrampur and Ghata on
the Golf Course road in Gurugram for
development of residential and com-
mercial sectors was issued on 2 June,
2009. Further declaration under the
Land Acquisition Act was issued on 31
May 2010 with respect to 850 acres of
land and rest of the land was left out
from the acquisition. And finally, only
87 acres of land was acquired.Under
threat of acquisition, panicky farmers
had sold their land to the builders at a
throwaway price and once the land was
bought by the builders, notice for the
acquisition was withdrawn. The builder
was given licence for colonization.
Aggrieved farmers had challenged
the decision of Haryana government
in Punjab and Haryana High Court and
they won the case. but the government
had challenged the Judgement of High
court in the Supreme Court.
A division bench of Supreme Court
comprising of Justice Arun Mishra and
Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar is-
sued orders on 1 November 2017 and
said: “Considering the serious allega-

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