Four years after the UT Booth Allotment Scam came to light, the UT Estate Office on Monday conducted a survey regarding the ownership of booths in the Krishna market, Sector 41 here.The Estate Office conducted the survey to verify the identification of allottees/occupants of the Krishna market.
During the survey, around 59 occupants failed to show the original allotment letter/valid proof of their booths.An Estate official said that around 59 occupants failed to prove that they are authorized allottees of the booths in the market. They would be given some days to prove their identity. “Action will be taken if these 59 occupiers fails to prove their identity. The onus of proving the legal ownership lies with the occupier or the booth owner,” said an official
According to rules, a person applying for booth should not have a commercial property in either his name or in the name of members of his family in the Tricity. Additionally, his income should not be more than Rs 5,000 per month. Notably, the UT Administrator Shivraj Patil had in 2010 marked a magisterial probe into the matter and the then ADC PS Shergill was asked to probe the matter.
Shergill, in his report submitted in 2011, had indicted Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and influential people. It was also said that financial dimensions of the fraudulent allotments ran into crores of rupees that included money being paid to politicians, police officials and officers of the Estate Office.