With IAS officer Ashok Khemka questioning the role of Haryana’s Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) in Robert Vadra—DlF land deals, Haryana Government on Sunday denied the allegations leveled against the Department.
A spokesperson of Haryana Town and Country Planning (DTCP) said that these allegations are wrong and misleading, aimed at sensationalization of an issue which is non-existent. He said, “The allegations have been repeated which have already been gone through in detail by a High level Committee comprising three Financial Commissioners of the State and they did not find anything wrong in grant of license or renewal thereof.”
“Regarding the ownership documents being called as ‘sham’, it is submitted that for the purpose of grant of license, Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 requires the Director to enquire into the ownership of the land before grant of any license. In order to confirm the ownership of land, the Department relies not only on the sale deed entered into by the present owner for purchasing the land from its erstwhile owner but also on the entries in the Revenue Records i.e. the intkaal (Mutation) entered into by the revenue authorities after following due course of law,” he added.
He said, “Similarly all requirements and formalities required to be completed by any applicant for the purpose of issue of lOI (letter of intent) and for grant of license as per the norms and parameters applicable during the said period were completed by Skylight Hospitality Pvt ltd also and thus there is absolutely no irregularity is the issue of lOI or in the grant of license in the said case”. Khemka in his capacious 100 pages reply submitted on May 21 before the three-member enquiry committee, set up in October 2012 to look into Vadra DlF deal has said that Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law executed a series of "sham transactions" for acquiring 3.53 acres of land in Shikohpur village of Gurgaon.