After much delay, State government announced a one-member judicial Commission to probe into illegal and corrupt deals of suspended engineer-in-chief of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authorities Yadav Singh. Allahabad High Court retired Justice Amarnath Verma will head the one member judicial Commission for which the notification was issued by the Chief Secretary here on Saturday. The commission has been asked to submit its report with six months time while the reference of the probe would be to enquire into all the decisions of tenders and other matters taken during the regime of Yadav Singh in all the three Authorities. The Commission will also probe into the promotions given to Yadav Singh by the previous regime.
Yadav Singh was suspended by the government on December 8 last year after Income Tax raided the residences of Yadav Singh and his associates in Noida and Delhi. A departmental inquiry was also underway against Yadav Singh being conducted by chief executive officer of Noida authority. The IT raids were carried out in Delhi and NCR region in connection with sale of plots in Noida through bogus share holdings. During the raid at Kusumlata, Yadav Singh’s house, Rs 12 lakh cash, two kgs gold and diamond jewellery were recovered.
On the directives of the Special Investigation Team constituted by the Supreme Court on black money, the IT department has shared the documents and information regarding the case with the Enforcement Directorate. A special team was formed to probe the Rs 954 crore tendering scam in which Yadav Singh was named. Yadav, who was appointed as the engineer-in-chief of Noida authority during BSP supremo Mayawati’s regime from 2007-12 had been suspended when Samajwadi Party came to power, but was later reinstated.