The state government dismissed senior PCS officer Randhir Singh from service on Monday, for his involvement in a land scam. Former Additional District Magistrate of Ghaziabad and presently ADM of Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida), Ghanshyam Singh was also suspended by the government.
Both officers have been penalised for their alleged involvement in a scam in acquisition of land for Meerut -Delhi Expressway project. The government had ordered a probe into the scam which was done by Divisional Commissioner of Meerut which was submitted to the government on October 4.
The Commissioner probed the alleged irregularities in land acquisition for 74-kilometre long Meerut-Delhi Expressway and Eastern Peripheral Expressway and submitted a 15-page probe report to the Chief Secretary.
In his inquiry report, the Commissioner has also indicted two former District Magistrates and one Additional DM of Ghaziabad in connection with the land scam of nearly Rs 27 crore.
The scam pertained to purchase of nearly 18,000 sqm of agricultural land from farmers in Ghaziabad and Hapur by the ADM’s son and a clerk in the office of DM, Ghaziabad. The land was purchased after the notification of land acquisition for Delhi-Meerut Expressway projects was issued. The indicted officer later got enhanced compensation far higher than the prevailing circle rate from the state government.