Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda has got a big relief from a special court of Panchkula after the Punjab-Haryana High Court. Bhupendra Singh Hooda, Motilal Vora and Associated Journals Limited (AJL) have been discharged from charges in the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case in the re-allotment of a plot in Sector 6, Panchkula.
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On February 25, Punjab and Haryana High Court had given clean chit to Hooda and AJL. After this, Haryana Special Judge Rajeev Goyal has also closed the money laundering complaint of ED. Bhupendra Singh Hooda was present there during the court proceedings.
In 1982, a 3360 square meter plot was allotted to Navjeevan newspaper in Sector 6 of Panchukala at the rate of Rs 91 per square meter. Navjeevan newspaper is owned by AJL. According to the condition, construction was to start in six months. The construction work was to be completed within two years. But the company did not do any construction on the plot for 10 years. Haryana Government canceled it in 1992. Later AJL appealed, but this too was rejected.
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What is AJL Plot Allotment Case?
In 2005, Bhupendra Singh Hooda allotted the plant to AJL at the old rate on 28 March 2005. On the other hand, AJL deposited an amount of about Rs 59.39 lakh along with the old rate and interest. The 2007 audit report said there was a loss of Rs 63 lakh due to allotment of plots at the old rate. BJP government was formed in Haryana in 2014. In 2016, CBI registered a case alleging irregularities in plant allocation. It was also said that by allotting the plot at low price not only economic loss was caused but also undue advantage was given to AJL.
What did the High Court say?
In his judgment, Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya of the Punjab-Haryana High Court had said that the plot allotment was unanimously approved by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in 2006. No court rejected this decision. The High Court also raised questions on the functioning of CBI. He asked how could the agency consider the plot allotment itself illegal and file a criminal case. This is completely illegal.
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