Chandigarh, June 11, 2021 (Yes Punjab News)
The Senior Vice President of SAD ( Snyukat) and Former Deputy Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha has demanded immediate dismissal of Revenue Minister Punjab, Mr. Gurpreet Singh Kangar for conniving to cause the deliberate loss of more than 110 Crore to the State exchequer in a multi-crore stamp duty scam occurred in tehsil, Mohali.
The SAD (S) has also demanded the arrest of the Tehsildar Mohali Mr. Vikas Sharma, besides departmental punitive action against him for committing a criminal conspiracy against the State in connivance with the MGF Developers.
Mr. Bir Devinder Singh said, that after the Deputy Commissioner of SAS Nagar (Mohali) Mr. Girish Dayalan has cancelled the mutation earlier sanctioned in favour of MGF Developers, confirm that the land mutation in question had caused the huge loss to the State exchequer. Now the people of the State would like to know as what action is being contemplated against the erring tehsildar for committing a financial crime against the State.
Mr. Singh further said, that It is unbelievable that a Sub-Registrar level officer of the Revenue department posted in Mohali as Tehsildar could ventured to sanction the transfer and mutation of 120 Acre of commercial land from EMAAR MGF to MGF Developers in a deliberate disregard of the revenue loss to the State exchequer due to the non-payment of State’s Stamp duty of more than 112 crores without the blessings of the power that be.
It is astounding to note that, in this case was passed in 2018, And it took three years to put the right combination of Mafia nexus in place, to enable the unlawful transfer of property in question without paying stamp duty.
It is preposterous that when the previous Tehsildar raised valid objections on the order passed by NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) in 2018, and she diligently recorded objections on the file for the non-payment of the Stamp duty and sought legal opinion in the matter; ironically the inconvenient Tehsildar irked the Revenue Minister Mr. Gurpreet Singh Kangar and he immediately transferred the Tehsildar on April 7,2021 and brought his own ‘buddy’ who accomplished the cumbersome illegal job, within a week’s time of his joining as Tehsildar Mohali on April 9, 2021 to please his ‘Masters’ in utter disregard of the significant noting which existed on the mother file .
Now it’s a matter of police investigation that at who’s behest the incumbent Tehsildar Mr. Vikash Sharma after joining , hurriedly constructed a new parallel file and approved the mutation as desired by the MGF Developers without charging a single penny as stamp duty and thus causing huge loss to the State exchequer. The criminal lapse has been highlighted by the Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, while cancelling the mutation sanctioned by the Tehsildar a while ago.
The creation of a parallel file within days itself is enough indication to point a finger of suspicion towards powerful persons at the helm and not less than the Revenue Minister himself, who is privileged to twist the law and procedures to benefit his parochial vested interests.
The mere fact that this has happened in ‘Mohali’ being a District headquarter and gateway to the State of Punjab, demonstrates that there is complete collapse of administrative and bureaucratic control at all levels of governance .
The kind of indecent haste Mohali Tehsildar has shown in sanctioning the mutation in favour of the MGF Developers, speaks volumes of the decay and corruption at the highest level. Otherwise a Tehsildar level officer cannot have the daring nerves to do such contemptible things at his own level; unless someone from the top echelon of power pressurizes and compelled him to do the things, the way they desired.
Questioning the silence of CM Capt Amarinder Singh on the issue, Bir Devinder Singh said why the Chief Minister was shirting to guard fundamental financial interest of the State, which has already become a fiscal wreck due to institutionalized corruption.
Bir Devinder Singh said, the SAD (Sanyukat) demands immediate dismissal of the Revenue Minister Punjab, Mr. Gurpreet Singh Kangar for conniving to cause the deliberate loss to the State exchequer in a multi-crore stamp duty scam in Mohali and also demand the immediate arrest of the Tehsildar Mohali Mr. Vikash Sharma for criminal conspiracy against the State. If demonstrable punitive action against the erring officer and the Revenue Minister is not taken forthwith; it would be logically construed that the buck in this case stops, only at the doors of the Chief Minister.
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