The one-man panel, appointed to probe the irregularities in allotment of flats under the chief minister’s discretionary housing quota in Maharashtra, on Tuesday submitted its report to the Bombay high
The one-man panel, appointed to probe the irregularities in allotment of flats under the chief minister’s discretionary housing quota in Maharashtra, on Tuesday submitted its report to the Bombay high court along with recommendations and proposed action. Now the court has asked the government to inform it of what steps it proposes to take in order to implement the recommendations.
The panel of retired high court judge, J.A. Patil, on Tuesday submitted its report along with recommendations to the division bench headed by of Justice Abhay S. Oka. The bench took it on record and asked the government to file an affidavit by December 21 stating what steps it would take to implement recommendations made in the report, which has also suggested action against defaulters.
The report was handed over in a sealed cover and the bench also asked the government to inform the timeframe within which it would implement the recommendations and proposed action. The court would hear this matter on December 22.
The panel was supposed to probe multiple allotments of flats under the CM’s quota since 1982 and recommend action to be taken against the beneficiaries. The tenure of this committee was to end on October 15 this year, but it was extended till November 30 on the request made by the panel.
The bench, on October 9 last year, had appointed Justice Patil to probe the allegations of double or multiple allotments of flats in a public interest litigation filed by former scribe turned activist Ketan Tirodkar.
The PIL alleged that many people got more than one flat under the CM’s quota by making false declarations. It said most beneficiaries are politicians or those who are close to them. Pending recommendations by the committee, the HC had earlier asked the state to continue its ongoing action against those who got the flats by filing false affidavits.
The HC was informed earlier that the government has filed FIRs against 27 people for getting flats fraudulently. The judges had also asked such beneficiaries to return the flats or pay the price if they had sold off the flats. The court had ordered that the government must ensure that those who have got multiple flats hand over the possession back to the authorities.
