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ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe all land allotments in Noida since 2001. The court also directed the UP government to immediately transfer senior IAS officers, Noida Development Authority chairman Rakesh Bahadur and chief executive officer Sanjeev Saran, and a probe into the manner in which the two were appointed.
They should not be posted in western UP,a the court order said, warning they could interfere with the evidence or create hurdles.
A bench of acting Chief Justice Amitava Lala and Justice PKS Baghel also directed the state government to complete the departmental and criminal proceedings already under way against the two officers. This order came on a PIL filed by Madhav Samaj Nirman Samiti and also on an intervention application moved by a lawyer, Renu Singh.
Petitioner Madhav Samaj had challenged the postings after the Samajwadi Party came to power, stating that the officers had been chargesheeted and a departmental inquiry against their conduct was under way.
If they were permitted to continue in Noida in their respective posts, they would not only tamper with but also conceal all the evidence,a the PIL had contended. Lawyer Renu Singh had also alleged that land worth Rs 1,600 crore was swindled in Noida and Greater Noida by the officers of both the authorities since 2001.
It was also alleged that the land in Noida was allotted to builders and hoteliers at throwaway prices ignoring all settled norms. Both IAS officers were posted to Noida between 2005 and 2007.
The state government, through its advocate general, opposed the PIL on grounds of maintainability and thereafter on merits and said that there was no need for any kind of probe or inquiry into the matter.
The bench directed the CBI to finish the probe in six months and in case the deadline was not met, asked the agency to apply for extension.
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