L-G approves dismissal of DDA official over land allotment corruption case

Lieutenant-Governor VK. Saxena has authorised the dismissal of an Assistant Section Officer on the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for alleged involvement in a land allotment “rip-off” in Safdarjung Enclave, south Delhi, in 2020, in line with a launch issued on Tuesday.

This is the third dismissal in the identical case, which dates again practically 4 many years, when the Land and Building Department of the Delhi authorities had first beneficial a probe to the DDA.

“In yet one more indication that corruption won’t be tolerated and a robust sign to erring DDA workers, the Delhi L-G has imposed a penalty of dismissal. He has additionally requested DDA to relook and evaluate the punishment given to a different worker within the matter,” the assertion learn.

The official, together with colleagues, allegedly allotted land price crores of rupees utilizing cast paperwork, in connivance with the beneficiary. The case concerned the processing of a land advice letter from 1979, which was instantly acted upon in 2020.

The inquiry discovered that the “worker failed to look at the case diligently, ignored discrepancies in signatures, didn’t confirm the allottee in particular person, and bypassed normal procedures corresponding to cross-checking paperwork and acquiring clearances.”

The launch acknowledged that the worker ignored the truth that the Land and Building Department had flagged 128 fraudulent advice instances, together with 38 situations the place the unique information had been lacking.

In this occasion, letters from 2020 confirming the 1979 advice had been accepted with out scrutiny, resulting in wrongful possession of prime land, the discharge added.