Monday, August 8, 2011

Adarsh land belongs to state, says Army officer

Following media reports about the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam, a Colonel — who was sent to Mumbai to inquire into the matter — on Monday told the judicial commission that his findings concluded that the land was never in the possession of the Defence. 

Colonel Manish Mohan Erry, who was sent to Mumbai in April 2010, was asked to find out whom the title of the land belonged to. Erry’s finding was based on the conclusion drawn by the Defence Estate Officer (DEO) Geeta Kashyap’s report, who had deposed before the commission earlier .
Like Kashyap, Erry told the two-member judicial panel that the collection of documents and facts convinced him that the state was the sole proprietor of the controversial Plot VI on which the 31-storey South Mumbai building stood. Ownership has been disputed ever since the scam came to light, with both the state and the Army claiming the land was theirs.

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