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| | #REDIRECT [[Sonipat–Kharkhoda IMT land case]] |
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| | full name = Sonepat-Kharkhoda Industrial Model Township land scam case
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| | date decided = 4 February 2014<ref name=uddar1/>
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| [[File:Bhupinder_Singh_Hooda_in_WEF,_2010.jpg|thumb|Bhupinder Singh Hooda in 2010]]
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| '''Sonepat-Kharkhoda Industrial Model Township land case''' being investigated by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) against [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]].<ref name=chor5/><ref name=uddar4/> This under-investigation scam pertains to acquisition of 700 acre land in 3 villages near Kharkhoda in [[Sonepat district]] for the Industrial Model Township..<ref name=chor5>[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/chandigarh/bhupendra-singh-hooda-to-face-cbi-probe-in-two-more-cases/articleshow/63288447.cms Hooda under investigation by CBI in several cases], [[Navbharat Times]], 13 Mar 2018.</ref> [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] in March 2013 and the [[Supreme Court of India]] in May 2016 had cancelled the government's decision to release land to the private builder.<ref name=chor7/> Two senior officials in then Chief Minister Hooda's office were indicted for allegedly favouring the developers.<ref name=chor7/> Subsequently, in 2018 the Government of Haryana referred the case to CBI to investigate the against Hooda and others.<ref name=chor5/>
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| There are a total of 6 CBI cases and several other vigilance department investigations against Hooda underway.<ref name=chor5/> [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] is investigating several scams, mostly related to illegal land grab, that took place during his rule in Haryana. These investigations include the [[Gurugram-Manesar IMT land scam]], [[Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam]], [[Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam]], [[Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land scam]], [[Panchkula-HUDA Industrial plots allotment scam]], [[AJL-National Herald Panchkula land grab scam]], [[Haryana Forestry scam case]] and [[Haryana Raxil drug purchase scam]]. He has been already [[Chargesheet|chargesheeted]] in the Manesar-Gurugram land scam, while other cases are still under investigation (c. March 2018).<ref name=chor1>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/cbi-to-probe-two-more-hooda-govt-land-deals/557679.html CBI to probe two more Hooda govt land deals], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 14 March 2018.</ref><ref name=chor5/> Hooda was acquiring land from poor, illiterate farmers at a low rate in the name of ''"public interest"'' only to later license this to builders after granting out-of-turn favors that helped the land value increase exponentially. During his 10-year rule as Chief Minister, Hooda, licensed a massive 24,825 acres of land compared to just 8,550.32 acres by successive Chief Ministers in the 23 years preceding Hooda rule.<ref name=uddar2>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hooda-haryana-vadra-scam-huda-2781232.html Hooda’s land largesse for pvt builder ‘clear fraud’, SC restores it to HUDA], [[Firstpost]], 15 May 2016.</ref>
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| |text=''"The state's power of eminent domain was abused to force farmer-landowners to sell their lands to private colonizer. The licences became the basis subsequently to release land causing wrongful benefits to the private colonizer."''
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| |author=[[Ashok Khemka]], IAS
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| [[Ashok Khemka]], a senior [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer in of [[Haryana]] known for exposing corruption and for cancelling the mutation of [[Sonia Gandhi]]'s son-in-law [[Robert Vadra]]'s illegal land deal in [[Gurgaon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Officer-with-impeccable-integrity-media-s-delight/SP-Article1-945814.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017102758/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Officer-with-impeccable-integrity-media-s-delight/SP-Article1-945814.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2012 |title=Officer with impeccable integrity|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ashok Khemka's Crime? Durga Shakti's Crime? Honesty !!|url=http://indiaopines.com/ashok-khemka-crime-durga-shaktis-crime-honesty/|publisher=India Opines}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/karriere/ausland/ashok-khemka-in-indien-unbequemer-beamter-45-mal-versetzt-a-1026822.html|title= Unbequemer Beamter - Von dauernder Versetzung gefährdet |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=15 April 2015}}</ref> had written to Chief Minister and Chief Secretary of Haryana to seek the CBI investigation, with the findings that both Rohtak and Sonipat land scams were more blatant than the Manesar scam.<ref name=chor7>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/govt-was-alerted-about-rohtak-sonipat-land-acquisition-scams-15-months-ago/articleshow/63291742.cms Govt was alerted about Rohtak, Sonipat land acquisition scams 15 months ago], [[Times of India]], 14 Mar 2018.</ref> In 2005, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) notified 885 acres for acquisition for housing colony for industrial workers in sectors 59 and 60 of Sonipat, out of which 300-acre land was illegally released to a private builder.<ref name=chor7/>
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| 418 acres in Sonipat was released from acquisition in the same way as it was done in [[Gurugram-Manesar IMT land scam]] Manesar during Hooda’s administration.<ref name=uddar1>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/more-trouble-for-bhupinder-singh-hooda-rohtak-sonipat-land-takeover-cases-go-to-cbi-5096956/ More trouble for Bhupinder Singh Hooda: Rohtak, Sonipat land takeover cases go to CBI], [[Indian Express]], 14 Mar 2018.</ref>
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| 642 acres of land in 5 villages was notified for acquisition for developing residential and commercial sectors, by [[Haryana Urban Development Authority]], and a notification was issued on 16 January 2004 to acquire 623.70 acres resulting in sales of land by farmers to builders at throwaway prices under the threat of acquisition.<ref name=uddar1/> Once 418 acre of notified land was acquired by builders at throwaway prices, this was denotified and released from the acquisition, resulting in the illegal windfall gains for the builders at the expense of farmers.<ref name=uddar1/><ref name=chor7/>
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| |text=''"Out of more than 600 acres of land decided to be acquired for that purpose, more than 418 acres of land already stands released in favour of the private builders. Colourable exercise of power for benefit of private builders in whose favour the land ... has been released after the issuance of Section 6."''
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| |author=[[Punjab and Haryana High Court]], 4 February 2014
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| ===Current status: CBI inquiry===
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| Subsequently, in March 2018 the Chief Minister [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] BJP's Government of Haryana referred the case to CBI to conduct further investigation against Hooda and others.<ref name=uddar3>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/cbi-to-probe-two-more-hooda-govt-land-deals/557679.html CBI to probe two more Hooda govt land deals], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] (India), 14 Mar 2018.</ref><ref name=uddar4>[https://www.newsx.com/regional/more-trouble-for-bhupinder-singh-hooda-rohtak-sonipat-land-cases-handed-over-to-cbi Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the docks? Rohtak, Sonipat land cases handed over to CBI ], NewsX, 14 Mar 2018.</ref><ref name=uddar6>[https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20180313/3297432.html Two more land acquisition cases during Cong rule given to CBI: Khattar], Webindia, 13 Mar 2018.</ref><ref name=chor5/> Supreme Court had also ordered Haryana Government to take action on the Dhingra Commission's report, set up to investigate grant of land licences, so that ''"pending issues could be cracked"''.<ref name=uddar1/>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Corruption in India]]
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| * [[National Herald scam]]
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| * [[Rajiv_Gandhi_Charitable_Trust#Controversies|Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust land grab cases]]
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| * [[Robert_Vadra#Controversies|Robert Vadra land grab cases]]
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| * [[List of scandals in India|List of scams in India]]
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| ==References==
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