Haryana defends DLF land transfer after HC order
6 Sept 2014 5:21 AM IST
A day after the Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside the transfer of nearly 350 acres of prime land in Gurgaon to realty major DLF by the Haryana government, the state government Thursday defended its decision claiming that things were done in a ‘transparent’ manner.
Top bureaucrats of the Haryana government, including additional Chief Secretary - Industries, YS Malik, Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning, TC Gupta, and principal secretaries to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, SS Dhillon and KK Khandelwal, told media here that ‘proper procedure was followed’ in the transfer of the land to DLF and that it was done in a ‘transparent’ manner.
The high court had Wednesday quashed the transfer of the 350-acres of land, for which DLF agreed to pay Rs 1,750 crore, and directed the Haryana government to cancel the allotment. The high court’s decision was seen as a major blow to the Hooda government in the assembly poll-bound state and also to DLF.
Top bureaucrats of the Haryana government, including additional Chief Secretary - Industries, YS Malik, Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning, TC Gupta, and principal secretaries to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, SS Dhillon and KK Khandelwal, told media here that ‘proper procedure was followed’ in the transfer of the land to DLF and that it was done in a ‘transparent’ manner.
The high court had Wednesday quashed the transfer of the 350-acres of land, for which DLF agreed to pay Rs 1,750 crore, and directed the Haryana government to cancel the allotment. The high court’s decision was seen as a major blow to the Hooda government in the assembly poll-bound state and also to DLF.
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