Haryana orders probe into stamp duty charge scam

The Haryana government has ordered a probe into the allegation against two construction companies amassing Rs 15 crore by “extorting” money from innocent buyers in the name of government stamp duty charges.

A spokesman of the Haryana Revenue and Disaster Management Department said the department had received complaints against two companies in New Delhi and Faridabad.

Referring to a complaint against a New Delhi-based builder, who had set up a housing project in Faridabad, the spokesman said, “there were reports of a big scandal by the company which adopted malpractices to extort money from the innocent buyer using the name of government stamp duty charges and by this, the company collected more than Rs 15 crore from the flat holders.” 

He said the company was allegedly cheating the government treasury by playing fraud.

The spokesman said a separate complaint has been received against another builder based at Faridabad wherein it was alleged that the company paid less stamp duty and registration fee on the documents which were executed by the Company.

However, the company collected or acquired the higher requisite fees from the buyers, he claimed.