ADARSH SOCIETYSCAM

&ETHICAL ISSUES

The origins of the scam go back to February 2002

when a request was made to the Chief Minister

of Maharashtra to allot land in the heart of Mumbai for

the construction of a housing complex for ‘the

welfare of serving and retired personnel of the

Defence Services’

But it really didn’t happen !!

Stages of development

2002: Recommended civilians

2010: Occupation Certificate

2003: Cleared Adarsh Society file, paving way for issuing a “Letter of Intent”

2005: Building height increased

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Contd..

2003: Gave dubious CRZ clearanceJuly 2004: The land was finally allotted2005: Flat owners increased by 51

2007: allowed to include non-defence members

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Ethical issues

Adarsh Housing Society was supposed to be a 6-storey building

But building ended up in a 31-storey building

The road widening project on 3782.52sqm of land on Captain Prakash Pethe, Colaba was dropped so as to accommodate the society

Mumbai’s posh Colaba area land(about 3800 sq meters)with the complicity of military officers was given to a private housing society.

But army took no action in this regard because several army officials , including former army chief “Deepak Kapoor” himself, had flats in the society

Adarsh was granted additional FSI(2669sqmt) of an adjacent plot reserved for bus depot

Ethical issues

Ethical issues

Both Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority were in dark

Society was constructed falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) limits. NOC needs to be obtained from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for any construction falling under CRZ -II area. But no NOC was obtained

Ethical issues

The high rise, built on 6450 sq mtrs was cleared since it was supposed to house Kargil war veterans.

However, the houses in the society were allotted to senior army commanders, a former environment minister, legislators and bureaucrats.

Members of the society paid 60-85 lakhs per flat(Actual cost: 6-8.5 crores)

Among the allottees were:

Former chief secretary D. K. Sankaran’s son, Sanjoy

Mrs Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma(Ashok Chavan’s late mother-in-law)

Smt Seema Vinod Sharma(Relative of Ashok Chavan)

Shri Kailash K Gidwani(Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)

Shri Kanishka J Pathak(Son of former Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Pathak)

Contd..

Former army chief generals : N. C. Vij and Deepak Kapoor

Ex-Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh

Former army vice chief Lt Gen Shantanu chowdhary

Former Union minister and Shiv Sena MP Suresh Prabhu

People’s sentiments were hurt

Martyr’s families were betrayed & cheated

Violation of laws

Corruption

Misuse of power

Deserving families were not informed about their rights and denied their right

Effects of the scam burst

Removal of the CM Ashok Chavan

Two member committee, comprising finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and defence minister A K Antony

 Reveals how a group of select officials, placed in key posts, could subvert rules and regulations in order to grab prime government land- a public property- for personal benefit

Investigation

CBI has also been scrutinizing how defence land was transferred to Adarsh society but was unable to file the charge sheet

Major General Sanjeev Chopra appointed to find out how defence personnel managed to raise money for the flats

Some 40 officers & many politicians are likely to be linked to the scam

Presented By:Sagar gupta :: Gaurav JainAnshul Gupta :: Piyush GuptaPratik Barjatya:: Gaurav SharmaTannu Sharma:: Alok RanchalSwati Chandrakar