Times of India: Gurugram: Sunday, July 01, 2018.
The
government has received around 3,600 claims for plots and flats that were
ensnared in the Manesar land scam, according to a reply to an RTI query.
In March this
year, the Supreme Court ordered that the ownership of 688 acres of land that
the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government had issued an acquisition notification for
in 2004 but withdrawn subsequently triggering distress sales in the interim to
builders who promised more than the compensation the state was offering would
pass into the hands of government agencies HSIIDC and Huda.
The scam was
estimated at Rs 1,500 crore with land being bought from locals at throwaway
prices.
The Supreme
Court had said all homebuyers who had brought properties in projects developed
on the land in question were entitled to claim their properties. The claims
were supposed to be filed within a month of the judgment. But for nearly the
entire period, the Haryana government had not decided if Huda or HSIIDC would
accept the claims. Ultimately, in April, HSIIDC was chosen as the agency for
accepting claims from homebuyers as well as landlords.
The ABW
Manesar Allottee Welfare Society has also filed a petition seeking
clarification of the Supreme Court order. One of the petitioners, Naresh
Jindal, said the court had directed claims for possession or refunds could be
filed to Huda or HSIIDC but there was no clarity on the interest applicable or
the timeline.
The RTI query
was filed by Aseem Takyar.