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| Petition challenging allotment to Azad’s kin filled in High Court | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 21
A writ petition has been filed in the Jammu wing of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday challenging the alleged illegal /backdoor allotment of Sajjad Ahmed, the younger brother of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has been allotted hall No 209 A-2 in South Block, Bahu Plaza Jammu by Jammu Development Authority.
The petitioner Sunil Mahajan in his petition filed through advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed and Arshad Malik has submitted that he had applied for the allotment of the said hall in response to the advertisement issued by the Jammu Development Authority. According to him his application on the prescribed proforma in April 2006 along with DD for allotment of Hall no 209 (A-2) South Block Bahu Plaza was first misplaced by JDA officials and then on 10-05-2006 he again submitted his application on the prescribed proforma for allotment of the same hall on the first come first serve basis.
In his petition he submitted that he was made to believe by JDA officials that the aforesaid Hall no 209 A-2 would be put to public auction but the JDA officials just to defeat the claims of the petitioner for hall no 209A-2 entertained the application of Sajjad Ahmed somewhere in second week of July 2007 for allotment f Hall no 209 A-2 for which the request of the petitioner on the basis of first come first serve had not been acceded to.
The petitioner has alleged that the application of Sajjad Ahmed was entertained by JDA Vice chairman solely for the reason that he happens to be the younger brother of the chief Minister of the state GhulamNabi Azad and for this reason only the rules/established norms were thrown to winds to confer undue benefit upon the younger brother of the Chief Minister.
The petitioner submitted that on 12-07-2007 JDA Vice chairman prepared a detailed note on the application of Sajjad Ahmed and while conducting the note clearly observed that the application of Sahhaj Ahmed is not covered under the policy f JDA.JDV Vice Chairman observed “ the allotment of hall on the basis of instand application is not covered under the policy of Jammu development Authority.Even allotment on the basis of first come first serve basis at Bahu plaza shopping complex was also for the limited period and available vacant shops should be auctioned in the financial interest of the JDA. However keeping in view the circumstances faced by the applicant Sajjad Ahmed, Minister incharge may take a view regarding allotment.”
That the aforesaid note of JDA VC was forwarded to respondent Housing and Urban development Minister Qazi Mohd Afzal being the chairman, board of directors of JDA on 14-07-2007 vide VC /590/ PS for taking a view regarding allotment.
The petitioner noted that Minister for housing and urban development and also chairman board of directors JDA was duty bound to uphold laws/rules governing the subject, but the minister lost sight of the fact that he is holding office in trust of public and on 07-08-2007 approved the allotment thus paving way for the issuance of the allotment order in favour of high profile younger brother of the Chief Minister.
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