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| Vigilance registers case on evasion of Rs 9.5 crore of stamp duty | | Tehsildar Reasi, others booked | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 7: State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has registered a case against Tehsildar Reasi and three other revenue officials besides two private beneficiaries for allegedly causing loss of Rs 9.55 crore to the State Government exchequer.
SVO has booked Tehsildar Reasi Kunal Sharma, Naib Tehsildar Katra Rattan Singh, Circle Girdawar Katra Hukum Chand, Patwari Halqa Kundrorian, Katra Om Prakash and private beneficiaries namely Swarn Singh Salaria son of Nadhan Salaria of Village Chohana Pathankot and Harbans Singh son of Lehar Singh of Bishnah Jammu.
The revenue officers / officials by abuse of their official position dishonestly and fraudulently prepared and issued incomplete and misleading revenue extract in respect of land measuring 52 kanals 18 marlas under Khasra number 11 min situated at village Kundrorian Katra, Reasi falling under Katra Development Authority in favour of private beneficiaries Swarn Singh Salaria.
During verification, it transpired that above mentioned revenue officers / officials knowingly and willfully omitted to mention that “ Hotel White” constructed over the land that existed on aforesaid land while preparing and issuing revenue extracts thus intentionally and dishonestly facilitated private beneficiaries Swarn Singh Salaria and Harbans Singh to depreciate the value of property from its actual cost and thus allowed evasion of the stamp duty.
Verification has further revealed that Swarn Singh Salaria had obtained a loan of Rs 1500 lakh from IDBI Bank Mumbai in June 2010 against the aforesaid property. While assessing the property of Swarn Singh Salaria in the form of land and hotel white, the surveyor had assessed the value of the property to the tune of Rs 194,25,24,478.
This assessment had been agreed upon by the beneficiary and IDBI Bank Mumbai while mortgaging the aforesaid property against the loan of Rs 1500 lacs. The land in question falls under Katra Development Authority. As per the notification of Divisional Commissioner Jammu which was effective at the time of sale of land, the value of the land was fixed at Rs 25 lacs per kanal for purposes of stamp duty.
The actual stamp duty supposed to be paid on the land was Rs 95,22,000 and the stamp duty supposed to be paid on the super structure was to the tune of Rs 8.64 crores.
A total loss of Rs 9.55 crores to the Govt exchequer has been caused on account of evasion of stamp duty by abuse of the official position by the above mentioned revenue officers.
A case against FIR No 12/2011 has been registered at police station Vigilance Organisation, Jammu. |
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