Land Scam of
Achyut Samant, founder of KIIT and KISS, Crime and criminality of Sri Samant
was exposed under RTI
In 2013, the
Comptroller and Auditor General of India presented its report
( General and Social Sector Volume- 3 ) exposing how
Sri Achyut Samant had acquired land measuring 82
acres through fraudulent
means having unholy alliance with corrupt bureaucrats. As per information obtained under RTI, Sri
Samant has acquired around 30 acres of forest land without obtaining any sanction from the State
Government or Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India. Despite NGT
Order, Govt. of Odisha has miserably failed to
return back the land from KIIT due to his criminal nexus with State administration ( despite our plethora
of complaints, Chief Minister has not
ordered for any inquiry rather
promoted and protected him).
1. Since
last 3 years, several RTI Applications
have been filed in the Department of
General Administration under Chief Minister to get the information about
details of land leased out to KIIT and
KISS. The Department had been
avoiding to provide the said information. However after intervention of
Odisha Information Commission and our repeated
persuasion, the GA
Department at last provided the information which
exposed how Sri Samant has acquired
another 11.438 acres of valuable
GA plot through fraudulent means and adopting all illegal means with the knowledge of state administration.
It is such an interesting Scam masterminded by Sri Samant
which has never happened anywhere in history of Odisha.
On 7.7.18, the PIO, Department
of General Administration has provided the following information.
·
As per available records, no land has been
leased out in favour of KIIT, KIMS and KISS by the GA department.
·
Though KIIT has applied for land to GA
department for several times, the Govt. has not leased out any land to it.
·
But as
per the report of Revenue Inspector of
GA Department which was presented to
State Govt. on 23.9.13, it was found that KIIT has
unauthorisedly and illegally acquired
huge land in Patia mouza,
Bhubaneswar. KIIT has already
constructed multistoried building over plot no.-347 ( pt) Ac. 2.500.
·
An area
measuring Ac.1.550 pertaining to revenue plot no. – 412(pt) kisam-Godanda is
lying vacant but acquired by Sri Samant and a compound wall around the said
land has been constructed.
·
An area measuring Ac. 0.558 dec Govt. land
pertaining revenue plot No.-350(pt) and 407 (pt) is encroached by KIIT
constructing compound wall and asbest house over the said land.
·
KIIT also
unauthorisedly constructed compound wall over revenue plot No. -319 (pt) Ac.
5.725, plot No. 320(pt) Ac.0.300 of Khata No.491 and revenue plot no. -318 (pt)
Ac. 0.905 Khata No. 493 of Mouza Patia.
The details of land illegally acquired
without sanction of State Govt. as per
abovementioned information is as follows.
|
Mouza |
Khata No. |
Plot No. |
Area in Ac. |
|
Patia |
493 |
347 |
2.500 |
|
DO |
492 |
412 |
1.550 |
|
DO |
|
350,407 |
0.558 |
|
DO |
491 |
319 |
5.725 |
|
|
DO |
320 |
0.300 |
|
|
493 |
318 |
0.905 |
|
Grand Total |
11.538 |
||
2. KISS
has also encroached 10 acres of revenue forest land having plot no. 541(p) , khata no. 420 in Pathargadia Mouza. Though KISS has submitted diversion
proposal, it has not been accepted
by Govt. The Govt. has directed
the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar vide
letter No. 4971 dt. 22.10.14 for
appropriate legal action. Though 6 years passed, this
order is gathering dust in
Tahasil office.
3. On
16.1.2019, RTI application was submitted to the PIO, office of BDA, Bhubaneswar seeking details of building plan approval made to KIIT for
construction of building
on the above-mentioned plots. On
5.2.2019, the PIO has intimated that no application has been receied for
approval of building plan over the Plot No. 347,412,350,407,319,320,318.
4. Similarly,
KISS has encroached another 4.032 hect forest land in Mouza-Pathargadia under Bhuaneswar Tahasil. After this
issue was raised, KISS submitted
diversion proposal to DFO, Chandaka Wildlife Division on 1..1.17 which
has not yet approved.
5. The
encroachment of 18 acres of
forest land ACQUIRED by KIIT which has been challenged in National Green Tribunal in 2016. The NGT order in Case No. 92/2016/EZ
for returning back this encroached land and fencing around
it has not yet been carried out by the
Govt.
Presented in the Press Meet on Land Scam in Odisha
held in Bhuaneswar on 4.11.20 by Pradip
Pradhan, Srikant Pakal, Debesh Dash, Sudhir Mohanty, Sanjukta Panigrahi,
Sarbeswar Behura, on behalf of Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan ) Contact No.
-9937843482
