Status of ATR on Task Force Report on Land Scam in Odisha

Recommendation by  Task force

Action Taken  Report 
declared by Govt.   in Dec. 2014 

                 Present Status

 1.
All such plots allotted by Government in GA Department, BDA, CDA and OSHB
should be resumed, if the allottees have failed  to construct houses within stipulated five
years.

It  was accepted  by Govt.

No Action  has been taken till yet.

2. BDA,
OSHB and GA Department in conjunction with each other should take up another
exercise to obtain comprehensive details including the allotments made prior
to 01 .01 .1995 to know the exact extent of individuals and families who have
taken undue benefits of multiple allotments against the schematic provisions.
Similar exercise is  to be  conducted  for Cuttack by CDA and OSHB together.

BDA, OSHB and GA 
Department  will examine  the allotments  made prior 
to 1.1.1995  at  Bhubaneswar 
to determine  the exact  list 
of allottees  who have  availed 
the irregular  benefit  of more than  allotment 
of land / flat/ house 
against  the specific  schematic 
provisions. CDA  and  OSHB 
will make  similar exercise  for cuttack urban areas.  The Exercise  will be completed  within six months.

Not  a
single step has been taken  by the BDA,
CDA and OSHB  till yet.

3. Independent
investigation/audit is necessary to quantify  the actual number of multiple allotments of plots/houses/flats
by GA Department, BDA, CDA and OSHB against Affidavits/

Applications,
both false and not false.

   
List  of  multiple 
allotments  pointed  out by Task force  has been made  on the 
limited  information supplied by
BDA, CDA and OSHB. Finance Department therefore conduct a special audit of
all  left out cases  of 
multiple allotments  as
recommended by task Force. Action should be taken  by the 
concerned authorities  against
the allottees.

Finance Department has not come out 
with any audit report  till yet.

4. Beneficiaries
who submitted false Affidavits/Declarations to get   allotments should also be proceeded against
under the relevant provisions of law. The plots/houses/flats allotted to them
should either be put to auction or allotted to deserving applicants through
lottery.

General 
Administration  (
Vigilance)  Department  will 
enquire  into those  cases 
of  multiple allotments  to individuals/ families  where 
such  allotments  have been 
made  on the  basis 
of false  affidavits  or 
misleading  information  in violation of  specific 
schematic  provision  and initiate  criminal action.

As per the information supplied by the Govt. ,
State Vigilance  has started  the enquiry. But  not 
a single  land has  been recovered  and nobody has been arrested till yet.

5. All
the  discretionary  allotment 
made      after
1.1.1995  should be cancelled as such allotments
 have been  invariably given undue Benefits  to  undeserving
persons. Many well-placed and   connected individuals have received discretionary
allotments more than once from BDA, CDA, OSHB.

BDA, OSHB, CDA and GA  Department 
should cancel  the  multiple allotments, additional units
allotted  to ineligible  individuals/ families  as pointed out  by the task Force  in its report  and resume the same  to the 
concerned authorities.

Not a single Discretionary allotment has been
cancelled.   BDA, CDA and OSHB could
not supply any information under RTI. 

6. Since
the  lists of DQ allottees have been
prepared on the  basis  of limited information  supplied by BDA, CDA, OHSB, further independent investigation/audit is
recommended to be undertaken to find out the actual size of discretionary allotments
 including those  not 
placed  before the Task Force
for discovery.

 
Finance  Department  will conduct  a special 
audit  to find out  the actual 
number  of discretionary
allotments  made  after 
1.1.1995  including those  not 
placed  before  the Task Force  as recommended  by Task force.  Action should be  taken by 
the  concerned  authorities 
against these  left  out cases.

Finance Department  has not
come out  will  any 
special audit report till yet.

7.  Cancellation of all such   pre-possession transfers except in the
event of death of the allottees  and  fixation of accountability  against 
the  officials who granted
permission   transfers. As regards post-possession
transfers,  the Task Force
recommends  that such transfers by
Discretionary Quota allottees  and
multiple allottees should also be 
cancelled.

BDA, CDA and 
OSHB  should cancel  all allotments of  plot/house/flat under  Discretionary Quota  made 
under  different schemes  after 1.1.1995 including  their 
pre and post-possession 
transfers  and the  plots/houses  and flats 
should  be  resumed 
to the  concerned  authorities.

No step  has been  taken 
till yet.

8. The
BDA, CDA and OSHB may be called upon to explain as to how they have permitted
transfers of plots/houses/flats by allottees    without approval of the General
Administration Department/ Revenue  and
Disaster Management Department i.e., lessor. Stringent action may be taken  for permitting pre-possession transfers.

Nothing is mentioned in ATR.

No action Taken.

9. Recovery  may be made from allottees who have
disposed the plots/houses/ flats  allotted to them    including 
under Discretionary Quota and have applied and succeeded in getting
allotments again including discretionary quota.

BDA, OSHB, CDA and GA  Department 
should cancel  the  multiple allotments, additional units
allotted  to ineligible  individuals/ families  as pointed out  by the task Force  in its report  and resume the same  to the 
concerned authorities.

Not a single  land/plot  has been recovered  till today.

10. Allotment
of plots/houses/flats without evident publicity or by notifying the scheme
only on the office Notice Board needs to be viewed seriously and cancelled. Those
responsible for implementing such scheme should be proceeded against
departmentally and criminally.    Disciplinary action should be taken for
implementing    schemes exclusively for
the employees of the implementing agencies concerned and all such allotment
should be cancelled.  

Not  anything mentioned  in 
Govt. ATR

11. Steps
should be taken in a time bound manner for addressing the specific
irregularities in the segment of the report.  
The land meant    for housing
but allotted otherwise   (for example,
about 20 Ac.  Of such land had been
given to SoA University by BDA) and land given for institutional purpose       but used for housing and otherwise
should also be resumed.

 G.A.
Department  will work out  the modalities  of implementation of  the 
Task Force  report  in a time bound manner  in consultation  with Law Department  and the Advocate  General. 
This  exercise  is to be 
completed  within 90 days.