Dhingra panel report on Gurgaon land deals faults Hooda govt

CHANDIGARH — The Justice S.N. Dhingra Commission of Inquiry, probing controversial land deals in Gurgaon, on Wednesday submitted its report which pointed to irregularities in grant of licences and land allotment in prime areas to individuals and companies, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and his firms.

The 182-page report, it is reliably learnt, has indicted the previous Congress government (20052014) in Haryana led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for irregularities in grant of licences. It has pointed to alleged connivance of the Hooda government in favouring Vadra and others.

Justice Dhingra, a former judge of the Delhi High Court, submitted the report to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here on Wednesday. The one-man commission’s term ended on Wednesday.

“I wouldn’t have submitted a 182-page report if there was no irregularity,” Dhingra told media persons here after submitting the report.

Official sources said the commission examined records of over 100 Change of Land Use (CLU) licences given in Gurgaon district, particularly in Sector 83. A number of bureaucrats and officials were also questioned by the commission.

The commission had been mandated to probe licences given by the Hooda government for the development of colonies, housing societies and commercial complexes in four villages — Shikohpur, Sihi, Kherki Daula and Sikanderpur Bada — in Gurgaon district.

“The government has received the report and will study its contents,” Health Minister Anil Vij said here.