CEC makes public list of immovable properties

Quraishi owns three plots,one each in Gurgaon,Greater Noida and Agra,according to the list.

Practice what you preach — the Election Commission brought this adage to use with its Chief S Y Quraishi and other two Election Commissioners V S Sampath and H S Brahma making public their immovable properties.

Quraishi owns three plots,one each in Gurgaon,Greater Noida and Agra,according to the statement of immovable property released by the Election Commission.

HUDA had allotted a 500 sq yds plot valued at Rs 63,089 at Sector 17 of Gurgaon to Quraishi way back in 1980,whose present value is pegged at Rs 1.75 crore.

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The CEC also purchased a 350 sq yds plot in Greater Noida in 2006 for Rs 36 lakhs from the retirement benefits,provident fund and through bank loans,the statement said.

Quraishi also booked a 525 sq yds plot at Agra and paid Rs eight lakhs from his savings.

According to the declaration,Sampath has purchased a 436.6 sq mt housing land for Rs 47,009 at the posh Banjara Hills in Hyderabad in 1986. The present value of the property stood at approximately at Rs 200 lakhs and fetches an annual lease rental of Rs 7.50 lakh to him.

Sampath also acquired a housing plot of 418.05 sq mt and a dwelling house built on it in 1991 at a price of Rs 68,500 in Guttala Begumpet in Andhra Pradesh. The value of the property at present is estimated to be Rs 95 lakhs. He receives an annual income of Rs 3.60 lakh from this property.

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He also got a 1957 sq ft apartment for Rs 18 lakhs at Yellareddyguda in Hyderabad. The present value of this property is estimated to be Rs 40 lakhs,the statement said.

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