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Filmcity project: ‘criminal breach of trust’ by Administration

Seeking action against top bureaucrats of the Chandigarh Administration on charges of “criminal breach of trust”...

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Seeking action against top bureaucrats of the Chandigarh Administration on charges of “criminal breach of trust”,RTI activist Hemant Goswami has submitted a petition to Chief Judicial Magistrate Kanchan Mahi under Section 39 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Section 39 of the CrPC empowers the public to give information to the magistrate or the police regarding certain offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code.

The role of eminent bureaucrats,including the UT Administrator and former Advisor to the Administrator who were instrumental in approving the Filmcity project,has also been questioned for “ignoring illegalities” involved in the project.

Goswami alleged that 30 acres of land in Chandigarh under the control of public servants (employees of Union of India,IAS officers and the UT Administrator) was to be illegally transferred in favour of M/s Parsvnath Film City Limited. An agreement to that effect was signed on March 2,2007 — just two days after Parsvnath was registered with an authorised capital of Rs 10 lakh.

“The land,which was valued at Rs 1,200 crore,is being transferred for a sum of Rs 191 crore — this means a loss of Rs 1,000 crore to the public exchequer. The commission of the offence has passed through an elaborate design camouflaged as an official invitation for development of land. This constitutes an offence of criminal breach of trust by a public servant and the undersigned is duty bound under the law to inform the authorities about the same,” Goswami stated.

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