Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattra today ordered a vigilance inquiry into the alleged irregularities in disbursement of compensation for acquired 'Shamilat' (combined) land in Panchkula district from 1998 to 2014.
Taking a serious note of the issue, the chief minister has ordered the vigilance inquiry to establish whether the shareholders in the Shamilat land were entitled for compensation or not, an official spokesperson said.
The Zonal Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority-cum-Additional Director, Urban Estate (ADUE), Panchkula has reported that the payment of compensation in respect of Shamilat land has been made to the individuals without any order of the Collector having been passed under the Village Common Land Act, he said.
The villages involved are Nada, Maheshpur, Choki, Saketri, Surajpur, Rampur, Siyudi, Rajipur, and Manakpur.
The spokesperson said that the total acquired Shamilat land falling in the revenue estates of 18 villages works out to be 375.88 acres and the compensation totals Rs 373.15 crore.
