Allahabad court rules out coercive action against Noida plot scam accused.Byline: ANI Allahabad (UP), Aug.24 (ANI): The Allahabad High Court The Allahabad High Court (Hindi: इलाहाबाद उच्च न्यायालय) is a high court having jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh since 1950. on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government not to take any coercive action against three former Indian Administrative Service The (IAS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India; other two All India Services being the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Forest Service (IFS). (IAS) officers who were allegedly involved in a multi-crore rupee Noida hotel land scam. A two-judge bench of the high court, comprising Justices Ravindra Singh and Y C Gupta passed the order while hearing writ petitions filed by former NOIDA Authority chairman Rakesh Bahadur Ba`ha´dur n. 1. A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. , former Meerut Commissioner Devdutt and former NOIDA Authority CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Sanjeev Saran. ll three officers had been suspended for allocating plots in NOIDA for the construction of five star hotels in 2006, causing a loss of over Rs.4, 700 crore n. 1. Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000) s>. Noun 1. crore - the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million to the state exchequer. The court fixed September 16 for a further hearing of the case and granted a fortnight's time to the state government to file a counter affidavit. The petitioners have pleaded that keeping in view the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the state government had taken a policy decision empowering the development authorities to convert the commercial land into industrial land and allot the same for the hotel business. They said the allotments were made after a collective decision of the NOIDA Board and thus they alone cannot be penalised. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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