Adarsh Bureaucrats

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  Bureaucrats, Ministers Acted Dishonestly, Says Bombay High Court In Adarsh Ruling

  The Bombay High Court, while ordering demolition of the multi-storeyed Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, has squarely blamed its members for conspiring with politicians and bureaucrats to grab a plot "which was not in existence" in the development plan as a residential area.

• Adarsh housing society scam: panel report slams former chief minister Ashok Chavan

  The report said Ashok Chavan and other bureaucrats gave permissions and clearances and it was a quid pro quo.

• Adarsh Commission: Vilasrao Deshmukh takes cue from Sushil Kumar Shinde

  Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh appeared before the two-member Adarsh Enquiry Commission on Tuesday. Vilasrao Deshmukh arrived at the Commission's office in the afternoon at 02:30pm. He was accompanied by his son Amit Deshmukh and Congress MLA Amin Patel. His deposition will continue on Wednesday. The 67-year-old Congress leader...

• Hand over Adarsh land: Defence Ministry to Maharashtra government

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sent a notice to the Maharashtra government claiming the ownership of the land on which the Adarsh Housing Society is built. According to the notice, the land was taken by fraud, connivance between politicians, bureaucrats and defence officials, and that the Maharashtra government is illegally denying property to t...

• Two detained for interrogation in Adarsh scam

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday detained two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats for questioning in the Adarsh housing society scam, an official said. The scam involves a prime plot in South Mumbai's Colaba on which a 31-storey building was constructed by the society.

• Adarsh scam: CBI arrests two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two senior Maharashtra bureaucrats, former IAS officer Jairaj Phatak and Retired Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in connection with the multi-crore Adarsh housing scam in Mumbai.

• Maharashtra govt suspends two serving bureaucrats accused in Adarsh scam

  Senior IAS officers Pradeep Vyas and Jairaj Phatak have been placed under suspension pending investigation in the Adarsh Housing Society scam, Maharashtra government informed the Bombay High Court today.

• Adarsh scam: Serving bureaucrat arrested, the first in the case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a serving bureaucrat in the Maharashtra government, the first in the case, and two retired Major Generals in connection with the Adarsh Housing Society scam. With this, the number of arrests made so far in the case has gone up to seven.

• Adarsh scam fallout: Maharashtra govt asks babus to go

  Heads continue to roll following the Adarsh society scam. After Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the state government has asked information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari and Human Rights Commissioner Subhash Lalla to resign over their alleged involvement in the scam. Documents with NDTV show as Urban Development Secretary between 2004 and 2008, Tiwari p...

• Maharashtra govt sends notices to 12 bureaucrats who own flats in Adarsh

  The Maharashtra government has sent notices to 12 top bureaucrats who own flats in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, asking if there has been a breach of conduct of civil service rules. The bureaucrats who have been issued the notices include ex-BMC chief Jairaj Phatak, ex-Urban Development Secretary Ramanand Tiwari, ex-Urban Deve...

• Adarsh Housing scam: Bureaucrats served themselves

  Not just politicians and senior Army officers, but even top Maharashtra bureaucrats seem to have aided and abetted what is perhaps the biggest case of land grab in the state in recent times. A close look at the final 104 allotments reveals such cases of conflict of interest. Many of the allottees are related to bureaucrats involved in the clearance...