Greater Noida Authority’s Six Officials Face Suspension Action After High Court Rebuke

(Reported By Junaid Akhtar)

Information reveals that the residential plot scheme LOP-03 of Greater Noida Authority granted a plot to an allottee in Sector-2 (Patwari village, Greater Noida West). The Authority completed lease planning following correct procedures and later executed the lease agreement directly to the allottee. The Authority observed during plot possession that they did not own the plot in question which had not been acquired for them.

Irregularities Exposed In Court Hearing

Under the case name “Maninder Singh Nagar vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others” the allottee presented his petition to the Allahabad High Court. The Authority submitted an action report to the High Court identifying Senior Manager Praveen Salonia and his team consisting of Manager K.M. Chaudhary alias K.D. Mani, General Manager R.K. Dev and General Manager Jitendra Singh Birwal, Accountant Shripal, plus Tehsildar and SDM. Sources show that the stern approach of the High Court led to these officials being found worthy of conviction in a preliminary review. The High Court delivered a warning to the Greater Noida Authority about this matter in the past.

Action At The Government Level

The Authority presented an official recommendation to suspend all officers to the government and established a committee to conduct an investigation into these activities. The investigative committee identified five more officials who were found responsible for the illegal allotment: Assistant Manager Vaibhav Nagar and Assistant Legal Officer Vandana Raghav together with Manager (Legal Department) Atul Shukla and Senior Draftsman Suresh Kumar and Senior Manager W. Suresh. The government received recommendation letters for official suspensions from the Authority.

The government has already taken disciplinary action against 11 employees of the authority. The authorities have disclosed this information to the High Court. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority officials underwent disciplinary procedures for dereliction of duty which resulted in the discipline of 11 personnel. The majority of these officials work outside of their current position and the rest have reached retirement age.