State vigilance Bureau Haryana registered a case against three persons identified as prime accuse Rohtash then Tehsildar at Narnaul in Haryana accepted bribe worth lakhs trapped in state also having dual charge for Mohindergarh tehsil allegedly accepted bribe worth over Rs 71 lakh in registration of property cases along with revenue loss to the government for amount worth Rs over Rs 22.50 lakh towards registration fee and stamp duty about five years ago in 2017. Among two other arrested were a property dealer Ramkishen alias Jeevan and a ‘Numbardar’ verified the deal both residents of Narnual district.
During audit after years, suspecting a foul play the investigation of case was handed over to state vigilance department, which detected that then Tehsildar Rohtash had accepted Rs 300 each yard bribe on the registration of 19 kanal 8 marla (nearly 23835 yards land) accepting nearly Rs 71,50 lakh bribe in this deal apart from heavy revenue loss to the government towards registration fee and stamp duty. Investigation also revealed that Rohtash had also finalized nearly 20 property registration cases illegally on the same day late evening when tehsil office was closed.
According to information, when vigilance department registered a case with police on 21st August this year against alleged accuse Rohtash, who applied for a anticipatory bale in the court which was rejected when Rohtash moved application to Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking anticipatory bale which was also rejected by the court a couple of days ago and the alleged accuse was advised to present in hearing of case on next date
State Vigilance team collected report no. 287-90/SA/2017 dated 10th October 2017 from Stamp Auditor Devinder Singh confirming that precious land useful for agriculture was sold at much lesser rate than the collector rate of land caused heavy loss to government. According to vigilance department investigation officer Tehsildar office Mohindergarh vide letter no. 805/RC dated 11th September 2018 also stated that released deed does not come under article 55-B. Information reveals, the case was produced before J.P. Dalal Haryana Agriculture Minister presiding District Grievances Committee meeting ordered suspension of Rohtash.
In view of large number of embezzlements reported in property registration cases in Haryana when question was raised in Vidhan Sabha and state government ordered thorough investigation of all property registration cases n the state in past three years with effect from from 3rd April 2017 to 21st August 2020 and directed all Divisional Commissioners to submit detailed report when embezzlements were found in 64557 property cases in this period and maximum number of violations were detected in Section 7A of Rule 1975 and action started against officers responsible for irregularities. According to a government spokes person the rumors that no action is being taken against officers involved in irregularities are untrue. He said, none of the officer or staff member involved in irregularities in property registration or found involved in accepting bribe will not be spared.
