6. Allottee: B.D. Singh (Media reports said he was associated with BJP MLC Awadhesh Narayan Singh)
Firm: Mother’s society for education and child development
CS report findings: Firm submitted application on November 30, 2010, requesting allocation of 10.53 acres of land at Mega Industrial Park, Bihta, for setting up an engineering college. The PCC, at its meeting on December 7, 2010, gave permission for allocation of 10.53 acres of land to the trust on provisional basis. The price of the land was fixed at Rs 4,10,03,820. Applicant paid the initial amount of Rs 1,23,01,146. Biada issued orders on January 14, 2011, for giving possession of land to the trust. The applicant had also submitted an application for reducing the rate of the land but no such decision was taken
CS report conclusion: When the CS office contacted BD Singh, he informed that he had no relation with the BJP MLC and he even didn’t know him
7. Allottees: Manas Kumar, Shailbala Shrivastava, Ravi Ranjan, Anjali Ashka (Media reports said the trust members had relations with BJP MLC Awadhesh Narayan Singh)
Firm: Trident Foundation
CS report findings: Trust submitted application on November 10, 2008, for allocation of 5 acres of land at Giddha for setting up educational institution. After three meetings of PCC, it was decided to allot 2,17,800 sq feet of land for Rs 42.6 lakh. When the firm deposited the required money, Biada, on July 20, 2009, issued orders for giving possession of land to the firm
CS report conclusion: Land allotted in accordance with set procedure. The report also says that Awadhesh Narayan Singh informed the CS office that one of the trustees, Ravi Ranjan, is his son-in-law and he had no stake in the trust or in the business of his son-in-law
8. Allottee: Ashok Kumar Choudhary (Saurabh Kumar, son of BJP MLA Ashok Kumar Agrawal, is a member of the board of directors of the firm)
Firm: Auro Sundaram International Private Limited
CS report findings: On October 27, 2010, firm applied for allocation of 13,30,256 sq feet of land in Forbesganj industrial area for setting up a unit to manufacture maize starch & liquid glucose. The PCC, at its meeting on October 30, 2009, decided to give 30 acre of the land to the firm at a price of Rs 76.23 lakh. Biada, in its letter issued on November 5, 2009, informed the firm about allocation details and also terms of payment. The firm submitted another application on March 19, 2010, and PCC, in its meeting on April 30, 2010, gave approval of allocation of additional 5.65 acres of land to the firm at a price of Rs 15.63 lakh. Biada issued orders in this regard on May 15, 2010
CS report conclusion: All norms followed while allotting land to the firm. CS office also contacted Ashok Choudhary and he informed that though he was a native of Bihar, he had migrated to Uttarakhand in 2004. He said that after a change in the state’s environment he returned to Bihar and has already invested about Rs 20 crore. He said he had no relations with BJP MLA Ashok Kumar Agrawal. Regarding Agrawal’s son Saurabh Kumar, Choudhary informed the CS office that he kept him on the board of directors for local help.
Overall findings of the CS report: Going by the records of the past two years, it becomes clear that apart from the aforesaid eight firms, pieces of land were allotted to 113 other firms at the same rate following the same procedure. “Hence, it becomes clear that no special favour was extended to these eight units,” the report concludes.
