Govt land allotted for a hospital illegally sold to private owner

Q: Hello, I herd about this huge news where a land set for a hospital was sold to a private person all of a suddern. What happened here? Do you have any idea?

Rajeev Srinivasan, Coimbatore

23rd March 2015

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Here's some shocking news, the former collector who allotted the land asked the locals about the land, and when they said that the re was no hospital. He said that there was a hospital land given for the government. He was shocked to know that there was no government land around the area anymore.

Srinivas , Chennai

26th March 2015

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A probe has been ordered and officials said that the patta will be cancelled and appropriate action will be taken. Archana Patnaik the district collector emphasized on that and said that the culprits will be puniched.

Suraj Naraynana, Coimbatore

26th March 2015

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That's that. They basically sold the damn land for money. The patta was allotted in just one day, but usually the registration and allotment take a minimum of 30 days to three months. For every patta, the village administrative officer (VAO), revenue inspector and tahsildhar need to approve it.

Abhishek Iyer, Coimbatore

25th March 2015

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Things that caused suspicion over the land transaction was that the land was registered on July 31, 2013 and was allotted to the private person on Aug 1, 2013. Four officials from various different departments had signed the document stating that they had inspected the land and approved it.

Akshat Rai, Coimbatore

25th March 2015

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A local activist filed an RTI regarding this. The reply to the RTI revealed that on 14 May, 2013, Dr Umar Farooq, a medical officer, had written a letter to the district revenue officer (DRO) informing that the allotted land was being encroached.

Naduveetil Rajgopal, Coimbatore

24th March 2015

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Some time in 2013 the land was encroached upon. Residents and employees of the healthcare centre opposed and informed the collector in May 2013 but no action was taken by them which mean there is a hand of the collector in this.

Mohana Vijay, Coimbatore

24th March 2015

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You know, in October 2003, K Muruganandam, the then Coimbatore collector, had allotted 10 cents of land for the construction of a hospital at A G Pudur in Irugur. But lack of funds had brought this project to a stand still.

Kirthana Sundar, Coimbatore

24th March 2015

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According to the records the entire registration process and allotting the patta to the private person was done in just a day. The transaction came to light after K Ramamoorthy, an RTI activist, filed an RTI application on the issue.

sathiya seelan, Coimbatore

23rd March 2015

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Yes. This happened for real. Some government land that was allotted to the public health department in Irugur by the district collector was sold to a private party in 2013. This is done by with the power to over turn proceedings.

Satyanathan Kumar, Coimbatore

23rd March 2015

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