The Times of India                  07.06.2013

LMC cancels lease of housing society

LUCKNOW: The state government has cancelled the lease of over four Bigha (10,000 sq mt) of land allotted to one Mansarovar Sahkari Awas Samiti to Jiyamau in 1995 on charges of violation of norms and agreement. The society is believed to be owned by the kin of a senior bureaucrat in former BSP regime.

The land, near Lohiya Path, was leased out to the samiti by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation with a condition that it would allot plots to people on a no-profit-no-loss basis. The samiti was also asked to ensure that plots were given to people from the lower section of the society.

According to the state government, the samiti was supposed to develop the land as per the layout plan drafted by the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA). The layout was endorsed by the LMC. However, the society neither developed the land nor allotted to people even after a gap of five years.

Subsequently, in 2,000, the LMC demanded an explanation from the society, which, however, did not gave any reply. The society, then, approached the high court saying that the LMC did not handed over the possession of the land. In 2012, the court asked the LMC to provide possession of the land to the society. The society, in turn, was asked to give the lay out plan within 10 days.

The LMC did provide possession of the land to the society. But the latter did not gave satisfactory reply to the LMC about the layout plan and allotment of the plot.

A notice was served on the society in 2012. But that did not deter the society to abide by the norms. It neither gave a satisfactory reply to the LMC nor provided requisite information about the case.