Former SAD minister Garcha booked for not paying GLADA dues worth Rs 14.33 crore
The complaint further said that the license to Garcha's firm to develop the colony was issued under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act which was valid till December 2013.
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Former Akali Dal minister Jagdish Singh Garcha. (Express)The Ludhiana police Wednesday booked former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) minister Jaswant Singh Garcha, 88, for an alleged fraud with the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA).
The GLADA’s chief additional chief administrator in the complaint to the police said that Garcha via his firm M/S GS Township, had got a license in 2010 to develop a colony on 70 acres of prime land in Lalton Kalan village. However, he neither got the license renewed, nor completed the project. The complaint further adds that Garcha also did not allegedly pay pending dues amounting to Rs 14.33 crore including EDC license fee and penal interest.
The complaint further said that the license to Garcha’s firm to develop the colony was issued under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act which was valid till December 2013.
Garcha, two-time former MLA from Ludhiana, has been booked in an FIR registered at Sadar police station under section 36(1) of Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act.
His son Harjinder Singh Garcha said that they had a joint agreement with Delhi-based firm Earth Infrastructure to develop the colony. Meanwhile, the Economic Offence Wing had initiated an action against Earth Infrastructure in some other cases. He said that they had duly informed the GLADA that even as they were ready to clear all pending dues, it cannot be done as the matter is sub-judice . He added that on January 19, GLADA had again written the police to stall action on the complaint filed against them. However, the police overlooked the letter and still lodged an FIR against his father.
Two-time MLA from Kila Raipur constituency, Garcha remained cabinet minister during SAD-BJP government (1997-2002) for technical education. Later he was also arrested in an alleged corruption case by the vigilance. In 2020, he left SAD and joined its faction of rebels SAD (Sanyukt).
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