MUMBAI: On August 31, the day the election code of conduct was announced, the state government completed some unfinished work in a hurry—it issued orders to allot a prime plot at Kalina to a housing society comprising bureaucrats, police officers, mid-level state government officials, personal assistants and private secretaries of ministers. This is the same plot, near Hotel Grand Hyatt, that was offered by the state to the Pakistani government for its consulate three years ago, which Pakistan reportedly turned down.
The state housing department order, a copy of which is available with this newspaper, directs the Mhada to allot the one-acre plot to the Maitri Cooperative Housing Society. The society will have to pay only about 40% of the market value of the land, which, according to real estate experts, could be worth anywhere between Rs 60 crore and Rs 70 crore. However, Mhada officials claim that a part of this plot will also be used to construct middle-income and high-income flats. Residential property prices in Kalina are in the range of Rs 11,000 to Rs 12,000 a sq ft.
The chief promoter of the 84-member society is A M Vasarkar, additional collector in the Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
Some prominent members of the society include transport commissioner Deepak Kapoor, Mhada’s chief vigilance officer Jawhar Singh, additional commissioner of police Sunil Ramanand, deputy police commissioner S S Salunke, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma, private secretaries to chief minister Ashok Chavan, Chandrakant Pulkundwar and Sanjay Yadav, private secretary to deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, P D Malikner, additional private secretary to Union aviation minister Praful Patel, Sanjay Khandare, and personal secretary to irrigation minister Ajit Pawar, Suresh Jadhav.
“The government approved the society’s proposal and the housing department has issued the relevant orders to Mhada,’’ a Mantralaya source told TOI on Tuesday. According to sources, the society will get a floor space index (FSI) of 2.5 to construct the residential building.
Over the years, the state government has been generous in allotting prime housing plots to IAS and IPS officials. In July 2004, it magnanimously allotted a 3,824 sq m plot in the heart of Cuffe Parade to the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society at a hugely concessional rate. The society comprises MPs, MLAs, MLCs, bureaucrats and senior personnel from the armed forces, whose 30-storey tower with about 100 flats in two wings is now coming up.
On July 9, 1999, just a day before the code of conduct was announced in Maharashtra, the state government allotted a plot to the Patliputra Housing Society, comprising 50 IAS and IPS officers at Four Bungalows, Versova. A case filed by lawyer-activist Y P Singh against the allotment is still pending in the Bombay high court.
On the same day that the plot was allotted to Patliputra society, the government also issued a GR (government resolution) allowing government officials to sell their flats situated in such properties.
Some of the prominent members of the Maitri housing society:
1) Sudhir Thakre——-secretary, rural development department
2) Bipin Shrimali——secretary to deputy CM
3) Harshdeep Kamble—deputy secretary to deputy CM
4) Kailash Pagare—- pvt secretary to minister of state for housing
5) Chandrakant Thorat—- pvt secretary to higher and technical education minister
6) Rajkumar Sagar————pvt secretary to minorities development minister
7) Ashutosh Dumbre————-IPS
8) Satyanarayan Bajaj———-pvt secretary to minister (MSRDC)
9) Kshatrapati Shivaji———-CEO of MIDC
10) Anil Kale——-commissioner, women and child welfare
11) Hussein Mukadam——personal assistant to minister of state for housing
12) Pandharkame————desk officer in housing department
13) Prakash Pawar——-pvt secretary to minister of state for public health
14) Navnath Jare———-OSD to agriculture minister
15) Yashwant Gadekar——senior police inspector
16) Hiralal Sonawane——-pvt secretary to transport minister
17) Ejaz Naqvi—————deputy secretary, Mantralaya
18) Ramchandra Davle—-assistant police commissioner
19) Dilip Gavde————additional collector
20) Satish Gadve————Block development officer, Pune
The state housing department order, a copy of which is available with this newspaper, directs the Mhada to allot the one-acre plot to the Maitri Cooperative Housing Society. The society will have to pay only about 40% of the market value of the land, which, according to real estate experts, could be worth anywhere between Rs 60 crore and Rs 70 crore. However, Mhada officials claim that a part of this plot will also be used to construct middle-income and high-income flats. Residential property prices in Kalina are in the range of Rs 11,000 to Rs 12,000 a sq ft.
The chief promoter of the 84-member society is A M Vasarkar, additional collector in the Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
Some prominent members of the society include transport commissioner Deepak Kapoor, Mhada’s chief vigilance officer Jawhar Singh, additional commissioner of police Sunil Ramanand, deputy police commissioner S S Salunke, Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Ashish Sharma, private secretaries to chief minister Ashok Chavan, Chandrakant Pulkundwar and Sanjay Yadav, private secretary to deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, P D Malikner, additional private secretary to Union aviation minister Praful Patel, Sanjay Khandare, and personal secretary to irrigation minister Ajit Pawar, Suresh Jadhav.
“The government approved the society’s proposal and the housing department has issued the relevant orders to Mhada,’’ a Mantralaya source told TOI on Tuesday. According to sources, the society will get a floor space index (FSI) of 2.5 to construct the residential building.
Over the years, the state government has been generous in allotting prime housing plots to IAS and IPS officials. In July 2004, it magnanimously allotted a 3,824 sq m plot in the heart of Cuffe Parade to the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society at a hugely concessional rate. The society comprises MPs, MLAs, MLCs, bureaucrats and senior personnel from the armed forces, whose 30-storey tower with about 100 flats in two wings is now coming up.
On July 9, 1999, just a day before the code of conduct was announced in Maharashtra, the state government allotted a plot to the Patliputra Housing Society, comprising 50 IAS and IPS officers at Four Bungalows, Versova. A case filed by lawyer-activist Y P Singh against the allotment is still pending in the Bombay high court.
On the same day that the plot was allotted to Patliputra society, the government also issued a GR (government resolution) allowing government officials to sell their flats situated in such properties.
Some of the prominent members of the Maitri housing society:
1) Sudhir Thakre——-secretary, rural development department
2) Bipin Shrimali——secretary to deputy CM
3) Harshdeep Kamble—deputy secretary to deputy CM
4) Kailash Pagare—- pvt secretary to minister of state for housing
5) Chandrakant Thorat—- pvt secretary to higher and technical education minister
6) Rajkumar Sagar————pvt secretary to minorities development minister
7) Ashutosh Dumbre————-IPS
8) Satyanarayan Bajaj———-pvt secretary to minister (MSRDC)
9) Kshatrapati Shivaji———-CEO of MIDC
10) Anil Kale——-commissioner, women and child welfare
11) Hussein Mukadam——personal assistant to minister of state for housing
12) Pandharkame————desk officer in housing department
13) Prakash Pawar——-pvt secretary to minister of state for public health
14) Navnath Jare———-OSD to agriculture minister
15) Yashwant Gadekar——senior police inspector
16) Hiralal Sonawane——-pvt secretary to transport minister
17) Ejaz Naqvi—————deputy secretary, Mantralaya
18) Ramchandra Davle—-assistant police commissioner
19) Dilip Gavde————additional collector
20) Satish Gadve————Block development officer, Pune
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