But it really didn’t happen !!

2002: Recommended civilians 2010: Occupation Certificate 2003: Cleared Adarsh Society file, paving way for issuing a “Letter of Intent” 2005: Building height increased

2003: Gave dubious CRZ clearance July 2004: The land was finally allotted 2005: Flat owners increased by : allowed to include non- defence members

 Adarsh Housing Society was supposed to be a 6-storey building But building ended up in a 31-storey building  The road widening project on sqm of land on Captain Prakash Pethe, Colaba was dropped so as to accommodate the society

 Mumbai’s posh Colaba area land(about 3800 sq meters)with the complicity of military officers was given to a private housing society.  But army took no action in this regard because several army officials, including former army chief “Deepak Kapoor” himself, had flats in the society  Adarsh was granted additional FSI(2669sqmt) of an adjacent plot reserved for bus depot

 Both Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority were in dark  Society was constructed falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) limits. NOC needs to be obtained from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for any construction falling under CRZ -II area. But no NOC was obtained

 The high rise, built on 6450 sq mtrs was cleared since it was supposed to house Kargil war veterans.  However, the houses in the society were allotted to senior army commanders, a former environment minister, legislators and bureaucrats.  Members of the society paid lakhs per flat(Actual cost: crores)

 Former chief secretary D. K. Sankaran’s son, Sanjoy  Mrs Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma(Ashok Chavan’s late mother-in-law)  Smt Seema Vinod Sharma(Relative of Ashok Chavan)  Shri Kailash K Gidwani(Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)  Shri Kanishka J Pathak(Son of former Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Pathak)

 Former army chief generals : N. C. Vij and Deepak Kapoor  Ex-Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh  Former army vice chief Lt Gen Shantanu chowdhary  Former Union minister and Shiv Sena MP Suresh Prabhu

 Martyr’s families were betrayed & cheated  Violation of laws  Corruption  Misuse of power  Deserving families were not informed about their rights and denied their right

 Removal of the CM Ashok Chavan  Two member committee, comprising finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and defence minister A K Antony  Reveals how a group of select officials, placed in key posts, could subvert rules and regulations in order to grab prime government land- a public property- for personal benefit

 CBI has also been scrutinizing how defence land was transferred to Adarsh society but was unable to file the charge sheet  Major General Sanjeev Chopra appointed to find out how defence personnel managed to raise money for the flats  Some 40 officers & many politicians are likely to be linked to the scam