New Delhi, March 25: In the backdrop of scams such as Sukna and Adarsh, the CAG today said there were “large scale discrepancies” in land records which could result in further “encroachments and land grabs” on properties of the Defence Ministry.
In its report on Defence Estates Management, the Government auditor asked the Defence Ministry to take “strict disciplinary action” against officers “who turn a blind eye to the illegal use of defence land for years on end” and allow it to be misused by private builders.
“The audit found that there is no centralised record of defence land… it indicates large scale discrepancies in figures of A1 land as mentioned in land calculation sheets prepared by military authorities and Defence Estate Officers (DEO)… No effort was evident to reconcile the discrepancy,” it said.
-Agencies