Giving major relief to the Maharashtra government, the interim report submitted by the Adarsh inquiry panel has concluded that the land on which the Adarsh Society was built belonged to the state, not the Army. The commission also concluded it was not reserved for defence personnel or for war heroes.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan tabled the interim report of the two-member panel headed by former high court judge J.A. Patil in the Assembly on Tuesday, while deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar tabled it in the Legislative Council.
The report has found that the defence ministry had failed to prove its ownership of the land.
On whether membership of the society was reserved for defence personnel or Kargil war heroes, the commission said the terms and conditions on which the land was allotted to the society did not contain any such reservation for defence personnel or Kargil war heroes.
The inquiry panel’s terms of reference had 13 points, of which the inquiry on 11 points is still pending.
The report comes as huge relief for former CM Ashok Chavan, one of the 14 accused in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation.