Haryana fails to trace missing Vadra-DLF land deal papers

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has failed to trace documents missing from a file related to a three-member panel that the previous government had set up to probe the land deal of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra, with DLF in 2012.

It had ordered a probe into the matter on December 19 and asked an under secretary-level officer to submit a report within 10 days.

Chief secretary P K Gupta on Monday confirmed to TOI they had not been able trace the documents.

The government has announced it would take action against those found guilty of stealing important documents.

"We would take next action on the basis of the recommendations of the inquiry officer who would submit his report on Wednesday,'' said Gupta.

Two missing pages relate to official noting of the previous government for setting up the committee.

The previous government had given a clean chit to Vadra's firm, Skylight Hospitality. It had passed remarks against IAS officer Ashok Khemka for cancelling the mutation of land deal between Vadra and DLF.

The matter came to fore when an official informed the state information commission that the file noting leading to the decision to constitute the committee on October 19, 2012 cannot be traced.

Initially, the state government was hoping it would able to restore the file by taking same noting pages from a Mohali resident, whom they had been given under RTI Act in June.

But the chief secretary admitted that they could not trace the documents from that person.