Mumbai : Two Congress ministers Balasaheb Thorat (revenue) and Madhukar Chavan (dairy development) used their quasi judicial powers and stayed take over of 18.5 acres of Aarey colony land encroached by Royal Palm even when they had lost in High Court, additional commissioner (Konkan) and then revenue minister. This land is worth Rs 5500 crore. The stay was granted on Dec 18, 2013, a day before suburban collector was to take over land and give to Aarey.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 06:38:55 +0000