Get Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority land lease on easy terms!

HYDERABAD: If you have an identity card and an authorization letter (no matter if they are fakes), you can enter into an agreement with the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and corner land worth crores of rupees on lease. And, there is no need to worry even if officials grow suspicious about the authorization letter and ID — HMDA and the state government will give a grace period of at least six months. The above has actually happened — over the granting of a parcel of land in prime Moosapet to DLF-SBPL Developers Pvt Ltd.The Central Crime Station (CCS), which is investigating the Moosapet land deal based on a complaint by HMDA, on Saturday collected crucial information pertaining to the land lease from the authority. One S Durga Prasad, who claimed to be an advocate, signed the lease agreement with HMDA as the authorized signatory for DLF-SBPL on August 27, 2008. Durga Prasad had produced an identity card issued by the Bar Council of AP at the time of registration of the lease. Also, one Manoj Sharma along with a person called Jaffer Khan signed as witnesses, producing their driving licences as ID proof.DLF claims it did not authorize anyone to sign the lease agreement with HMDA on the Moosapet land. Even after learning of this and of DLF’s denial in October, 2011, HMDA did not take any measures to bring the culprits to book, writing only a letter to the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department informing it about the issue.Now, MA&UD has, couple of days back, issued notices to DLF stating it would rescind the GO allotting land to the firm.Officials said that DLF Building India Ltd had first approached the erstwhile Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) on August 28, 2007 seeking allotment of 25.30 acres in Moosapet for setting up a mega agricultural hub. The Huda board had agreed to the proposal at its meeting on December 31, 2007. When the proposal was sent to MA&UD, a GO (No.559) was immediately issued in August, 2008 allotting 24.23 acres land to DLF Building India Ltd for the project on a 33-year lease. A little later, DLF-SBPL Developers Pvt Ltd came into the picture claiming to be the subsidiary of the Delhi-based DLF.“HMDA officials did not raise any objection since the application was made and GO was issued in the name of DLF Building India Ltd. However, no important person was present during the signing of the lease between the two parties pertaining to a prime property worth hundreds of crores,” a senior police official said. Sources said that the possession, on paper, was given to DLF representative Manoj Sharma in January 2009. DLF had informed the authority that it had not authorized anybody to enter into the agreement for land in October 2011 when HMDA sent notices for payment of Rs 3.96 crore lease rent from July, 2009. However, the authority did not initiate any steps to cancel the agreement. The agreement was cancelled only in March, 2012 after the DLF and GS Gupta issue pertaining to the old Gandhi Medical College land in Basheerbagh surfaced.“The role of HMDA officials in the fraud lease agreement is being probed as part of the investigation,” a police officer said.