{"id":1114,"date":"2011-12-17T19:57:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T14:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cimforest.in\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2024-10-11T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T13:17:17","slug":"pccf-maharashtra-tried-to-hush-up-serious-corruption-of-helping-to-grab-reserved-forest-land-by-rajendra-mangarulkar-ifs-in-case-of-madhu-kapoors-incident-which-was-brought-to-light-by-central-empo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimforest.in\/?p=1114","title":{"rendered":"PCCF Maharashtra tried to hush up serious corruption of helping to grab Reserved forest land by Rajendra Mangarulkar IFS in case of Madhu Kapoor’s incident, which was brought to light by Central Empowered Committee of Supreme court as a serious case of corruption. This was reported by CEC in Richi Rich case of Pune. No-nonsense Principal Secretary Forests, GOM did not agree prima facie with closure report submitted by PCCF to Government. CIM will publish detail report & analysis on said hush up very soon."},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR \u00a0REFRESHING \u00a0YOUR \u00a0MEMORY:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>, this is a case of\u00a0 how\u00a0 criminally\u00a0\u00a0 very expensive reserved forest land, around 6 acres \u00a0in Lonavala, Pune (Heart of the Lonawala town) was grabbed for three star Resort.\u00a0The land is approx valued to be around Rs 40 crores as on date<\/strong> (Village Pangloli, , Tal: Maval, Dist Pune) grabbed in guise of sale\/purchase\u00a0 for construction of a\u00a0 Three star Resort by Mrs Madhu Kapoor with the help of the then Deputy Conservator of Forests, Pune Forest Division, Rajendra Magarulkar IFS, who has many cases of serious corruption\u00a0 against him.\u00a0It is alleged that he has partnership in the said resort in benami.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNDISPUTED FACTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. As per\u00a0report of Conservator of Forest, \u00a0Pune no. Desk-6\/land\/30\/10-11\u00a0 \u00a0dated 06-04-2010<\/a>, three survey no.s 61, 60 & 59 of village Pangaloli were renumbered to gat no. 13, 14 & 15. Thenotices under section 35(3)<\/a> of \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Indian Forest act<\/a> were issued to the\u00a0 owners of the said land in the year 1956.<\/li>\n
  2. After this notice, another\u00a0notice under section 3(1) <\/a>of Maharashtra Private Forest (acquisition) Act 1975 dated 28-2-1975 \u00a0for survey no. 61 & 59 \u00a0was issued to their \u00a0owners (on the appointed day i.e 30-8-1975) , viz. Prabhakar Purushottam Dahanukar & Khandu Bhima Ambhore respectively.<\/li>\n
  3. The office of the DCF Pune vide letter no. B\/Malki\/3252 dated 30-8-1976 <\/a>had informed to Collector Pune \u00a0that survey no. 61 & 59 (new gat no.13 & 15) have been acquired under the provisions of Maharashtra Private Forest (acquisition) Act 1975 making the area a deemed Reserved Forest under the control of Government.<\/li>\n
  4. Old survey no. 60 and new gat no. 14 of Pangloli \u00a0is reserved forest with ownership of the government. The same was notified in the\u00a0gazztte dated 29-12-1921<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Hence gat no. 13, 14 & 15 of village Pangloli Tal Maval Dist Pune all are reserved forest as per records.<\/li>\n
  6. The revenue department has not mutated the entry in 7\/12 extracts of gat no.13 & 15<\/a> of Pangloli and it was not showing Forest department or government of Maharashtra as owner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    CONSPIRACY BY MADHU KAPOOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. On 19th<\/sup> June 1999 Mrs Madhu Kapoor & Mrs\u00a0 Radhika Mehra purchased reserved forest bearing gat no. 13 & 15 of village Pangloli, Pune by two registered sale deeds.<\/li>\n
    2. Their names were immediately mutated in the revenue records . Thus 7\/12 extracts start showing their names as owners of government reserved forests.<\/li>\n
    3. Madhu Kapoor & Radhika Mehra made\u00a0applications to Range Forest officer, Shirota (Kamshet) on 16-09-2000<\/a>,\u00a0informing very clearly\u00a0 that since they want to construct \u00a0bunglow on the gat no.13 & 15<\/strong> for their residential purpose, hence a certificate of census of trees on the said plots from forest department be given to them, so that the same could be submitted to local body authorities for getting NOC for construction of the house.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      CONSPIRACY BY RAJENDRA MANGARULKAR\u00a0 IFS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. The Range Forest Officer, Shirota had drawn \u00a0two panchanamas dated 23-9-2000<\/a> mentioning number of trees on the said land and submitted his enquiry report \u00a0dated 1-11-2000<\/a> on applications of Madhu Kapoor & Radhika Mehara to Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Pune , Rajendra Mangarulkar.\u00a0But no where in enquiry report it was mentioned that the said gat no. 13 & 15 are reserved forest and tree census for \u00a0permission to construct bungalow on the said gat no.\u00a0 13\u00a0 &\u00a0 15 can not be issued being a reserve forest and also because it violates provisions of Forest Conservation Act 1980.<\/strong> Also RFO had not informed\u00a0 Madhu Kapoor and Radhika Mehara that it is illegal to construct any bungalow on Reserved forest.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ( Allegedly this was done on verbal directions of Rajendra Mangarulkar).<\/li>\n
      2. This enquiry report was processed in the Mangarulkar\u2019s office and\u00a0 note sheet<\/a>s were prepared, mentioning following points:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n