Mathur Commission: Rajasthan Lokayukta submits report to Guv

Rajasthan Lokayukta Justice S S Kothari today submitted its 757-page probe report to Governor Kalyan Singh on 1,828 cases that were pending with the Mathur Commission.
The Justice N N Mathur Commission was constituted in 2009 to probe cases pertaining to land use conversion, land allotment, corruption and irregularities by public servants during 2004-2008, the lokayukta said in a release.
The constitution of the commission was challenged through a PIL in the Rajasthan High Court, it said.
The high court had then directed the lokayukta to conduct a fresh probe into the cases pending with the Mathur Commission, the release said.

Twenty-eight of the 199 land conversion cases were cancelled, and rules and regulations were not followed in 38 cases, in which action was taken, it said.
In land allotment cases, irregularities were found in 36 cases, following which 10 allotments were cancelled and in eight cases penalty was recovered.
Rs 20.37 crore was recoveredin 88 cases of development charges, lease charges, regularisation and stamp charges, the release said.
Prosecution and police action was launched in 27 cases. Disciplinary action was taken against 25 public servants in 13 cases, it said.