Himachal HC Probes Irregularities in Solan Housing Project
SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the state and central governments, the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate, and the non-agricultural promoters of the Chester Hills housing project in Solan, regarding alleged illegalities in the execution of this multi-crore venture on approximately 275 bighas of agricultural land. While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a division bench of the high court, consisting of Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi, acknowledged allegations related to violations of Section 118 of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Act, 1972, which restricts the sale of agricultural land…