Another alleged land scam involving suspended Surat Collector Aayush Oak has come to light. The government has received an application to cancel a controversial order passed during his tenure.

As per sources in the secretariat, a 100-page application was received to probe impugned orders by Oak, who is currently under suspension for an alleged scam of privatising government land worth ₹2,000 crore in Surat’s Dumas.

The application, addressed to the secretary’s office, has been forwarded to the General Administration Department, which in turn sent it to the Revenue Department.

It mentions the cancellation of an online application to convert land in Palanpore to NA (non agriculture). It alleges that the cancellation of the application clearly points to corruption in the matter.

The application alleged that the then Collector Aayush Oak had taken such controversial decisions in several lands in Surat and committed corruption, in collusion with a mamlatdar, who allegedly sought bribe from the applicant of the Palanpore land.

It mentions that officials working in the collector’s office during Oak’s tenure, who earned through illicit means, have made investments abroad, and purchased jewellery. The application seeks confiscation of such property after an investigation.

Ayush Oak is currently suspended in a suspected land scandal.

A 17 lakh sq m government land with survey no. 311-3 in Dumas near Surat was reportedly transferred to a tenant farmer (ganotiya) named Krushnamukhlal Shroff. It is believed that the land was further going to be sold to a builder eventually.

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