The Adarsh housing scam involved the illegal allocation of apartments in a Mumbai housing society meant for Kargil war heroes. Politicians like Ashok Chavan and Vilasrao Deshmukh approved the project. Flats were allotted to politicians, bureaucrats and their relatives at a fraction of the market price. An investigation found the project violated environmental laws and was not meant for war heroes as claimed. Both Chavan and Deshmukh denied wrongdoing in their responses to the inquiry. The scam highlighted the deep corruption in Indian politics.

4. What is Adarsh scam?
Who was its creator?
What black-mark it create on Mumbai?
What did the concerned person reply on this?
What amount of loss did it make?

6. What is Adarsh Scam
 LOCATION: It revolves around a single
building named Adarsh Housing Society located
in Colaba, a posh area of Mumbai
 AREA: a large plot (over 6,000 sq.ft) in the
military complex in Colaba was released for
residential use.
 Supposed to be a six-storey building that would
house Kargil war heroes and widows. But the
building ended up being a 31-storey tower.
 Allotment to Senior Army Commanders, former
environment minister, legislators & bureaucrats.

7. Stages in Adarsh Scam
 First proposal of the came up before the Shiv Sena-
BJP government with Narayan Rane as the Chief
Minister.
 Second application came up the following year,when
was Vilasrao Deshmukh as Chief Minister.
 At this time, the allotment application was sought in
the name of providing homes for war widows and
veterans
 On the list of beneficiaries who got flats were Ashok
Chavan's relatives, including his mother-in-law.
 In September that year, the MMRDA had given the
occupation certificate to Adarsh Housing Society.

8. What was found??
 Adarsh was granted additional floor space index of an adjacent
plot that had been reserved for a bus depot.
 The Adarsh building flouted environmental laws. It was found
that both the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests
and the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority
were in the dark about who exactly gave clearance to the 31-
storeyed building
 Flat of cost between Rs 6 Crore to 8.5 Crore , however
members of Society paid Rs 60-85 Lakh for each flat.

9. Shri Kanhaiyalal Gidwani (Congress MLC)
Shri Kailash K Gidwani (Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)
Shri Amit K Gidwani (Son of Congress MLC Gidwani)
Shri Kanishka J Phatak (son of former Municipal Commissioner Jairaj
Phatak)
Ms Kavita S Godbole (related to Cong MLC Gidwani)
Smt Seema Vinod Sharma (Relative of Ashok Chavan)
Mrs Bhagwati Manoharlal Sharma (Ashok Chavan's late mother-in-
law)
Mr Madanlal Milkiram Sharma (Ashok Chavan's relative)

10. Recommende
d civilians
Occupation
certificate
Ashok chavan

11. cleared Adarsh Society
file, paving way for
issuing a
Building height
increased

12. gave dubious
CRZ clearence.
The land was
finally allotted
Flat owners
increased by 51

13. Allowed
to include
non-
defence
members..

17. Maharashtra CM ASHOK
CHAVAN denied that the society
was meant for kargil martyrs
families

18. The question then
arises : JUST WHO
WAS THE ADARSH
CO-OPERATIVE
HOUSING SOCIETY
INTENDED FOR?

19. Letter
written to
shri. Ashok
s chavan
The then
revenue
minister

20. LETTE
R
On the basis
of alloting
houses by
retired
persons
from
defence
services

22. Not a single action right.
Broke law.
Still no one caught.
Raising of questions.

23. RESIDENT’S COMMENTS ON THE
SCAM.
 Savings of all lifetime.
 Paid dues and got possession after receiving
Occupation Certificate.
 Defrauded by government.
 Caught in Adarsh storm.
 Not a simple story.
 Hit an emotional cord.
 There is smoke only if there is fire.

24. Social activist
,

26. What did the concerned
person reply on Adarsh
scam?

27. What Mr. Ashok Chavan said in his
Affidavit?
 Ashok Chavan in his 8 page affidavit said land was sanctioned by
Union Rural Development Minister and his predecessor Vilasrao
Deshmukh.
 He had made all procedural clearances.
 Allotment of land took place more than 16 months after he ceased to be
the Revenue Minister.
 The file was put up before him as a revenue minister. He had called a
meeting and after meeting people he had passed on the file to the
collector to check up all the position of the land to question and let him
know. By the time everything came on his table he was not the revenue
minister.
 He was not involved with any recommendation to include civilian
members in the building meant for armed forces personnel in upscale
Colaba area.
 At that stage the matter relating to allotment of land was still only at
the stage of verification of the proposal and there was no question of
the Revenue department having taken any decision on allotment of
land.

28. What Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh said in his affidavit?
 Deshmukh had filed an 15 page affidavit before the two-member Adarsh inquiry
commission on June 17 claiming that the Adarsh Housing Society land in Mumbai
belonged to the Maharashtra government and was never reserved for defense
personnel or Kargil war heroes.
 While allotting land to Adarsh Society he had acted on the proposal sent by
Revenue Department and Mumbai Collector.
 The records maintained with the office of the Collector of Mumbai clearly show
that the land belonged to the state government. The ownership of the land was
never an issue at any stage so far he’s concerned.
 He blamed the revenue department, whose minister was Chavan, and the Mumbai
collector for okaying the real estate project.
 There was no reservation on the Adarsh Society land for housing of Defense
personnel or Kargil war heroes either under the Development Plan for Greater
Mumbai or under any of the policies of the state government.
 He denied on the insistence of Gidwani that the Revenue department was asked to
put up the case of allotment of land to Adarsh.
 He approved the proposal to relax the domicile norm/condition in the case of
Generals Vij and Kapoor. This decision was fully justified and fitting considering
their eminence and distinguished services to the nation, he said.

29. Video…

30. SOME FACTS (conclusion)
1.DOES THE SOCIETY POSE ANY THREAT TO THE
DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENTS??
1.Brigadier Deepak Saxena from the
Army Headquarters stated that Adarsh
society posed great threat to defence
establishments.
2.After his above report to the Inquiry
Committee he changed the above
statement.

31. Did the society members make
a windfall by getting flats at
onetenth of the cost as alleged
by the media???
 The current market price of the flats is 8.5 crores.
 But the relatives of the politicians,bureaucrats and
army officials bought the flats for 60lakhs to 85lakhs
that is barely 10% of the growing rate in that area.

32. Was the road widening project
dropped to accommodate the
society??
 The road widening project on 3758.82sqm of land on Captain
Prakash Pethe,Colaba was dropped so as to accommodate the
society and it is now where adarsh stands.
ISSUE RELATED TO FSI
1.FSI- Floor Space Index
2.MOEF(Ministry Of Environment Forest) contended to HC that
Adarsh co-operative society had violated norms pertaining to
FSI i.e society has utilised the FSI of the adjoining plot
reserved for Brihunmumbai Electricity Supply And Transport
(BEST Depot).
3.FSI of the adjoining plot measuring to 2,669sqm was utilised
for Adarsh.

35. India observed 47 major scams
after independence
 This clearly shows that all the indian political
parties are united when the matter comes to
corruption
 NOW WHAT NEXT??????
 BLAME GAME WILL START
 RULES WILL BE CHANGED
 NO ONE WILL GO TO JAIL
 COMMITTEES WILL BE FORMED WHICH WILL
GIVE REPORT AFTER 10 OR 20 YEARS

36. Can we live a scam-free life
in India for a while now?

38. y
e
s
n
o