The IAS Officer Who Blew the Whistle on Vadra's DLF Deal
Ashok was shifted from his position as head of Haryana's land registration department on October 11 for blowing the whistle on the relationship between Robert Vadra and realty chief DLF, who had the support of politicians and civil servants in Haryana. His transfer orders were hand delivered by a dispatch clerk. This was just three days after the officer hunted a list of Vadra's land deals in Gurgaon, Mewat, Faridabad, and Palwal, the districts that were highlighted in the news.
Ashok directed deputy commissioners in the four districts to assemble a list of documents registered by Vadra or on his behalf, starting from January, 2005. Soon Ashok established how Vadra-owned Skylight Hospitality bought a 3.53 acre plot from farmers of Shikhopur village in February 2008. Skylight had paid 
7.5 crore for this plot. Vadra's company was then granted change of land use (CLU) licence to use 2.7 acres of the agricultural plot for residential housing in just about a month in March, 2008.
Less than four months later Vadra resold the property to DLF Universal for Rs 58 crore. Khemka says the only value Vadra's companies added to the land were the CLU licence, which led to a six-fold increase in the value of the land.
