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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Anjaya Anparthi | TNN

Nagpur: NIT clears decks for giving land to socy run by min’s wife

NAGPUR: The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) board of trustees on Thursday approved the decision taken by chairman Manoj Kumar Suryawanshi to allot a plot of land to People’s Progressive Education Society, which is led by Sumedha, wife of guardian minister Nitin Raut, without inviting applications from interested organizations. Now, Suryawanshi will submit the proposal to the state government seeking relaxation in NIT Act, to allot the land to the society without conducting due process.

It is mandatory for NIT to invite applications to allot any land, flat or tenement etc as per Land Disposal Rules-2016. Considering the application by Sumedha, NIT chairman tabled proposal before board of trustees meeting on March 30.

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