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Allotment of Land To Educational and Technical Institutions by IDCO in Bhubaneswar - 31-Aug-2014

IDCO was granted land by the government to allot to industrial units, but allotted some land (150.79 acres total) to educational and technical institutions in Bhubaneswar instead. The largest allotment was 89.17 acres to Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). An audit found that while KIIT's direct allotment from IDCO was small, it received undue benefits in acquiring the remaining land, violating allotment procedures and resulting in losses. KIIT also encroached on an additional 18.86 unauthorized acres, valued at 94.32 crores. IDCO failed to take action against the encroachment and irregularly regularized other encroachments.

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Allotment of Land To Educational and Technical Institutions by IDCO in Bhubaneswar - 31-Aug-2014

IDCO was granted land by the government to allot to industrial units, but allotted some land (150.79 acres total) to educational and technical institutions in Bhubaneswar instead. The largest allotment was 89.17 acres to Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). An audit found that while KIIT's direct allotment from IDCO was small, it received undue benefits in acquiring the remaining land, violating allotment procedures and resulting in losses. KIIT also encroached on an additional 18.86 unauthorized acres, valued at 94.32 crores. IDCO failed to take action against the encroachment and irregularly regularized other encroachments.

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Allotment of Land to Educational and Technical Institutions by

IDCO in Bhubaneswar
According to the provisions of OHDC Act, 1980 and IPrs of 2001 and 2007, the Government granted
land on lease to IDCO at concessional rate for eventual allotment of the same to industrial units for
the purpose of securing and assisting rapid and orderly establishment of industries, trade and
commerce in the state. The Government allotted 8235.872 acres of land to IDCO for industrial
purpose of which IDCO was found to have allotted 311.76 acres of land in favour of different
educational institutions and technical institutions which is not the mandate of the IDCO. A total no. of
150.79 acres of land have been allotted to educational and technical institutes in Bhubaneswar which
is as follows.

Sl.No Name of the Institutions Area allotted
(in Acres)
1 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology(KIIT), Bhubaneswar 89.170
2 Navadiganta Educational Trust, Bhubaneswar 22.860
3 Odisha Trust of Technical Education and Training (OTTET),
Bhubaneswar
0.198
4 Gokarneswar Charitable Trust, Bhubaneswar 1.360
5 Silicon Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar 18.376
6 Saint Sirdi Sai Education Society, Bhubaneswar 3.670
7 Dinabandhu Foundation for Educational Research and Economic
development, Bhubaneswar
10.040
8 Future Focus and Initiative, Bhubaneswar 4.394

Total 150.79
In the absence of a uniform, transparent and equitable land allotment policy, IDCO was allotting land
in industrial estates to educational institutions which ultimately resulted in allotment of more land to
them than actually required.

KIIT, as an Institute which evolved from one functioning out of a single rented room in 1992 to one
that boasts of 10 sprawling wifi enabled campuses in Bhubaneswar was allotted prime land of 89.170
acres by IDCO. The details are as follows.

Sl.
No
Allotment/Regularisation of IDCO land by KIIT Allotment of
land
1 Purchase of land mortgaged to Odisha State Finance Corporation (
OSFC)
13.483
2 Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) 16.200
3 On Mutual Transfer from other allotees 14.515
4 Auction conducted by IDCO 7.492
5 Encroachment of land regularised by IDCO 16.397
6 Allotment made directly by IDCO 7.083
7 In Principle allotment of land encroached by others 14.000
Total 89.170

CAG Audit scrutiny has revealed that although direct allotment of land to KIIT by IDCO was meagre (
7. 083 acres), there were instances of undue benefit extended to KIIT in acquiring the remaining
land ( 82.087 acres) violating procedures of land allotment which resulted in a loss of Rs. 252.54
acres.

Besides that KIIT has again occupied unauthorisedly 18.864 acres of land , the benchmark
valuation of land is Rs. 94.32 crores. Astonishingly, IDCO though aware about this unauthorised
occupation has not taken a single step for eviction. The attitude of IDCO subsequently encouraged
other encroachers to encroach upon the valuable land first and then get them regularised. To this
extent, IDCO was merely acting as a regularising agent of irregular encroachments though under the
IDCO Act, no such authority or power was vested with IDCO. It is also found that all the proposals of
KIIT were simply accepted by IDCO violating all norms and procedures of allotment.

Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 29.8.14

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