Azam Khan (File photo)
RAMPUR: In another trouble for senior Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Azam Khan, the Rampur district administration on Saturday issued orders for acquisition of 173 acres of land belonging to Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust, which is run and owned by Khan’s family. The court of additional district magistrate (admin) JP Gupta ruled that the trust had violated norms while purchasing the land and ordered the SDM to acquire the varsity land.
Additional district government counsel (civil) Ajay Tiwari said, “The trust had violated the government order (GO) that permitted it to purchase more than 12 acres only on the condition that it will have to follow rules laid down by the GO. It said the trust would not buy land belonging to people from SC/ST categories, nor acquire riverbeds or floodplains or any land belonging to gram samaj land or a chak road. But the trust violated these terms as well as sections of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Act.”