In 2012, Khemka hit the headlines after he had cancelled the mutation of the 3.5-acre land deal between Skylight Hospitality a company linked to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi s son-in-law Robert Vadra and the realty major DLF in Gurugram s Manesar-Shikohpur. Mutation is part of the land transfer process. He had also accused the Haryana government of victimising him then.