Estate Officer orders FIR against Kumar Brothers

But the UT contested the order and stated before the Additional District and Session Judge that it was for the plaintiff to prove the ownership of the SCF but they failed to establish it as they could neither produce he allotment letter nor the possession certificate of the site.

Rajmeet Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 4

The UT Estate Officer today ordered the registration of a case of cheating, impersonation and criminal conspiracy against Kumar Brothers, the group running chemists shops across the city, for allegedly trying to get a shop-cum-flat (SCF) in Sector 11-D transferred in their names on the basis of a fictitious will.

The role of certain officials of the Estate Office for allegedly colluding with the intended beneficiaries has also come under the scanner.

Based on an internal inquiry that indicated that the Kumar Brothers -- Vinod Kumar, Parmod Kumar and Ashwani Kumar -- tried to get the vacant SCF site transferred in their names despite the fact that the property was neither allotted nor was the possession delivered to their father, Rameshwar Dass.

While directing Assistant Estate Officer Upkar Singh to get an FIR registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC, Estate Officer Mohammed Shayin has observed that Kumar Brothers entered into a criminal conspiracy along with the staff of the Estate Office to wrest control of the property which was never allotted to them. The AEO has also been asked to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the erring officials of the Estate Office. In 1983, the three sons of Rameshwar Dass submitted an application for the transfer of the SCF in their names on the basis of an unregistered will of their father.

On May 31, 1983, the Estate Office without verifying the fact whether the said site was allotted to Rameshwar Dass or not, asked Kumar Brothers to submit the liability certificate, an attested copy of the will and affidavits of the witnesses of the will.

After the communication from the Estate Office, the intended beneficiaries filed a suit for declaration and mandatory injection and the trial court, through its judgment on March 25, 2013, decreed the suit in their favour and directed the Estate Office to transfer the ownership of the SCF in

The names of the plaintiff.

But the UT contested the order and stated before the Additional District and Session Judge that it was for the plaintiff to prove the ownership of the SCF but they failed to establish it as they could neither produce he allotment letter nor the possession certificate of the site. Ultimately, the judgment of the trial court was reversed.

Spokesman of Kumar Brothers Varinder Jain said, “Today, we got the orders of the District Courts and are moving the High Court against these.”

Estate Office caught on wrong foot?

In 1983, the Estate Office, without verifying whether the said site was allotted to Rameshwar Dass or not, asked Kumar Brothers to submit a liability certificate, an attested copy of the will and affidavits of the witnesses of the will.