CBI gets nod to prosecute ex-Hooda aide ML Tayal in DA case

The CBI has secured prosecution sanction against former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister (PSCM) ML Tayal in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. However, the state government has declined consent to prosecute his wife, Savita Tayal.

The case at a glance

Accused: Ex-IAS officer ML Tayal (former Principal Secretary to Bhupinder Singh Hooda), wife Savita, son Kartik

Check period: Jan 1, 2006-Dec 31, 2014

Income: ₹17.34 crore

Expenditure: ₹5.10 crore

Assets acquired: ₹26.31 crore

Disproportionate assets: ₹14.06 crore (81.11% beyond income)

Key properties

House in Sector 15-D, Chandigarh – ₹1.46 crore

House in Defence Colony, New Delhi – ₹1.27 crore

Plot in Mullanpur – ₹32.53 lakh

Flat in IMT Manesar – ₹30.12 lakh

7 units in Unitech World Cyber Park, Gurugram (2013)

Property in Uniworld City, Gurugram – ₹1.15 crore

Movable Assets: Cars, jewellery, bank balances worth ₹9.95 crore

Income tax findings: ₹9.5-crore LTCG from Kappac Pharma declared bogus

ED action: Attached nine immovable properties + bank balances on June 30, 2025

The case, filed against Tayal, his wife, and their son Kartik, alleges that the family amassed disproportionate assets worth Rs 14.06 crore — 81.11% more than their known sources of income during the check period from January 2006 to December 2014.

According to the CBI chargesheet, the Tayals acquired assets worth Rs 26.31 crore and incurred expenditure of Rs 5.10 crore against an income of Rs 17.34 crore. “He was very close to the then CM (Bhupinder Singh Hooda) and had played an important role in various important administrative decisions, including release of land in Manesar, Gurgaon, which was being acquired by HSIIDC,” the CBI stated.

Tayal served as Hooda’s Principal Secretary from March 2005 to October 2009 and later as a member of the Competition Commission of India between 2009 and 2014.

The CBI said the Tayals had just Rs 37.61 lakh in assets before 2006, but by the end of 2014 they owned 13 immovable properties worth Rs 16.74 crore and movable assets worth Rs 9.95 crore. These included properties in Chandigarh, Gurugram, Delhi, and Mullanpur, apart from seven units in Gurugram’s Unitech World Cyber Park.

The agency also pointed out that a large part of their declared income — Rs 9.5 crore shown as long term capital gains from sale of Kappac Pharma shares — had been termed “bogus” by the Income Tax Department, which flagged the stocks as penny shares used for laundering black money.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), acting on the CBI chargesheet, has attached nine immovable properties and bank balances worth around Rs 14.06 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Tayal is also facing charges in the CBI’s Manesar land scam case.

The next hearing in the DA case is scheduled for October 9.