<p>The Maharashtra government on Tuesday assured the Bombay High Court that it would table the Adarsh inquiry commission report before the Assembly in the ongoing winter session.<br /><br /></p>.<p> The state BJP unit had filed a petition seeking tabling of the report before the Legislature. <br /><br />Assistant government pleader G W Mattos informed a division bench of justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak that the report would be tabled during the Assembly session in Nagpur.<br /><br />Incidentally, the state on Monday sought dismissal of the petition under Section 3(4) of the Commission of Inquiry Act, which empowers a government to desist from tabling a report. The court shot down the move and asked the government to clarify whether it would table the report in the winter session.<br /><br />Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that the Public Accounts Committee had already submitted its report and total expenditure incurred by the commission crossed Rs 7 crore. If the report was not tabled, it would tantamount to fooling the people, he argued.<br /><br />In the wake of a furore following the Adarsh Housing scam, the state government in January 2011 instituted a quasi-judicial commission headed by a retired judge to look into the allegations. <br /><br />The commission, in its interim report, said the land belonged to the state and was not reserved for anybody.</p>
<p>The Maharashtra government on Tuesday assured the Bombay High Court that it would table the Adarsh inquiry commission report before the Assembly in the ongoing winter session.<br /><br /></p>.<p> The state BJP unit had filed a petition seeking tabling of the report before the Legislature. <br /><br />Assistant government pleader G W Mattos informed a division bench of justices V M Kanade and M S Sonak that the report would be tabled during the Assembly session in Nagpur.<br /><br />Incidentally, the state on Monday sought dismissal of the petition under Section 3(4) of the Commission of Inquiry Act, which empowers a government to desist from tabling a report. The court shot down the move and asked the government to clarify whether it would table the report in the winter session.<br /><br />Senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that the Public Accounts Committee had already submitted its report and total expenditure incurred by the commission crossed Rs 7 crore. If the report was not tabled, it would tantamount to fooling the people, he argued.<br /><br />In the wake of a furore following the Adarsh Housing scam, the state government in January 2011 instituted a quasi-judicial commission headed by a retired judge to look into the allegations. <br /><br />The commission, in its interim report, said the land belonged to the state and was not reserved for anybody.</p>
