Adarsh Housing scam: Ashok Chavan writes to Maharashtra CM

In its report, the Commission observed that while Ashok Chavan cannot be said to have favoured or obliged the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society by allowing civilians to become members, his approval of non-deduction of 15 per cent recreational ground while calculating FSI cannot be treated as an innocent act.

“We are not concerned with the legality or otherwise of the said decision. It may be legal and justifiable...However, this decision when followed by the grant of membership and allotment of flats to his close relatives becomes indicative of quid pro quo,” the Commission said in its report.

Sources close to Ashok Chavan said, “There is no connection between him and the then state government's decision to reduce the width of the proposed 60.97-metre Captain Prakash Pethe Marg near the Adarsh Society. It was entirely an urban development department related matter and there was no role of Ashok Chavan as the then Revenue minister.”