not recovered from the buyer. After audit objection pointed out that the CDA suffered a loss of Rs490.5 million, the PAC on January 22, 2013 ordered to investigate the matter.
This order was never implemented.
In another case, the CDA sold plot no 34-A in G-9 Markaz in 1988 at a price of Rs5.8 million. The winner of the auction didn’t come to get plot and 10 percent of his security deposit was confiscated and the remaining amount was returned to him. After a period of 22 years on July 28, 2010, he applied with the CDA that his plot should he reinstated and on October 18, 2010, his plot was reinstated and even the CDA didn’t charge the required fee of restoration of the plot, which under the rules is must. The auditor pointed out that it caused a loss of Rs20 million to the CDA. The PAC on January 22, 2013 directed to investigate the issue. This order was never implemented. After a period of about two years, the matter was again brought before the PAC and this forum was told that the case is pending in the court of law so it couldn’t be investigated.
In third case, plot no 48, Murree Road reserved for agriculture farms was sold through open auction at a rate of Rs2.5 million per kanal. Later on this plot was divided into two parts and one part was merged with adjacent plot and sold at just Rs500,000 per kanal. Audit reported that this sale caused a loss of Rs103 million rupees to the CDA. The PAC directed to hold investigation into the issue but this order of the PAC was never implemented.
The audit report also pointed out that the CDA sold eight plots in different sectors of Islamabad at lower prices which caused a loss of Rs103 million. In last week of January, the PAC again directed to conduct inquiry into these cases. After a lapse of five months, there has been no investigation into the matter. When this correspondent contacted the CDA spokesman Ramazan Sajid, he promised to provide details as soon as he would get details. After a lapse of seven days he was again approached but he never gave any information.