Chandigarh, Nov. 10 -- The inter-departmental committee report, set up by the Punjab government, has revealed startling irregularities in a Rs.4-crore land compensation case in Moga, concluding that the 'consent award' prepared in 2022 for land allegedly acquired in 2014 was entirely baseless and the said land had already been acquired by the government in 1963.

The inquiry report submitted by Manvesh Singh Sidhu, secretary, revenue, Rajpal Sandhu, DIG PAP-II & DIG NRI, and Hargunjit Kaur, additional secretary, PWD, was ordered by chief secretary KAP Sinha on October 30, after the Punjab and Haryana high court expressed dissatisfaction over contradictory submissions in the case.

Following the committee's findings, ADC Moga, Charumita Sh...