Chandigarh, Aug. 25 -- A controversial 2023 order of the then Ambala divisional commissioner, Renu Phulia by which a 2003 stay order on the sale-purchase of land of various villages including Beed Firozadi in Panchkula, imposed by collector (agrarian), was revoked has been recalled by her successor, Sanjeev Verma. An IAS officer of 2003 batch, Renu Phulia retired from the service in November 2024.

Sale deed documents showed that Phulia's use of divisional commissioner's quasi-judicial powers to allow land transactions by revoking the 2003 stay order on the execution of sale deeds for the land in question, enabled her husband, Satyavir Singh Phulia, also a retired IAS officer and son Neelanchal to enter into a deal to buy 14 acres in Panc...