Meerut, April 26 -- Granting relief to senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, the court of Moradabad divisional commissioner Aunjaneya Kumar Singh on Friday overturned an earlier order that demanded a Rs.20-crore cess from the Mohammad Ali Jauhar University Trust, headed by Khan, a senior administrative official confirmed. The earlier order was passed by the Rampur assistant labour commissioner.

Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan is currently incarcerated in Sitapur jail on various charges.

The case stems from a 2018 order by the Rampur assistant labour commissioner, which assessed the construction cost of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur at Rs.2,000 crore. Based on this valuation, a 1% ces...