HC dismisses petition challenging land allotment to Viru

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a petition challenging Haryana government''s decision to allot land to cricketer Virender Sehwag to run a cricket academy in Jhajjar district.
Rakesh Chahar and others of Jhajjar district had sought a direction for quashing the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) signed by the state government to transfer the land in favour of the cricketer in 2008.It was contended by the petitioner that the land was allotted to Sehwag for setting up of the academy but he had set up an international school on the land and the school was charging hefty fees and as such the object and purpose of allotment was for more details....