Manipur Chief Justice Laxmikanta Mohapatra still fails to clear his name from the Money-Laundering – mega chit scam in Odisha at which the CBI is presently investigating. The mega chit scam happened when Justice Mohapatra was the justice of Odisha High Court. He was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Manipur high court on July, 2014.
In a series of investigation regarding the multi crore Money-Laundering scam, the CBI has even charge sheeted against the Sea shore group of companies at the special CBI court. Information received through RTI reveals that the law protector becomes Law Breaker by transferring and selling immovable property to fraud chit fund operator on affidavit (on Rupees Ten stamp paper) instead of paying proper stamp duty under Indian Stamp Act,1899 and registration fee of the same under Indian Registration Act,1908.
According to the finding of RTI activist Jayanta Kumar Das, Justice Laxmikanta Mohapatra, former justice of Odisha High court and Present Chief Justice in Manipur High Court applied for a government plot in Markata Nagar, Cuttack on 11.10.2006 to Cuttack Development Authority and the authority hence allotted one plot in its Letter No. 12699/CDA dated 25.5.2007 (plot No. 11-3B/1332 of ‘B’ category measuring 4000 square foot, in Sector-11 in Bidanasi project area, Cuttack) and directed him to pay Rs 09,80,500/-.
He then constructed a 2 storeyed building in the plot by taking permission from Cuttack Development Authority. According to the finding Laxmikanta Mohapatra transferred/sold the said plot having a double storied building to Pradeep Kumar Sethy, Chief Managing Director Of Artha Tatwa Chit Fund Company, on 14.02.2011.
Affidavit available showed that a sum of Rs 1,00,00,000/- as received in return. The mode of payment was not mentioned and further he has mentioned in this affidavit, “I have taken over the possession of the plot on 23.7.2007 and lease deed has not been executed in my favour till date. The plot is double storied building is existing on the plot”.
This declaration of Justice Laxmikanta Mohapatra in his affidavit clearly shows that he is not the owner of the said plot and the real owner is Cuttack Development Authority. By such transfer/sale of the said immovable property by affidavit the government lost lakhs of rupees revenue, this means either the Honourable Justice has received Rs. 1,00,00,000/- only from the fraud chit fund operator Pradeep Kumar Sethy to provide him and his Chit Fund Company named Artha Tatwa Group of Companies undue favour in the name of unlawful transfer of immovable property through affidavit or the Honourable Justice has broken the law to save lakhs of rupees by not paying the revenue to the government in the form of stamp duty and registration fee .
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