Dr. Ashok Khemka, a top IAS officer of Haryana who came into spotlight by cancelling the sale of land by Robert Vadra to DLF has been transferred abruptly by the state Government.
He had also ordered a probe into the whole dealings based on the media reports.To his surprise he was transferred within 3 days of ordering probe against the dealings between Robert Vadra and DLF.
Dr Khemka  had ordered the deputy commissioners-cum-registrars of the four districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat to inspect all documents registered from January 1, 2005 till date on behalf of Mr Vadra or his companies.
Talking to a TV Channel he claimed, “On October 8, I initiated a probe into the alleged reports of undervaluation based on media reports and allegations of wrongdoing by my office.”
“I was served a transfer order on October 11 at 10pm at my residence,” Khemka said seeking and explanation for his transfer.
“I have suffered 40 transfers in 20 years. I would want to know why I am transferred, so that I can take corrective action and become a better civil servant,” he said.
Khemka was transferred from his post of director general, consolidations of holdings and land records, afer a tenure of less than two months, and posted as managing director of Haryana Seeds Development Corporation, which was last under an officer 12 years his junior.
Mr Khemka had cancelled the land deal between Mr Vadra and DLF on the last day of his stint.  Surprisingly, the value of the land went up from Rs. 7.5 crore to Rs. 58 crore in just 65 days after getting the licence.
Khemka wrote a letter to the state chief secreatary on October 12, objecting to his transfer.
“It is shocking to learn about my abrupt transfer…this is deliberate and malafide to punish me due to some vested elements in the political-bureaucratic hierarchy affected by the expose of the scams in consolidation of land holdings under the exercise of powers,” Khemka wrote in a letter to the state chief secretary PK Chaudhery after his transfer.
However, with the state government denying all charges, he joined his new posting on October 15.
The senior IAS officer seems to be paying the price for standing up for farmers of seven villages in Gurgaon who are trying to get back 19 acres of panchayat land along the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway from private builders.
Mr Khemka had, during his 50-day stint in the department, detected how bureaucrats had colluded with politicians to acquire prime plots near highways which were subsequently sold at grossly undervalued rates to realtors. He submitted an affidavit in court that two of his predecessors had side-stepped norms to benefit builders in 2008-09.
“The land was sold by senior officers…they sold it to builders or someone else…God only knows…but we request the government to return our land to the panchayat,” said Khushi Ram, a farmer from the Ullawas village in Gurgaon.