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AshokKhemka()isaseniorIndian
AdministrativeServiceofficerintheIndianstateofHaryanaand Dr.AshokKhemka
bestknownforcancellingthemutationofSoniaGandhi'sson Born 30April1965
inlawRobertVadra'sillegallanddealinGurgaon.[1][2][3]Hehas Kolkata,WestBengal,India
beentransferred45timesin23yearsbystategovernmentsafter
Nationality Indian
heexposedcorruptioninthedepartmentshewaspostedin.[4]
Education BTechinComputerScience
Ph.DinComputerScience
MBAinBusinessAdmn.Finance
Contents MAinEconomics
Almamater IITKharagpur
1 Earlylifeandeducation
2 Career TataInstituteofFundamental
2.1 Deaththreat Research,Mumbai
2.2 ChargesheetsfiledagainstAshokKhemka Occupation Bureaucrat
2.3 Postingdetail
3 HighlightedLandDealcorruption Yearsactive 1993present
3.1 VadraLandDeal Employer GovernmentofIndia
4 Awards
5 References Organization IndianAdministrativeService
6 Externallinks Knownfor IASofficerwhocancelledthe
mutationofRobertVadraDLFland
deal.
Earlylifeandeducation Awards SRJindalPrizein2011for
"CrusadeagainstCorruption"
AshokKhemkawasborninKolkata,WestBengal,India.He
graduatedfromtheIndianInstituteofTechnologyKharagpurin
1988withaB.TechdegreeinComputerScienceEngineeringandfolloweditupwithaPh.DinComputerScience
fromtheTataInstituteofFundamentalResearch,Mumbai[5]andaMBAdegreeinBusinessAdmn.Finance.He
alsoholdsaMAEconomicsdegreefromIGNOU.[6]

Career
Heisa1991batchIASofficeroftheHaryanaCadre.[7]Hehasbeenrepeatedlytransferredbyvariousstate
governmentsinhishomecadreofHaryanaafterheexposedcorruptioninthedepartmentshewaspostedin.[8][9]

KhemkawaspostedasSecretarytotheGovt.ofHaryana,DepartmentofArchivesandArchaeologyon4April
2013.[10]HewasalsogiventhechargeofDGArchivesandArchaeologyon26April2013.[6]Thisishis45th
postinginhis20yearcareerexcludinghis2yrtrainingperiod.[6]Inthepreviousmonth,hehadexposedadeal
thathethoughttobeuntowardandhadrequestedaninquirybytheCentralBureauofInvestigation.The
governmentofHaryanarefusedthisandBhiwanibasedNGOfiledPILonthesamescam.On18October2013,
CBIhasregisteredapreliminaryenquiryintotheallegedirregularitiesinthepurchaseofwheatseedsinHSDC
seekingregistrationofacaseagainstofficialsofNationalCooperativeConsumersFederation(NCCF)andNational
AgricultureCooperativeMarketingFederation(NAFED)forsellingseedsatinflatedpricestoHSDC.[11][12]

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"Andthetransferthistimewasquitehumiliating.At3:30p.m,anofficeroftherankofUnderSecretaryofthe
government,atleastfivelevelsbelowme,appearedwithanorderofthePrincipalSecretaryoftheAgriculture,
appointinghimastheMDoftheCorporationandaskedmetostepdown,"Khemkatoldnewschannels.[10]

PreviouslyAshokKhemkawasManagingDirectorinHaryanaSeedsDevelopmentCorporation.[10]

Deaththreat

Khemka,whotookonthestategovernmentoversuspiciouslanddealsbetweenCongresspresidentSoniaGandhi's
soninlawRobertVadraand,Khemkahadallegedthathewasfacingdeaththreatsfromanonymouspeople.[13]

ChargesheetsfiledagainstAshokKhemka

Twochargesheets[14][15]forKhemkahavebeenfiled,oneofwhichaccusesoffailinghisresponsibilitiesatthe
HaryanaSeedDevelopmentCorporation,[16]whereKhemkafoundcorruptionandrequestedforCBIinquiry.
FurtherKhemkaquotedthat"Ihavereliablyheardthat10chargesheetswillbefiledagainstmeonfrivolous
groundsalongwith10privatecomplaints,".[17]

ThenHaryanagovernmentwaspursuingextremelyofitsauthoritytopenaliseMr.Khemka.[18]

Postingdetail

Khemkawaspostedin46(notcorrect)departmentsandcurrentlyDGofArchives&ArchaeologyinHaryana
state.[19]

HighlightedLandDealcorruption
KhemkahighlightedlanddealcorruptioninGurgaonandaroundforconversionofcommercialland.Asperthe
reportthereiscorruptionbetween20,000crore(US$3billion)to350,000crore(US$54billion).[20]Khemka
wasmostrecentlyHaryanasDirectorGeneralofLandConsolidationandLandRecordscumInspectorGeneralof
Registration.Duringhis80daystintinthedepartment,Khemkahaddetectedseriousirregularitiesinland
transactionsinvolvingtransferofpanchayatlandworthseveralhundredcroresofrupeestonewlycreatedreal
estatecompanies.[21]Khemkawastransferredon11October2012andhetookactiononthematterafterhis
transfer.Heclaimshehasbeenharassedandtransferred40timesinthelast21yearsformerelydoinghisjob.[22]
AstheManagingDirectorofHaryanaSeedsDevelopmentCorporationLimited,Khemkaexposeditsirregularities
injustfivemonthsasitsheadfollowingwhichhewastransferredon4April2013andwasreplacedbyB.S.
Duggal,aDeputySecretaryfiveranksbelowhim.[10]

VadraLandDeal

TheStateGovernmentconstitutedanInquiryCommitteeofthreeseniorIASofficerstonailKhemkaonthe
cancellationofVadra'slanddealinvillageSikhohpur(Gurgaon).KhemkarespondedtothereportoftheInquiry
Committee(https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6do3VM4NKa_c2NqVDRMb2lVRGM&usp=sharing)in
hisComments(https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6do3VM4NKa_c2NqVDRMb2lVRGM&usp=sharing)
totheStateGovernmentwhichisdividedinto8Chapters.ThespecificlanddealofRobertVadraisdetailedin
Chapter6.Khemka'scommentsareabrilliantexpositionofhowcronycapitalismworksinIndiaissappingthe
moralfabricofthenation.[23]

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RaoInderjitSingh,amemberoftheLokSabhafromGurgaonhassaidthatadetailedinquirymustbeconductedto
"substantiateorrefute"thechargesagainstRobertVadra,whosebusinessdealswithrealestatemajorDLFhave
beenquestionedbyAshokKhemka.HesaidthatMrVadra'slanddealingsshouldbepartoflargerinvestigation
intoallegedirregularpracticesinthegovernmentsappropriationandsaleofnearly1200acres.[24]

Awards
HewasawardedtheSRJindalPrizein2011for"CrusadeagainstCorruption"withacashprizeofRs.10Lakhs
alongwithSanjivChaturvediforhiseffortsinexposingcorruptioninhighplaces.HealsoreceivedtheManjunath
ShanmugamTrustCommendationonPublicWorksin2009[6]

References
1."Officerwithimpeccableintegrity".HindustanTimes.
2."Rewardforhonesty:MentalTorture,MentalTrauma,
MentalAgony,InsultandHumiliation.".USaidIt!
ThirdPerspectivebyCivilSociety.15November2013.
3."AshokKhemka'sCrime?DurgaShakti'sCrime?
Honesty!!".IndiaOpines.
4."UnbequemerBeamterVondauernderVersetzung
gefhrdet".DerSpiegel.15April2015.
5."WhoisAshokKhemka,WhistleblowerKhemka
shifted40timesin21years".HindustanTimesPortal.
16October2012.
6."ExecutiveRecordofAshokKhemka".GOI.Retrieved
19August2013.
7."WhistleblowerKhemkashifted40timesin21years".
HindustanTimes.
8."TimetochecktheKhemkasyndrome".TheHindu.
9."Iamnotaquitter,willstayinthesystem:Ashok
Khemka".NDTV.11April2013.Retrieved11April
2013.
10."Khemkashiftedagainasheexposesseedydeal".The
Hindu.
11."CBIbeginsinquiryintoAshokKhemka'scomplaint".
TheEconomicTimes.19October2013.Retrieved
19October2013.
12."CBIbeginsinquiryintoKhemka'scomplaintonseed
supply".NewsX.18October2013.Retrieved
18October2013.
13."WhistleblowerAshokKhemkagetsfreshdeaththreats,
Externallinks
OfficialTwitter(https://www.twitter.com/AshokKhemka_IAS)
13."WhistleblowerAshokKhemkagetsfreshdeaththreats,
FIRlodged".IndiaToday.
14."HaryanaapprovesKhemkachargesheet,majorpenalty
inoffing".Zeenews.27September2013.
15."RobertVadrabacktohauntAshokKhemka,
chargesheetedagain".OneIndiaPortal.17October
2013.
16."HaryanagovtgivesthegoaheadforchargingKhemka
inacaseofseedssales".IBNLive.17October2013.
17." '10chargesheetswillbefiledagainstme,'IASofficer
AshokKhemkatoNDTV".NDTV.19October2013.
18."Haryanagovernmentismisusingitsauthorityto
penaliseAshokKhemka".TheEconomicTimes.19
October2013.
19."CompleteBioDataAshokKhemka".National
InformaticsCentre,GovernmentofIndiaPortal.
20."IASofficerAshokKhemkaonhisreportonRobert
Vadralanddeals".NDTVNews.
21."HaryanaIASofficerprobingVadraDLFdeal
transferred".ZeeNews.
22."HaryanaIASofficertransferred".TimesofIndia.
23."KhemkastandshisgroundoverreportagainstVadra".
YahoowithHindustanTimesNews.
24."RobertVadra'slanddealmustbeprobed:Congress
MPfromHaryana".NDTV.

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