Shimla, Oct 15 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government-owned Mashobra Resort Limited (MRL) will receive Rs 401 crore from the Wildflower Hall property, according to a court order that pronounced the state as the sole owner of the company, officials said on Wednesday. Hotel Wildflower Hall of the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC), once the residence of Lord Kitchener, a former Commander of the British Army, was gutted in a fire on April 5, 1993.

It was later handed over to the East India Hotels (EIH) of the Oberoi group to be run as a joint venture under the title Mashobra Resorts Limited with the government. An agreement was signed between the state government and EIH on October 30, 1995, to incorporate Mashobra Resorts Limited, a joint venture, for constructing a

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