New Delhi: Allocation of the Fatehpur East coal block in Chhattisgarh was done in public interest and without any quid pro quo, a Delhi court noted as it discharged two former government officials in a coal scam case.

Special CBI judge Dheeraj Mor said in the 31 October order there wasn’t an “iota of material” available to suggest that actions of the two “public servants” – former coal secretary H.C. Gupta and joint secretary K.S. Kropha – was “without public interest”.

The order also exonerated RKM Powergen, the company allotted the coal block, its managing director Andal Arumugam and director T.M. Singaravel. Show Full Article

The judge found that the recommendation to allot the coal block to Powergen was justified as it was done for optimum utilisation of coal reserves. The decision

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