Chandigarh, April 14 -- The Haryana government has granted sanction to prosecute former Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former IAS officer, Dharam Pal Singh Nagal and two former officials of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), Subhash Chandra Kansal and Bharat Bhushan Taneja, in connection with the 2013 allotment of 14 industrial plots in Panchkula, officials aware of the development said.

The allotments were allegedly made in violation of norms to individuals considered close to the former chief minister. After investigating the case for nine years, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had in February sought sanction to prosecute Hooda and three officials. The federal agency will now file a chargesheet ag...