Corruption case: SC upholds conviction of ex-UP chief Secretary; awards two-year imprisonment

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of the former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Neera Yadav in Noida land allotment scam case.

The top court awarded two-year imprisonment to Yadav, who was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment on November 20, 2012, in connection with the irregular allotment of plots in Noida while serving as the area's chairperson-cum-chief executive officer from 1994 to 1995.

The CBI undertook a probe following a 1998 Supreme Court order on a writ petition filed by the Noida Entrepreneur Association against the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority the previous year.

Yadav, a 1971 batch IAS officer, became Uttar Pradesh's first woman chief secretary during the Samajwadi Party's regime in 2005.

She opted for voluntary retirement in 2008.

(With agency inputs)