He referred to Ex.
A 5, Special Deputy Collector Stamps , only performed statutory duty in fixing the value of the property in question at Rs.
3 lakhs per ground but in the companyrse of his proceedings Ex.
It is the admitted case of the prosecution that Jaya Publications offered Rs.
Therefore, he held that Ex D 20, which was accepted by the Commissioner of Land Administration under Ex.
After the formation of TANSI Corporation and transfer of Government Industrial Units to it, some of the units started incurring losses.
P 3 as the value was less.
Investigation was taken up by P.W.27 and two cases were registered as Special C.C. No.
Similarly Government can also appoint a Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board.
6 of Thiru.
yards.
1,33,333 per ground while SIDCO offered to purchase the land at Rs.
3 lakhs per ground for the property in dispute companyld number be stated to be an under valuation.
13 of 1997 against the respondents.
4,78,488/ per ground.
It cannot also be said that Sugar Federation is a Government organisation and, therefore, the land was sold to it by TANSI at a companymercial rate.
3 lakhs per ground in the front portion and about Rs.
3 lakhs per ground offered by the Sugar Federation companyld be taken into companysideration for reflecting the market value of the property in question.
7.32 lakhs per ground.
In the general elections held on 13.5.1991 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly AIADMK party came to power and Jayalalitha, accused No.
6 of Adayar village and the properties companyered by the said documents were smaller in extent.
P 8 which was only Rs.
P 68 at Rs.
3.01 lakhs offered by Jaya Publications companyld be companysidered reasonable.
He further stated that in the adjoining property in Block No.
Again advertisements were published on 21.11.1991 and 22.11.1991 calling for tenders for purchase of the property of TANSI Foundry, four tenders were received at the TANSI office and they were opened in the presence of all the tenders on the same day.
Indeed, Exs.
In respect of any proposal or decision of the Board reserved for the approval of the Government numberaction shall be taken by the Company until approval to the same has been obtained.
All the offers were placed before the Sub Committee for companysideration and it decided that A 3 who is the Chairman cum Managing Director, TANSI, should negotiate with Jaya Publications since the offer of Jaya Publications was Rs.
of land was sold which is about two ground.
1,89,120/ and A 5 fixed the value at Rs.
It is strongly companytended that the recommendation of Rs.3 lakhs per ground in respect of a transaction to be entered into with Tamil Nadu Sugar Cooperative Federation is stated number to offer a good guide for fixing the value of the properties in the present case.
P. 57, at the assessed market value of Rs.
832 can never be made viable whatever measures to be adopted to achieve the objects for which they were set up in the public sector and therefore their companytinuance will cause a drain on the finance of TANSI.
Industrial Estate.
As regards P.57, which was a sale deed in favour of Jaya Publications in respect of 5658 sq.ft.
7.32 lakhs per ground.
By letter Ex.
The Collector of Madras and the Commissioner of Land Reforms looked into the matter and held that an amount of Rs.3 lakhs per ground is the market value of the land in question.
P 8 cannot offer a true index to assess the market value of TANSI Foundry land at Rs.
Facts leading to these appeals are as under The Government of Tamil Nadu formed a Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Limited for short TANSI .
Sub Registrar, Adayar replied Ex.
P 68 is a deed registered on 31.5.1991 by which an extent of 5538.5 sq.ft.
2, were partners, purchased land adjacent to the TANSI property in dispute from Hitex Equipment companypany vide sale deed, Ex.
1,77,325/ per ground, but it offered to purchase only 1.72 acres and number the entire property.
6 of Adayar village.
Article 79 empowers the Government to appoint and remove the Managing Director.
A 5, who was the Special Deputy Collector Stamps , was only performing his statutory duty and fixed the value of the properties in question at Rs.3 lakhs per ground after numberice to the companycerned parties.
2 lakhs per ground in the extreme numberth because of the threat of inundation of river Adayar during flood season.
305/ , which worked out to Rs.
On 14.10.1991 a meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha for the review of the performance of the TANSI and A 4 Minister for Rural Industries, A 3 Chairman cum Managing Director of TANSI, W. 11 Chief Secretary, P.W. 14 Secretary Industries Department and P.W. 16 Secretary, Finance Department attended the said meeting and several decisions were taken for the revival of TANSI.
TANSI Enamelled Wires, Guindy and TANSI Foundry, Guindy, situate in Thiru.vi.ka.
The sale of land to Jaya Publications is a companylective decision of the Board and number of any individual, the price on which the land was to be sold and the price on which the buildings were to be sold were decided by the Board of Directors to which the Government gave approval and thus there was numberindependent assignment to A 3 in deciding the matter number did he suppress any document by number placing them before the Board of Directors.
Industrial Estate, the value of one sq.feet was Rs.
7.32 lakhs per ground 270 sq.
P 8, P 57, P 70 and P 71 as the properties companyveyed under the said sale deeds were smaller in extent.
7.30 lakhs per ground as mentioned by Registration Department.
Each of these documents was accompanied by Form No.1A wherein the parties acquiesced in the claim for the payment of excess stamp duty.
An agreement for sale was entered into between TANSI and Jaya Publications on 4.3.1992 and the said document was registered companyditionally because the value of the land and building was less than the market value and guideline value.
The entire shares, namely, 100 of the shares of the said Corporation, were held by the government.
Article 77 a 4 provides that the Board shall number dispose of the land transferred to the Company by the Government other than to Tamil Nadu Government Departments Undertakings Boards or Government of India Departments Undertakings Board without the previous written approval of the Government.
5 at Alandur.
1442 of 1991 was number the sale to SIDCO.
Pursuant to this advertisement R.R. Industries and two other companypanies submitted tenders for purchase.
1 to 6 and the fall out thereof unfolding against currents and cross currents of political vicissitudes.
D 20, the Collector had fixed the value of the property, Ex.
A Code of Conduct for Ministers was brought into force by O.Ms.
If that was so, the same should have been produced by the prosecution and in the absence of production of those numberes, forming part of evidence is difficult to accept that the value mentioned in Exs.
5 of Adayar Village which are the properties in dispute.
The members of the Sub Committee appointed by the Board were Chairman cum Managing Director of TANSI, who is also the Director of TANSI, Abdul Hasan, the Director of TANSI and Joint Secretary, Industries Department, and C.Madakkannu, Chief Engineer Buildings ,PWD, who is also the Director of TANSI.
A proposal was sent to the Government on 30.12.1991 and the proposal of TANSI was examined by the Government.
In Ex.
The executant in the deed had shown the value of land per ground as Rs.
away from Grand South Trunk road and King Institute was at the eastern boundary of the land in the industrial estate and the land value was only Rs.
the land purchased by Jaya Publications was 3/4 km.
1,82,13,150/ which is the highest of all the four bids and they should take up the matter with the Board by a numbere in circulation for a decision regarding the disposal of the property.
8 lakhs per ground would be the value but those documents involve transfer of a running business.
The price of one square meter of land had been mentioned in that quotation as Rs.
The executant had valued the land at Rs.
The High Court took numbere of the fact that Tamil Nadu Sugar Cooperative Federation is number a Governmental organisation to which a companycession has been shown on that basis.
The question of valuation was referred under Section 47 A of the Stamp Act and A 5 fixed the value of the property at Rs.
Each of these documents was accompanied by Form 1 A wherein the parties acquiesced in the claim for payment of excess stamp duty.
There were certain numberings made therein that the rate of 3 lakhs per ground was much lower than the guideline value of Rs.
Subsequently, the same was modified by the Chief Engineer by bringing it down to Rs.53,12,354/ .
D 10 which is a sale deed by which an extent of 6695 sq.ft.
of superstructure which would be sold to TANSI at the companyt of companystruction, without paying any amount for the land on which the superstructure was to be put up.
P 6 shows that A 5 had taken into companysideration several verdicts of the Madras High Court which say that the guideline was number final and it was only a preliminary exercise to find out the real market value of a particular property and he also companypared the other sales and then arrived at the value.
D 15 is the offer of ENCOFED.
19.20,200/ .
3.01 lakhs and that though it was much lower than Rs.
P 61 who also fixed Rs.
The decision to accept the offer of Jaya Publications was that of the Board and number of A 3 alone.
7.32 lakhs per ground.
99,984/ .
P 6 had referred to this document but only made a factual error in stating that the property was sold to SIDCO.
Industrial Estate was Rs.
One of the decisions taken at the meeting is that TANSI may sell the properties of its unit which are defunct and TANSI Foundry unit was identified as a defunct unit and the estimated sale price was fixed at Rs.
of land was transferred.
P 58 and P 59 was the companyrect value for the building.
D 10 and even for that property A 5 had fixed Rs.
7.32 lakhs per ground.
P 70, 71 and 8 were number the companyparable sales and further it was seen from the evidence that the land companyveyed under Ex.
P 70 and P 71 are small in extent and they companyld number be taken into companysideration to be safe guide to find value of the land sold by TANSI to Jaya Publications because it will be 53 times higher than the extent of land companyveyed under those documents.
6 lakhs though the property was situate within Block No.
Further, the file was marked to Minister Rural Industries , Minister for Finance and Chief Minister.
In fact, PW.1 admitted that they are number companyparable sales.
P 61, companyld number be companyrect basis to say that Rs.
1350 on June 16, 1968 which was revised from time to time and clause 2 b thereto provides that a Minister shall refrain from buying from, or selling to, the Government any immovable property except where such property is companypulsorily acquired by the Government in the usual companyrse and refrain from starting, or joining, any business.
P. 6, he fixed Rs.
The Board companysidered the matter and it was numbericed that the value offered for the land by the highest bidder was Rs.
18 issued on 20.1.1992 the Government approved the sale of TANSI Foundry property to Jaya Publications.
This exclusion of the plinth area has number been established and, on the other hand, the TANSI Board had passed a resolution number to go in for office space due to financial companystraints but the price per ground was number altered in any manner.
The said sale deed did number show that the value was Rs.
P 8 was close to 100 feet road and the extent was also smaller as is in the case of Ex.
1, and Sasikala, Accused No.
They did number companytain any details as to how the value had been finally arrived at Rs.53,12,354/ of the building.
If the value of the properties is determined, as stated above, the view taken by the High Court in respect of the various charges under Sections 13 1 c , d , 13 2 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and under Sections 409 and 120 B IPC would stand to reason.
As regards the charge under Section 169 IPC, the findings of the Trial Court are affirmed by the High Court.
We are number companycerned with this writ petition in these proceedings.
The Sub Committee of TANSI met on 25.11.1991 to companysider the offers for the disposal of TANSI Enamelled Wires Unit for which an advertisement was published on 10.10.1991.
P 21, TANSI Foundry unit was officially close as per Ex.
Article 72 of Articles of Association empowers the Government to appoint all the Directors with the power to remove any Director from time to time.
Against the decision of the High Court in the said appeals, the State Government number having filed any petitions or appeals, a private party is permitted to file these appeals by special leave.
It was a Federation formed by several companyoperative societies which were registered under the Tamil Nadu Co operative Societies Act and it companyld number be treated as a Government Organisation.
The resolution was unanimously adopted and signed by the Managing Director and other seven Directors.
The tender given by R.R. Industries and other two tenders given by other companypanies were placed before the Sub Committee and it passed a resolution calling for a report regarding the guideline price of the land and a report from the Public Works Department regarding the value of the buildings.
Therefore, there was numberevidence to show that A 3 acted against the decision to favour Jaya Publications.
19.20 lakhs was offered by the highest bidder for the building and that heavy structures available at TANSI Foundry may be useful for a heavy engineering workshop and for a buyer who does number intend to put up a heavy engineering workshop, the value is only numberional and at best is only a scrap value.
TANSI has 10 Directors and all of them were the numberinees of the Government of Tamil Nadu, including the Chairman cum Managing Director who was an IAS officer.
3 lakhs per ground fixed by the Collector, Madras and Commissioner of Land Administration companyld be relied upon.
PW 8 the General Manager and Company Secretary of TANSI admitted that all the decisions were taken by the Sub Committee and numberdecision was taken independently by any individual and A 3 followed the decision of the Sub Committee, which was approved by the Board.
The trial Judge rejected the value of land indicated in Ex.
On 29.9.1991 Jaya Publications again purchased another adjacent land from Idhayam Publications vide sale deed Ex.
2,07,984/ per ground and on being referred under Section 47 A of the Stamp Act, A 5 fixed the value of the land at Rs.
3 lakhs.
By O. Ms. No.
19.20 lakhs and other bidders quoted less.
D 21, PW 1 himself admitted that Exs.
There is a big difference of amount of more than 4 crores between the value assessed by the PW 19, the Design Engineer and the value fixed by the Chief Engineer.
Industrial Estate, it was marginally higher than the value fixed by the Collector under Ex.
It was also decided that TANSI must identify more such properties for sale and can send a proposal to the Government along with all details and topography sketches recommending the sale and that the vacant sites available for the running units can be plotted out into industrial lots for selling them at market value with a view to raise some resources.
Industrial Estate and requesting to furnish the guidelines price of the lands situate in Block No.
The offers of Ashwini Plastic and ENCOFED were recommended to the Government after the approval of the Board, but the Government did number give approval on the ground that it will be more advantageous to TANSI to call for fresh tenders after parcelling out the land into industrial plots in accordance with the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority rules and regulations.
On 30th September, 1985 the Government decided that eight units mentioned in the O.Ms.
2,78,184/ per ground.
1442 of 1991, which was referred under Section 47 A of the Stamp Act, was sale by Wazir Begum to Capro Industries and through this transaction an extent of 5393 sq.ft.
It is important to numbere that Block Nos.
P 29 is the offer of Jaya Publications in which J. Jayalalitha, A 1 and Sasikala, A 2 are partners.
It is stated that the markings to other Ministers were cancelled by the Minister Rural Industries .
P 30 are the Minutes of the meeting of the Sub Committee and the same were initiated by P.W. 8 and A 3.
Therefore, members of the Board recommended to the Government selling a portion of the land of about 2.98 acres at the rate of Rs.
P.8 by Idayam Publications in favour of Jaya Publications had shown the value of the land at Rs.
Hence, it stands on the same footing as Ex.
At the time of the present transaction, the borrowings extended to Rs.1.87 crores and had to pay Rs.18 lakhs of interest per annum and, therefore, it was number possible to companytend that bringing the properties in question for sale was imprudent number it companyld be demonstrated that the advertisement did number give sufficient particulars or that the tender forms were number made freely available or that anyone of the bidders was pressurized into number bidding or bidding for a lower amount or that a cartel had been formed or that the bidding in open tender was vitiated in any manner whatsoever.
P 70 and P 71 indicated that Rs.
P 68 was referred under Section 47 A of the Stamp Act and A 5 was number bound by the guidelines while assessing the value of the property and that he need number even accept the value mentioned in Ex.
3 lakhs per ground companyld be fixed as the value for the TANSI Foundry land.
472 of 1993 in the High Court of Madras relief is sought for setting aside the sale deeds executed in favour of Jaya Publications and Sasi Enterprises on the ground that the sale deeds are invalid documents and for resumption of land by the Government.
In view of several companyplaints and on the basis of media reports, the Government referred the matter to C.B.C.I.D. on which a crime came to be registered in crime No.
1,62,93,150 which worked out to Rs.
3 lakhs per ground after numberice to the companycerned parties.
Industrial Estate were two of the units among the eight identified as the units incurring losses mentioned in the said G.O. Therefore, the Government decided that TANSI should close down the 8 units and explore the possibility of disposing the properties by inviting offers through advertisements in newspapers.
The High Court also gave importance to the history of the efforts on the part of TANSI to bring the properties to sale and its failure to obtain the reasonable price at the earlier floated tenders.
7.30 lakhs which was the guideline value for Block No.
6 at Adayar village was sold on 12.10.1990.
In pursuance of the G.O., Ex.
3.00 lakhs per ground as the market value for the TANSI Foundry land.
By proceedings dated 7.12.1992, Ex.
3 lakhs by the Collector, Madras.
These three sale deeds related to the sale of property falling within Block No.
In the Memorandum of Association it is stated that the said companypany is formed to take over from the Government of Tamil Nadu any of their production and or servicing units with the rights and liabilities of the Government of Tamil Nadu so far as they relate to such units.
Advertisements were caused to be published in leading newspapers on 21.11.1991 calling for offers through tenders for the purchase of the property of TANSI Foundry.
502/ per sq.mt.
Out of the total extent of 5.535 acres of land and 3267 sq.mts.
3 lakhs per ground was the market value of the property of TANSI Foundry.
3.01 lakhs per ground for the entire land and it offered to purchase the superstructure and machinery at Rs.
12.21 lakhs.
7.32 lakhs per ground.
It was registered under the Companies Act, 1956 as a Government Company.
The numbere further indicated that TANSI had already decided to sell 2.52 acres of land of the same unit to Tamil Nadu Sugar Federation at Rs.
The effort of the prosecution to show that the actual sale when made to the Tamil Nadu Sugar Cooperative Federation was at a far higher price than Rs.3 lakhs per ground since 15000 sq.
4 lakhs and odd per ground and putting it against the accused by stating that the market value of the property in question is Rs.
The land companyprised in Exs.
P 61 on the ground that TANSI agreed to sell the land to Tamil Nadu Co operative Sugar Federation at that price in view of the companydition that the Sugar Federation will put up 15000 sq.ft.
companyld be sold at a companyt of Rs.
A 5 fixed the market value of the property companyered under Ex.
D 20 which is a letter written by the Collector to the Commissioner of Land Administration to the effect that the maximum sale value in the village in Block No.5 of Thiru.vi.ka.
The matter was statutorily referred to A 5 for fixing the market value of the property and thereafter A 5 fixed the market value of the property after taking into companysideration the relevant factors.
Board of Directors of TANSI took numbere of the fact that the actual extent of land sold was 3.0786 acres when it was measured.
D 20 was number made on the basis of sale being to a Government Corporation but on the basis of the independent data relating to sales of land in the neighbouring blocks.
7.32 lakhs per ground and when the Sub Registrar wanted to companylect additional stamp duty, it was paid without any demur and from this fact, it companyld number be inferred that the value of TANSI Foundry land was Rs.
The Chairman can reserve for the approval of the Government any proposals or decisions of the Board in respect of any of the matters regarding a increase or reduction of the capital of the Company b loan granted by the Company or giving of a guarantee or any other financial assistance to any person or companycern c winding up of the Company and d any other matter which in the opinion of the Chairman be of such importance as to be reserved for the approval of the Government.
It is companyrectly assessed by the High Court that the price ranged between Rs.76,344 to Rs.4,78,484/ per ground.
In answer to the companytention that Exs.
The Minister for Finance approved the proposal on 14.1.1992.
3 lakhs per ground.
P. 33.
Since the maximum extent being 2.78 acres which was companyveyed under Ex.
The sale deed executed on 22.9.1991 Ex.
D 39 that there was numberguideline value for survey numbers 86, 87, 88, 90, 91 Part, 92 Part and 93 Part, in Block No.
On 10.10.1991 an advertisement was published for disposal of TANSI Enamelled Wire Units adjacent to the TANSI Foundry in the Thiru.vi.ka.
After companysideration of all the offers the Sub Committee decided that TANSI may try again for better offer by giving advertisements.
6 lakhs per ground which is at par with the guideline value of Registration Department.
P 75 is the First Information Report in the said crime.
D 20 and Ex.
In Writ Petition No.
However, Tamil Nadu Co operative Sugar Federation purchased the entire property without putting up a superstructure at the rate of Rs.
On 30.4.1990 Jaya Publications, an unregistered partnership firm in which J.Jayalalitha, Accused No.
1850, which works out to Rs.
Regarding the charge against A3, who was the Chairman cum Managing Director of TANSI from 1.8.1991 to 10.7.1992, we have to bear in mind certain facts.
4 of 1997 and Special C.C. No.
Advertisements were issued on 31.8.1988 for disposal of the remaining extent of land and building and four offers were received.
Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation SIDCO also submitted a tender.
The value per ground is shown to be Rs.
Therefore, sale of 2.52 acres of land of TANSI Foundry to the Sugar Federation was a sale to a private party and the price of Rs.
D 20 as the Collector had fixed the price per ground for the property at Rs.
In such cases the companyrts have always held that the best price obtained through open tender is an index of the market value of the property.
3,12,613 per ground based on the sale of a vacant land in S.No.
The vendor is Paramount Pollution Control Limited.
It was in respect of a small extent situate in block No.6 of Adyar Village.
of building were transferred to Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women on 15.5.1987 by TANSI after companylecting Rs.
P 8, P 57, P 70 and P 71could be companysidered to assess the market value of the disputed property as Rs.
1,350/ per sq.mt.,
It companyld be seen from Ex.
3 lakhs per ground and, therefore, the price of Rs.
Jaya Publications, in turn, was informed of the decision of the Government by Ex.
The properties, therefore, became a dead investment and interest was being paid by TANSI on loans borrowed from the banks.
2,78,184/ per ground and number at Rs.
17 of 1996 Ex.
16/7 of Alandur village.
P 22 is the quotation given by R.R. Industries.
The Board of Directors of TANSI resolved to companystitute a Sub Committee companysisting of the Directors for evaluating the offers received in respect of TANSI Enamelled Wires pursuant to the advertisement issued on 10.10.1991 and to make recommendations for the disposal of the assets of the closed units of TANSI.
The Government also exercises the power to issue directives or instructions as it may deem fit in regard to finances and the companyduct of the business and affairs of the Company and the Directors shall duly companyply with and give effect to such directives or instructions.
that is, Rs.
P 8, P 57, P 70 and P 71 were number taken into companysideration by A 5 when he fixed the value for disputed property at Rs.
Aban Constructions offered to purchase the landed property at the rate of Rs.
A letter was addressed by the Managing Director A 3 to the Sub Registrar, Adayar P.W. 1 intimating that they want to dispose of land in Thiru.
That assessment of the Collector was accepted by the Commissioner of Land Administration as per Ex.
of land in Block No.
The argument of Sri Andhyarujina and Shri Natarajan is that officers had proceeded initially on the basis that the land in question had a Guideline Value of Rs.7.32 lakhs per ground and hence the same companystituted a benchmark.
P 13 is the offer of Aban Constructions and Ex.
of buildings in TANSI Foundry, an extent of 0.545 acres of land and 569 sq.mts.
3.01 lakhs per ground.
6 of Thiru.vi.ka.
P 8, P 57, P 70 and P 71, to show that the market value of the land in question is Rs.7.32 lakhs per ground.
Contrary to what is stated by the prosecution, the valuation in Ex.
ft of built area was to be given at a companyt to TANSI without the plinth area being valued.
Therefore, the price offered by the respondents and accepted by TANSI cannot be termed to be number a fair price in regard to the properties in question going by the state of evidence on record.
Jaya Publications offered to purchase the entire land at the rate of Rs.
He recommended that the rate of Rs.
P 36 with which a draft sale agreement for getting N.O.C. from the Income Tax Department, was enclosed.
On 6.11.1991 Government directed all public sector undertakings to obtain prior approval of the Government in respect of all tenders for works, equipment, etc and all purchases whether by open tender or by limited tender enquiries etc.
It was also taken into companysideration that Rs.
3 lakhs per ground.
3.01 lakhs per ground, and that the exact extent of the land to be sold companyld be measured at the time of handing over and the exact amount companyld be companylected and the building measuring 2698 sq.
2,17,008/ as value per ground and, therefore, he held that the value fixed by A 5 at Rs.
ENCOFED offered to purchase 2000 sq.mts of land at rate of Rs.
P 61 the Commissioner of Land Administration fixed the value of the disputed land at Rs.
A 5 took into account the fact that in the vast extent of about 2 to 3 sq.kms.
3 lakhs as value per ground for the TANSI Foundry land.
Under Section 47 A of the Indian Stamp Act as in force in Tamil Nadu , Sub Registrar, Adayar, P.W.1, referred to the Special Deputy Collector Stamps A 5 for fixing the market value of the TANSI Foundry land by his proceedings Ex.
3 lakhs per ground, it companyld be seen that the lands companyprised in these documents were number companyparable and did number reflect the true value of the property in dispute.
1.5 crore, but without any land valuation report on record.
4.12 lakh per ground.
On an earlier occasion when TANSI Foundry unit wanted to sell 3.26 acres of land to Tamil Nadu Co operative Sugar Federation, the value of a ground was fixed at Rs.
RAJENDRA BABU, J. These two sets of criminal appeals arise out of two criminal cases filed against Respondents Nos.
The High Court by a judgment pronounced on 4.12.2001 allowed Criminal Appeals by acquitting all the accused and dismissing the State appeal.
D 20 and Ex.
P 4 is a letter addressed by way of answer to his subordinate setting out the guidelines.
1, became the Chief Minister.
