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Singhla said it has come to their notice that many such deals had happened even before the March 12 Supreme Court verdict, even as the land was sub-judice. Sources however said at least four acres of land has been sold in multiple deals, in this two-and-a-half month period.The land parcels under question fall within three villages, Manesar, Nakdaula and Naurangpur. Interestingly, even the mutations for these land parcels were done by the tehsil office in the name of their latest buyers.Officials in the know said even though they were still assessing the extent of land sold off, they were sure that so far, at least 25 registrations have been made by different landowners. However as of now, their inquiry is restricted to land transactions done after the court verdict.TOI had earlier reported that the Manesar land deals happened in 2004, when the Congress government led by BS Hooda had withdrawn a notification for acquisition of 688 acres, after issuing it. An inquiry is currently under way to assess the extent of involvement of the tehsildar and naib tehsildars..