Replying to the budgetary demands of the revenue department, Rane said following the directives of the Bombay High Court, the revenue as well as the urban development departments were probing into the land transactions of SIHL.

``After the high court quashed the letter of intent, we are legally examining the project. So far we have not granted them fresh permission or the letter of intent,'' Rane added.

Stating that he was determined to provide a popular administration, Rane said the one-window system, which was introduced in Sindhudurg district on an experimental basis, will now be implemented all over the State. ``The scheme proved to be very successful, therefore we have decided to implement the same for the entire State. Besides providing therevenue records at home, the system also envisages delivery of birth and death certificate in a time-bound period and has made the administration more accountable,'' Rane added.

Rane also announced that all the districts will be linked by computer network in a time-bound period. The Chief Minister defended the decision of his Government to surrender the land acquired for the Nashik-based Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute to its original owner. ``Since MERI was unable to utilise the land for the purpose for which it was acquired, the Government returned the land to the original owner on his demand,'' he remarked.

Congress member R R Patil had raised the issue of Sahara, saying, there was rampant corruption in the allotment of land for the controversial project. When Manohar Joshi was at the helm of affairs, the high-profile Congress leader had alleged that there was a Rs 100 crore deal in the Sahara project.

Then Joshi had appointed a high-level committee headed by then Revenue Secretary AjitWarty to probe into the allegations. The Warty Committee was followed by the R Ranganathan Committee.

Meanwhile, the Bombay Environmental Action Group filed a public interest litigation before the Bombay High Court challenging the letter of intent. The court then quashed the letter of intent and also directed the alliance government to conduct a high level probe into the land transactions, particularly belonging to the tribals.

Now, Sahara has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court and has also submitted a fresh application for grant of letter of intent to the Sena-BJP Government.