Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has blamed his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh for the Adarsh Housing society scam in Mumbai.

Deposing before the two member probe panel in Adarsh Housing Society scam on Saturday, Chavan told the panel that the matters related to government allotment of land in Mumbai city, its suburb and Pune, and the decisions comes under the Chief Minister’s jurisdiction.

Deshmukh was the Chief Minster at the time of controversial allotments while Chavan was the revenue minister.

Chavan said that all the key decisions related to land allotment were taken by Deshmukh and he had no right to sanction any land allotment in Mumbai.

Chavan said that a Revenue Minister is guided by the Principal Secretary, who first studies all the proposals.

He said when a proposal is mooted by the Revenue department, that proposal goes to the Chief Minster for final approval.

Adjourning the matter the panel has asked Chavan to reappear on July 2.