The Supreme Court issued a show cause notice to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son Dushyant Singh, a member of parliament, in a case alleging that the mother-son duo received compensation in lieu of a plot of land in Dholpur sold to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

The petition stated that Raje and her son had illegally claimed ownership of a 567-sq.m piece of land near the Dholpur Palace in Dholpur town, and sold it to the NHAI for Rs 1.97 crore that had caused a loss to the state exchequer. The petitioner claimed the land they had sought compensation for didn't belong to them and was a government property.

A Rajasthan-based lawyer, Srijana Shrestha has filed an appeal in the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court order which had dismissed the same petition seeking an FIR and a CBI probe against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her MP ?son.

After the hearing, the apex court, on Friday, issued a notice to CM Vasundhara Raje and her son on the plea seeking a First Information Report (FIR) against them for allegedly getting compensation of Rs 1.97 crore by selling a piece of government land to NHAI for widening a national highway in 2010.

A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi sought a response from Raje, her son Dushyant Singh and others.

The petition argues that Raje was not a public servant at the time of the alleged commission of the offence in 2010. She was the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan legislative assembly.?? Earlier, the trial court had dismissed the private complaint by the?Rajasthan-based lawyer, saying there was no sanction order to?prosecute them under the Prevention of Corruption Act.