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Editor: NAGARAJA.M.R VOL.8
issue.38 .17/09/2014
REVENUE MUDA BDA

Officials Hiding Crime Information
APPLICATION FOR INFORMATION AS PER RTI ACT 2005
( SEE RULE 22 OF RTI ACT 2005 )
FULL NAME OF THE APPLICANT : NAGARAJA.M.R.
ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT : NAGARAJA.M.R.,
EDITOR , SOS E-VOICE JUSTICE & SOS E-CLARION OF
DALIT ,
# LIG-2 / 761, OPP WATER WORKS OFFICE,
HUDCO FIRST STAGE, LAXMIKANTANAGAR,
HEBBAL, MYSORE , KARNATAKA PIN 570017.
"Power will go to the hands of rascals, , rogues and
freebooters. All Indian leaders will be of low calibre and
men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly
hearts. They will fight among themselves for power and
will be lost in political squabbles . A day would come
when even air & water will be taxed." Sir Winston made
this statement in the House of Commons just before the
independence of India & Pakistan. Sadly , the
forewarning of Late Winston Churchill has been proved
right by some of our criminal , corrupt peoples

representatives , police , public servants & Judges. Some
of the below mentioned public servants fall among the
category of churchills men Rogues , Rascals &
Freebooters.
We salute honest few in public service , our whole
hearted respects to them. HEREBY , I DO HUMBLY
REQUEST YOU TO GIVE ME WRITTEN STATEMENTS /
ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WHICH IN
ITSELF ( ie answers ) ARE THE INFORMATION SOUGHT BY
ME. HERE WITH I AM SEEKING NOT THE OPINIONS ABOUT
SOME HYPOTHETICAL ISSUES , BUT YOUR OFFICIAL STAND
, LEGAL STAND ON ISSUES WHICH ARE OF FREQUENT
OCCURRENCE WHICH ARE VIOLATING PEOPLES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS. WE DO HAVE
HIGHEST RESPECTS FOR JUDICIARY & ALL PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS , THIS IS AN APPEAL FOR TRUTH ,
INFORMATION SO THAT TO APPREHEND CORRUPT FEW IN
PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO ARE AIDING & ABETTING
TERRORISM , UNDERWORLD & CRIMINALS.
READ DETAILS AT :
https://sites.google.com/site/eclarionofdalit/wheelingdealing-judges-police ,
https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/judgescover-up-land-scams ,
https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/landgrabbers-in-m-u-d-a ,
Main A :
1.
The land encroachments & illegal buildings and its
continued existence since years is not possible without
tacit , covert support of jurisdictional revenue officials.
What disciplinary action has been taken against

concerned officials with respect to each case of land
encroachment & illegal buildings , case wise ?
2.
If not , why ?
3.
Is not land AKRAMA SAKRAMA SCHEME itself
illegal ?
4.
Is not the move of government of Karnataka to
legalise land encroachments & illegal buildings , in itself
illegal ?
5.
Till date in some cases of land encroachers are
evicted & some buildings violating building byelaws
demolished , you could have spared them to enjoy the
benefit of land akrama sakrama scheme. Why you didnt
spare them ?
6.
Is this scheme applicable for only chosen few ?
7.
Does this scheme also benefit rich people above
BPL ?
8.
Does this scheme also benefit big land developers ,
land developing companies ?
9.
To my previous RTI appeals to MUDA , BDA only
partial information was given , conveniently hiding the
truth. Is it not violation of RTI act ?
10. Does not hiding information about land crimes , in
itself also a crime ?
11. I have shown in detail some land crimes in
Karnataka. What action by government of Karnataka ,
casewise ?
12. https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/judg
es-cover-up-land-scams ,
13. https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/landgrabbers-in-m-u-d-a ,
14. Does not hiding a land crime , embolden land
grabber to commit more land crimes ?
Main B : RTI QUESTIONS Mysore DC , COMMISSIONER

OF MUDA ( MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY )
& COMMISSIONER OF MCC ( MYSORE CITY CORPORATION
) ARE AFRAID TO ANSWER
1. how many times since 1987 , MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the mysore city's
comprehensive city development plan ?
2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by
MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ?
3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the
CDP revision / modification by the authorities ?
4. when an application for alienation of land is made to
you , say from civic amenity site to commercial , what
norms are followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?
5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the
locality , if the area is already full ? do you deprive people
of civic amenities ?
6. during such alenation , is the MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT collecting market rate difference between
civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?
7. in mysore city , many building complexes , buildings
have been built fully violating building bye-laws no set
off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no
earthquake tolerant . what action by MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT ?
8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has
been registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since

1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?
9. how much of MUDA's / MCC's / GOVERNMENT's lands ,
sites , buildings & houses have been illegally occupied by
criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?
10. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT registered
criminal cases against each such illegal occupation ? if
not why ? provide status report yearwise ?
11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation MUDA /
MCC / GOVERNMENT has legalized , regularized such
illegal occupation just through MUDA's / MCC's resolution
instead of of reallotting the same through public
notification to the next senior most in the waiting list ,
after giving notice of allotment cancellation to original
allottee ? if not done so why ?
12. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT followed all legal
norms in reallotment of lands , sites , houses , etc to the
illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure followed ?
13. in mysore city , numerous housing societies & real
estate Developers have mushroomed , Land allotments of
how many housing societies , real estate firms among
them are legally authorized by MUDA , MCC ,
GOVERNMENT & how many not ? since 1987 till date ?
14. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT filed criminal
complaints against such illegal housing societies & illegal
real estate firms ? if not why ?
15. what action MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has initiated
against real estate firms & housing societies who have

violated MUDA norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?
16. the government has framed building bye-laws like
width of road , space for civic amenities , parking space ,
emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety
of people first. MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT is in the
practice of levying a pittance as penalty on the building
byelaw violators , layout Development plan violators &
legalizing those
violations. Safety of public & amenities of public are
totally neglected by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT . When
public people die , suffer injuries / accidents say during
a fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when
people park vehicles on pavement in front of a business
complex as the complex doesn't have a parking space of
it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to
come down on road resulting in accidents , injuries &
deaths . is not the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT
responsible for those accidents , injuries & deaths ?
17. what is the criteria adopted by MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT for out of Turn allotment of Lands , sites ,
houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists ,
politicians , artists , etc ?
18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists ,
sports persons , etc have benefited from these out of turn
allotments by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ? specific
figures yearwise since 1987 ?
19. what action has been taken against developers ,
housing societies , who have violated MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT norms ?
20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people ,

minority people illegally live On MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , MUDA /
AUTHORITIES with the help of police razes down those
huts & evicts the poor by brute force. Whereas , when
cronies of political bigwigs illegally occupy MUDA , MCC /
GOVERNMENT lands worth crores of rupees & build big
complexes earning thousands of rupees monthly rent ,
MUDA or authorities not even files police complaint
against them instead regularizes the illegal occupation by
levying a pittance as fine. Why this double standard by
MUDA / MCC GOVERNMENT ?
21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are
regularized by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till
date ? yearwise figures ?
22. how much of MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT lands ,
sites , houses are under illegal occupation ? status report
yearwise since 1987 ?
23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the
MUDA ,AUTHORITIES recovered the rents earned by illegal
occupation ?
24. have you filed police complaints against those
criminals tresspassers ? if not why ?
25. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving wide
publicity & sufficient time to bidders about it's auction
schedules ?
26. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving market
value to land loosers ?

27. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT exactly using the
acquired lands , for the same purpose mentioned in the
project plan ?
28. is the MUDA / AUTHORITIES acquiring lands at lower
rates from farmers & selling it at a premium , by way
making profits just like a real estate agency ?
29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant
for the usage of whole villagers, forest for the usage of
whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some
villagers have donated their personal lands to village
temples , cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers.
All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands.
When MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay
compensation ? what about welfare objectives of those
lands ?
30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder
canals have been closed , filled with mud , developed ,
sold as sites , etc by MUDA MCC or other land
developers ?
31. has the MUDA , MCC taken alternate steps to create
new lakes , ponds ? how many are created till date ?
32. in & around mysore city , high tension electric lines
are there in busy residential areas . as per Indian
electricity act , no permanent structures should be under
the HT lines. However there are buildings under it. In
some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The
authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines

as parks , rented out
advertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those
areas spending lakhs of taxpayer's money. This fencing
obstructs the movement of service personnel of
electricity board , to service HT line. Are all these
structures under
& surrounding HT lines legal ?
33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold
as sites by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT or other
developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987
castewise , religionwise ?
34. in & around mysore city , in how many areas
developed by MUDA & private developers , the sewage
water generated in those areas is directly let into lake ,
ponds ?
35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this
fashion by MUDA , MCC & other developers , housing
societies ?
36. how many business complexes , flats , residential
layouts developed by private real estate developers ,
housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste
generated in their buildings , into unauthorized dumping
grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing the environment &
creating public health hazard ? how the MUDA / MCC is
monitoring sewage / waste disposal ? status report
yearwise since 1987 till date .
37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in
& around mysore city ? what action by MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report

38. around mysore city , vast areas of village farm lands ,
agricultural lands are acquired by private real estate
developers for non agricultural purposes by a single firm
or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some of these
real estate agents have sold those lands to private
industries , multinational companies for crores of rupees.
Has the MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from
agricultural to industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent
to it ?
39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast
tracts of agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the
KIADB's
comprehensive industrial area development plan ?
40. has the MUDA / MCC , KIADB given wide publicity ,
public notice calling for objections before alienation of
such lands ?
41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to
MUDA's / MCC's CDP & KIADB's industrial area
development plan ? violations how many ?
42. is the MUDA & KIADB revising / modifying CDP &
INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN , to suit those real
estate developers & Private companies ? on what legal
grounds ?
43.what action has been taken based on mysore district
magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya Bhaskar's report on land
grabbings in mysore ?
44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a
lake has been destroyed while building kaynes hotel ,
hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters
has been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all
these actions legal & in conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if
not why ? what action ?
45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit
M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there any pre-qualification to
bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used
for industrial use or only industries can participate in the
bidding process ?
46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender
document that , said land is open for alienation ?
47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's
objections , in it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a
result , the government , banks , employees were
cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge
profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?
48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious
bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands at preferrential
rates , for the reason that they will use it for public /
social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the
whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other
than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what
action has been taken by MUDA , MCC or government in
such cases ?
49.how many trusts have violated government norms in
this way since 1987 till date? what action taken by

MUDA , MCC & government action taken report yearwise
since 1987 till date ?
50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are
regularized by MUDA , MCC or authorities , on what legal
grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?
51.before regularizing such violations have you sought
public objections & given media publicity ? if not why ?
52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some
MUDA / MCC / REVENUE officials & their family members ,
who have land acquisition / denotifying , land usage
conversion authorities ?
53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime
residential / commercial lands by MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts ,
NGOs have sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?
54.how many such lease allotments are sold by MUDA /
MCC / GOVERNMENT before the expiry of lease period ,
without public auction ?
55. what are the norms followed by MUDA / MCC /
GOVERNMENT for the sale of leased lands to the lessee
before the expiry of lease period ?
Main C : RTI QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER OF
BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ( BDA ) ,
COMMISSIONER , BRIHATH BANGALORE MAHANAGARA
PALIKE ( BBMP ) & CHAIRMAN , KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL
AREA DEVELOPMENT BOARD ( KIADB) ARE AFRAID TO

ANSWER
1. how many times since 1987 , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT has revised / modified the Bangalore city's
comprehensive city development plan ?
2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by
BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till
date ?
3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the
CDP revision / modification by the authorities ?
4. when an application for alienation of land is made to
you , say from civic amenity site to commercial , what
norms are followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT?
5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the
locality , if the area is already full ? do you deprive people
of civic amenities ?
6. during such alenation , is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT collecting market rate difference between
civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?
7. in bangalore city , many building complexes , buildings
have been built fully violating building bye-laws no set
off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no
earthquake tolerant . what action by BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT?
8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has
been registered by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

9. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
lands , sites , buildings & houses have been illegally
occupied by criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?
10. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
registered criminal cases against each such illegal
occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?
11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has legalized , regularized
such illegal occupation just through BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT ` s resolution instead of of reallotting the same through public notification to the next
senior most in the waiting list , after giving notice of
allotment cancellation to original allottee ? if not done so
why ?
12. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
followed all legal norms in reallotment of lands , sites ,
houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the
procedure followed ?
13. in bangalore city , numerous housing societies & real
estate Developers have mushroomed , Land allotments of
how many housing societies , real estate firms among
them are legally authorized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT & how many not ? since 1987 till date ?
14. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT filed
criminal complaints against such illegal housing societies
& illegal real estate firms ? if not why ?
15. what action BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has

initiated against real estate firms & housing societies who
have violated BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?
16. the government has framed building bye-laws like
width of road , space for civic amenities , parking space ,
emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety
of people first. BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT is in
the practice of levying a pittance as penalty on the
building byelaw violators , layout Development plan
violators & legalizing those violations. Safety of public &
amenities of public are totally neglected by BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT. When public people die ,
suffer injuries / accidents say during a fire tragedy in a
complex due to lack of fire exit , when people park
vehicles on pavement in front of a business complex as
the complex doesn't have a parking space of it's own ,
the pedestrians going that way are forced to come down
on road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not
the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT responsible for
those accidents , injuries & deaths ?
17. what is the criteria adopted by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT for out of Turn allotment of Lands , sites ,
houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists ,
politicians , artists , etc ?
18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists ,
sports persons , etc have benefited from these out of turn
allotments by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?
specific figures yearwise since 1987 ?
19. what action has been taken against developers ,
housing societies , who have violated BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT norms ?
20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people ,
minority people illegally live On BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT with the help of police
razes down those huts & evicts the poor by brute force.
Whereas , when cronies of political bigwigs illegally
occupy BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands worth
crores of rupees & build big complexes earning thousands
of rupees monthly rent , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT or authorities not even files police
complaint against them instead regularizes the illegal
occupation by levying a pittance as fine. Why this double
standard by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?
21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are
regularized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
since 1987 till date ? yearwise figures ?
22. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
lands , sites , houses are under illegal occupation ? status
report yearwise since 1987 ?
23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the BDA
/ BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT arecovered the rents
earned by illegal occupation ?
24. have you filed police complaints against those
criminals tresspassers ? if not why ?
25. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving
wide publicity & sufficient time to bidders about it's
auction schedules ?
26. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving
market value to land loosers ?
27. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT exactly
using the acquired lands , for the same purpose
mentioned in the project plan ?
28. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquiring
lands at lower rates from farmers & selling it at a
premium , by way making profits just like a real estate
agency ?
29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant
for the usage of whole villagers, forest for the usage of
whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some
villagers have donated their personal lands to village
temples , cattle grazing for the benefit of whole villagers.
All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands.
When BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquires
such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what
about welfare objectives of those lands ?
30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder
canals have been closed , filled with mud , developed ,
sold as sites , etc by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT or other land developers ?
31. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT taken
alternate steps to create new lakes , ponds ? how many
are created till date ?
32. in & around bangalore city , high tension electric lines
are there in busy residential areas . as per Indian

electricity act , no permanent structures should be under
the HT lines. However there are buildings under it. In
some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the road. The
authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines
as parks , rented out advertisement spaces & built
permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs of
taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement
of service personnel of electricity board , to service HT
line. Are all these structures under & surrounding HT lines
legal ?
33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold
as sites by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or other
developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987
castewise , religionwise ?
34. in & around bangalore city , in how many areas
developed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT &
private developers , the sewage water generated in those
areas is directly let into lake , ponds ?
35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this
fashion by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT & other
developers , housing societies ?
36. how many business complexes , flats , residential
layouts developed by private real estate developers ,
housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste
generated in their buildings , into unauthorized dumping
grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing the environment &
creating public health hazard ? how the BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT is monitoring sewage / waste
disposal ? status report yearwise since 1987 till date .
37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in

& around bangalore city ? what action by BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report
38. around bangalore city , vast areas of village farm
lands , agricultural lands are acquired by private real
estate developers for non agricultural purposes by a
single firm or single owner. Are these actions legal ? some
of these real estate agents have sold those lands to
private industries , multinational companies for crores of
rupees. Has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT
given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to
industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?
39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast
tracts of agricultural lands , is it legal ? is it within the
KIADB's comprehensive industrial area development
plan ?
40. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given
wide publicity , public notice calling for objections before
alienation of such lands ?
41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to
BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT's industrial area
development plan ? violations how many ?
42. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT revising /
modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN ,
to suit those real estate developers & Private
companies ? on what legal grounds ?
43.what action has been taken based on mysore district

magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya Bhaskar's report on land
grabbings in mysore ?
44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a
lake has been destroyed while building kaynes hotel ,
hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters
has been alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all
these actions legal & in conformance to MUDA's CDP ? if
not why ? what action ?
45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit
M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there any pre-qualification to
bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used
for industrial use or only industries can participate in the
bidding process ?
46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender
document that , said land is open for alienation ?
47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's
objections , in it's newspaper . no action , why ? as a
result , the government , banks , employees were
cheated off their dues & the private firm made huge
profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?
48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious
bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands at preferrential
rates , for the reason that they will use it for public /
social welfare. however many of the trusts are using the
whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other
than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what
action has been taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT in such cases ?
49.how many trusts have violated government norms in

this way since 1987 till date? what action taken by BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT action taken report
yearwise since 1987 till date ?
50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are
regularized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT, on
what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?
51.before regularizing such violations have you sought
public objections & given media publicity ? if not why ?
52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some
BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT officials & their
family members , who have land acquisition /
denotifying , land usage conversion authorities ?
53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime
residential / commercial lands by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts ,
NGOs have sulet it either partly or wholly to others ?
54.how many such lease allotments are sold by BDA /
BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT before the expiry of lease
period , without public auction ?
55. what are the norms followed by BDA / BBMNP /
KIADB / GOVERNMENT for the sale of leased lands to the
lessee before the expiry of lease period ?
56. what is the status of house allotted to
sri.chandrashekariah vide BDA allotment letter
no: 310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.
57. why BDA didn't file police complaint to evict

encroachers?
58. why BDA didn't inform the descendents of original
allottee about the cancellation of their allotment ?
59.what happened to the money deposited by original
allottee?
60.is the action of BDA allotting the said house to an
illegal encroacher just by the resolution of BDA
committee legal ?
61. in case the BDA wished to re-allot the said house ,
first it must have informed the original allottee about
cancellation of allotment allowing them sufficient time to
reply with public notice in news papers , then they should
have allotted the said house to the senior most in the
waiting list. But BDA has just allotted the house to an
illegal encroacher by the resolution of BDA committee. Is
it legal ?
62. BDA officials gave half truths to my RTI request &
stated that the said file concerning this issue cann't be
found ie lost . is it legal ?
63. has the BDA filed police complaint regarding theft of
file from the record room ? HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER
OF BDA PLEASE REFER THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.
https://sites.google.com/site/eclarionofdalit/wheelingdealing-judges-police ,
https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/judgescover-up-land-scams ,
https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/landgrabbers-in-m-u-d-a ,
YEAR TO WHICH ABOVE PERTAINS : MAJORITY OF

DOCUMENTS PERTAINS TO YEAR 1994-2014 . SOME OF
THE DOCUMENTS ARE DATED BACK TO 1947.
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FROM WHOM
INFORMATION IS REQUIRED :
CPIO , Chief Ministers office , GOK , Vidhana Soudha ,
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Save Hebbal Lake Save BEML Quarters Lake in

Mysore
An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court of India
In the past , Mysore Maharaja & other

philanthropists have donated their personal lands
, properties , built many lakes & ponds in mysore ,
bangalore and other places with public concern ,
public wellbeing in their mind . They built these
lakes & ponds in addition to preserving the

natural lakes & ponds. They knew about the
importance of ecological balance & environment.
The present rulers , IAS & KAS babus have even
failed to preserve the lakes & ponds built
decades ago , let alone build one. These Public
servants have extended their tacit support to
building mafia , to kill these lakes & ponds , to fill
those lakes with industrial effluents , sewage &
building mud wastes. After killing those lakes &
ponds , the building mafia encroaches on it &
usurps that public property in turn selling it for
crores of rupees.
In this way , Hootagalli lake was killed &

encroached by Kaynes Hotel ( now silent shores
hotel) , Hebbal Lake is being killed & encroached
from all sides by industries and the lake infront of
BEML Quarters is being killed & land
demarcation for selling those land has already
begun.
The public servants were totally indifferent

towards public outcry against this . The IAS & KAS
babus who are also magistrates with judicial
authority have failed in preserving these lakes &
ponds inspite of appeals to them. These death of
lakes resulting in their encroachments could have
been prevented earlier by DC , Tahsildar , MUDA
Commissioner & KIADB Officers. Even I have
appealed to them through my web news paper ,
they didnt take action at all. I have made RTI

request to those authorities to give me
information regarding status of those lakes years
ago , fearing truth will come out they didnt
answer my questions in full , they only gave half
truths. When I persisted with my RTI request the
Mysore District Magistrate at that time Mr.
P.Manivannan repeatedly called me over phone ,
abused me & threatened me . Even threats were
made by some policemen in mufti . Finally that
lake land was allotted to a person supposed to be
close to the Industries minister at that time. The
courts are dispassionate & inhuman , while
passing eviction orders against poor people , the
police are full of guts & show their full bravery ,
valour against these poor land encroachers. Fine ,
let us appreciate their duty consciousness .
However rich & well connected criminals have
illegally encroached upon public lands , the same
courts and police are not taking appropriate
action inspite of repeated appeals , why ? Even
the Supreme Court of India & Police are Weak &
Meek before Land Mafia. Dont the same Judges &
Police have Guts , Bravery , Duty Consciousness &
Integrity to take action against such rich land
grabbers ? The answer lies in the following
articles. Once again we offer our conditional
services to Supreme Court of India , to legally
apprehend criminals while the respective public
servants have failed to do the same.
Hereby , we request the honourable Supreme Court

of India ,
1.
To initiate criminal prosecution against
Mysore district magistrate , Mysore taluk
magistrate , MUDA Commissioner , Jurisdictional
Police Officers & KIADB Officer , for making
contempt of Supreme Court of India Order
applying throughout india to preserve lakes &
ponds.
2.
To evict all encroachers forth with .
3.
To immediately stop all flow of industrial
effluents & sewage to these lakes & ponds.
4.
To initiate criminal prosecution against
encroachers of these lakes & pollters , killers of
these lakes.
5.
To preserve the said lakes & ponds , by
recovering cost from encroachers , polluting
industries and the co-conspirators Mysore DC ,
Mysore Tahsildar , MUDA Commissioner , KIADB
Officer & Jurisdictional Police Officers.
6.
To protect me , my family members &
dependents from land mafia & co-conspirators of
the crime.
7.
To order , to issue Writ of Mandamus to
Mysore District Magistrate , MUDA Commissioner
& KIADB Officer to disclose all the information
sought by me in my RTI request publicly. The copy
of my RTI request is reproduced below.
Date :
17.11.2012
Yours Sincerely,
Place :
Mysore
Nagaraja.M.R.
Sign to Save Hebbal Lake &

Lake in Mysore
BEML Quarters
http://www.change.org/petitions/honourablesupreme-court-of-india-save-hebbal-lake-savebeml-quarters-lake-in-mysore#
To,
Honourable Chief Justice of India ,
c/o Registrar,
Supreme Court of India,
New Delhi.
Honourable
sir ,
Subject : - PIL Appeal To Honorable Supreme court

of India For Writ of Mandamus
LITMUS TEST for
COURT OF INDIA
HONESTY
of
SUPREME
AKRAMA SAKRAMA / REGULARISATION OF

ILLEGAL LAND ENCROACHMENTS ILLEGAL LAND
CONSTRUCTIONS BUILDING BYE-LAW
VIOLATIONS
KIADB de-notification scandal , BMIC NICE
SCANDAL , MINING SCANDALS and Threats to RTI
Applicant
Rich builders , crooks in their greed for more money

( knowing fully well the illegalities ) have constructed
buildings on public land , constructed buildings
violating the building bye-laws. Now , those crooks are
earning lakhs of rupees rental income . The
government law enforcement agencies were mum ,
didnt demolish such buildings in time , allowing time for
crooks to benefit from anticipated regularisation.
However the same government agencies have not
shown kind consideration to poor people who have
constructed temporary hutments on public land . Those
hutments were immediately demolished & people
evicted.
These building bye-law violators , Land grabbers are not

poor people living below poverty line earning only
rupees 32 per day as per planning commission of india.
These rich crooks dont deserve sympathy , kind
consideration as they have committed the crime
knowing fully well the illegalities and they can bear the
loss due to the demolition of their illegal buildings. The
government must also recover rent & other monetary
gains made out of those illegal buildings by the builder.
The recent move of Government of Karnataka to

regularize building bye-law violations & Public Land
Grabbers amounts to :
1.
Rewards for illegalities , crimes if one is rich.
2.
Punishes , demotivates honest law abiding citizens.
3.
Double standards in law one set for rich & one set
for the poor.
4.
Total disregard to safety of people in those illegal
buildings .
5.
Total disregard to safety of people in the
neighbourhood and people using roads passing by
those illegal buildings.
Judicial Layout Site Allotment BRIBE TO JUDGES ?
Is the allotment of residential plots to Judges @

yelahanka Judicial Layout , a mode of paying bribe
to judges by the biggest litigant government itself
& the corrupt public servants in the government.
So that the government can pass illegal laws like
Regularization of Illegal Buildings , Illegal
Appointments to Medical colleges in Hassan ,
Mysore ,etc & ministers , IAS officers can indulge
in illegal unconstitutional acts , but the courts will
not take any appropriate action suo motto or
based on any petition. IT IS MUTUAL HELP , NEXUS
OF TWO CRIMINALS JUDICIARY & GOVERNMENT.
Ofcourse , there are honest few exceptions in
judiciary & government. We Respect those honest
few.
Just months back , we have witnessed the collapse

of a multi storied building in bellary ,Karnataka &
we have witnessed a fire tragedy in a multi-storey
building in Bangalore, months ago there was
collapse of a huge building under construction in
Bangalore , all resulting in loss of human
lives. Recently we have seen de-notification scam
involving VVIPs . All these are the result of
violations of Urban Town Planning Laws , Building
bye-laws which are observed more in breach by
the criminals & conniving public servants . The
authorities are behaving like real estate agents of
criminals , by-passing norms , framing laws to the
tune of criminals . Authorities are not honoring RTI
requests & even high ranking IAS
officer repeatedly threatens a commoner seeking

information under RTI ACT .
Before embarking on land acquisition for any

projects government authorities must plan &
assess what are the actual requirement of land for
that particular project. After finding out the actual
requirement of land , they must assess the loss of
forest area , cost of compensation pay-out , cost of
rehabilitation of people , environmental damages
& resultant health damages to people in
surrounding areas ,its resultant losses when the
project gets running , if at all the benefits , profits
from that project far outweighs the losses ,then
only project should be put before the public for
their consent. Ministers & IAS officers must not
take these decisions all by themselves in a hush
hush manner.
Even when a project is downsized , from the

previously approved size , the land left over ,
surplus land must be given back to the original
owner on first priority . The project managers must
not sell those surplus lands to third parties for a
premium .
Even when KIADB ,BDA ,MUDA & other authorities
acquire lands from farmers ,for constructing
industrial parks or residential layouts , etc , has
framed comprehensive development plans (CDP)
for their respective cities , clearly demarcating
land usage pattern . However after acquisition of

land , the KIADB , BDA , MUDA , etc are selling
those very lands to private third parties for
different land usage purposes ,completely violating
CDP. Are these KIADB , BDA , BBMP , MUDA ,MCC
real estate agents of Rich people ?
Now , consider NICE BMIC SCANDAL or MINING

Scandals , public servants in responsible positions
are accusing each other , there by proving that
almost all of them are criminals. In democracy ,
ministers & IAS officers are public servants , MLAs ,
MPs are not leaders just public servants representative of people. They must represent
peoples wishes & must order the IAS & other
officers to fulfil the wishes of people as per legal
provisions.
Information input forms part of process of one's
expression. One's expression in any forms written
, oral , etc becomes information input to the
opposite person , in turn he expresses his reply.
Information & Expression are inseparable parts &
form lifeline of a democracy. That is the reason ,
Right to Expression is the basic fundamental right
as well as human right of every Indian citizen.
When a person's right to expression is violated ,
his other rights to equality , justice , etc also are
violated. Suppression of Information amounts to
curbing of Expression.
In a democracy , people have a right to know how

the public servants are functioning. However till
date public servants are hiding behind the veil of
Officials Secrets Act (which is of british vintage
created by british to suppress native indians). By
this cover-up public servants are hiding their own
corruption , crimes , mismanagement , failures ,
etc. even RTI Act is not being followed intoto by
public servants. However the recent delhi high
court ruling affirming that CJI is under RTI purview
& bound to answer RTI request , is noteworthy.
Our previous RTI request to CJI , union home

secretary of GOI, President of India , DG & IGP of
GOK and others were not honored. The information
I sought were answers to the following questions
mentioned in the below mentioned websites . the
questions concerned the past , present continuing
injustices meted out to millions of Indian
citizens , due to wrong / illegal work practices of
Indian judges , police & public servants . The
information we sought would expose the traitors ,
anti-nationals , criminals in public service. The
information we are seeking are no defense
secrets , no national secrets. The truthful
information exposes the anti-nationals , traitors in
the public service & strengthens our national
security , national unity & integrity.
Hereby , I do request the honorable supreme court

of India to consider this as a PIL for : "writ of
Mandamus" and to issue instructions to the

concerned public servants in the following cases to
perform their duties & to answer the following
Cross - Examination / RTI questions.
:
https://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/ch
ief-justice-above-law
Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.
Date : 06.09.2013
Yours sincerely,
Place : Mysore
Nagaraja .M.R.
Bangalore Rural DC Aiyappa, three revenue

officials held
BANGALORE: Lokayukta police have arrested Bangalore

Rural district deputy commissioner MK Aiyappa, a special
tahsildar, a revenue inspector and a sub-registrar for
allegedly changing records pertaining to 32 acres of land
in Survey No. 62 of Madappanahalli, near Yelahanka.
Lokayukta additional director general of police HNS Rao
said they registered a case against 15 persons, including
IAS officer Aiyappa (then Bangalore Urban deputy
commissioner), special tahsildar (Bangalore North) K
Gopalaswamy, revenue inspector N Balakrishnamurthy of

Arakere circle, Hesaraghatta, and sub-registrar
(Hesaraghatta) KV Ravi Kumar.
The arrested officials were produced in the Lokayukta
court, which remanded them to a day in police custody.
The Lokayukta court had on November 5 last year
ordered that a case be filed under Sections 13 (1)( c), (d),
(e) and 13(2) read with Section 12 of the Prevention of
Corruption Act as well as criminal Sections 406, 409, 420,
426, 463, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 120-B (criminal
conspiracy).
The Lokayukta court order followed a private complaint
by P Anil Kumar, a resident of Hesaraghatta.
Preliminary investigation revealed the land was gomala
land (common property resource used for livestock
grazing), but a person named Narasimhaiah claimed
ownership of all the 32 acres. Records were created and
the land restored to him, but the then revenue inspector
restored the title to the government. Even as the legal
dispute was pending, the land was purchased by private
individuals. The Hesaraghatta sub-registrar registered the
land in their names in 2009.
"The present rate for the land is about Rs 60 crore.
Bigwigs named in the complaint will be questioned,
including the purchasers. Everything is on record, and
nobody can deny their responsibility in taking away
government land and restoring it to private individuals," a
Lokayukta police official privy to the investigation told
TOI.
There will be some more arrests, he added, as there's
ample documentary evidence and other witness accounts
available.
NICE Corridor Questions to CHIEF MINISTER

.Mr.Yediyurappa
Read full questionnaire
http://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/nic
e-corridor-questions-to-chie\
f-minister
Illogical land laws fostering mafia, says High Court

judge
Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka,

Justice K Sreedhar Rao on Saturday said lack of
logic in several laws, including land reforms and
acquisition laws, is encouraging land mafia,
especially in urban centres.
The existing Land Acquisition Act is the greatest enemy
of the common man. We have only encouraged land
mafia through legislation, he said, while addressing the
National Consultation on Urban Poor and the Law,
organised by National Law School of India University
(NLSIU) here.
Justice Rao said laws related to land need an overhaul, to
ensure owners of the land get a share of development.
The growth of real estate mafias and skyrocketing

property prices hindered average income earners from
purchasing property. By creating mega cities, we have
done a great damage to the country, he added.
Justice Rao said various governments have failed to
develop district and taluk head quarters as a result of
which we are not able to prevent migration to cities.
Bangalore has developed as a cancerous slum. The
urban areas are not having the infrastructure or facilities
to deal with this massive population inflow, he said. The
judge also pointed out that the zoning laws often allow
arbitrary classifications without taking into account the
real situations on ground.
P K Mohanty, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of
Housing and Poverty Alleviation, said the proposed law
for property rights for urban poor, to ensure spaces for
street vendors, was under consideration and it would be
soon placed before the Parliament.
A major issue that needs to be addressed is residency
rights of urban poor in the context of vulnerabilities that
they face. Though several governmental programmes,
specially JNNURM were designed for this purpose, there
was a lack of sufficient response from the States to avail
the funds and use them in time, he said.
BMTF proposes, government disposes
Siddaiah was brought back to BBMP despite request for

his suspension for his role in DLF case
Senior IAS officer H. Siddaiah, who returned as Bruhat
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner for a
second stint, has come under the scanner of the
Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) as a suspect
officer for his alleged role in the DLF case.
The BMTF, probing the DLF scam that involved illegal
widening of a road to facilitate an increase in the floor
area ratio (FAR) of an apartment complex, had named Mr.
Siddaiah, his predecessor Bharat Lal Meena, besides the
former Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)
Commissioner Pradeep Singh Kharola among the three
IAS officers whose role had surfaced during its
investigation based on oral and documentary evidence.
BMTF letter
In a letter to Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath, dated
November 29, 2012, the BMTF had sought to place under
suspension these three officials, besides 23 others of the
BDA and BBMP, to facilitate fair probe.
However, the government chose to ignore the BMTFs
recommendation and brought Mr. Siddaiah back to the
BBMP from the Higher Education Department where he
was serving as Principal Secretary, thus replacing
Commissioner Rajneesh Goel.
The report also names several senior officials of the BBMP
and the BDA as suspect officials for having allegedly
colluded to allow the DLF to up the FAR for its projects,
violating BBMP bylaws and BDAs master plan.
Charge against Shettar

Meanwhile, RTI activist Dinesh Kallahalli accused Chief
Minister Jagadish Shettar of trying to hush up the matter
by bringing back the same suspect officials. He plans to
seekGovernor H.R. Bhardwajs intervention in the matter
as the Chief Minister was involved.
Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, Mr.
Kallahalli said Tirakana Goudar, Town Planning Member
(TPM) in the BDA, who was reinstated to his post while he
was out on bail, was also being favoured by the Chief
Minister.
DLF violations
The BMTF has arrested Mr. Goudar, who was charged with
helping DLF Southern Homes legalise construction
beyond what was permitted on a civic amenity (CA) site.
He was accused of approving the widening of the
Hulimavu-Begur Road to legalise DLF Southern Homes
illegal construction.
DLF constructed 1,962 flats instead of the 440 for which
they had taken permission. We are not even able to get
documents under the Right to Information Act. We want
the Governor to intervene, Mr. Kallahalli said.
LAND SCAM IN TAMILNADU One for my officer, one for

my boy
Land and property are coveted assets. So why are chief

ministers allowed to give these away as favours? JEEMON
JACOB tracks how Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M
Karunanidhi has been using his quotas
IN NOVEMBER, Chief Minister of Karnataka BS
Yeddyurappa almost lost his job, due to the uproar over
preferential allotment of land and property to his sons
and close associates. He has since cancelled the
allotments, asked his children to move out of his official
residence, and retained his seat through some deft
political manoeuvring and muscle-flexing. At the height of
the campaign against him, as political opponents paraded
on apparent moral high ground, TEHELKA published
details of plots similarly allotted by previous Karnataka
chief ministers, both of the
Congress and the JD(S), to
ILLUSTRATION: ANAND
relatives, servants, drivers,
NAOREM
maids and partymen (LAND
SCAM 2.0, 4 December). The purpose was not to make
Yeddyurappas wrongdoings look less shocking, but to
show that the problem was endemic and needed rooting
out. The right given to chief ministers to hand out public
land to a favoured few relatives, bureaucrats, judges,
police officers and others smacks of nepotism and
arbitrary feudal power structures that should have no
place in a modern democracy. (Though there is no
immediate proof of this, some of these allotments could
also be benamitransactions, in which the ultimate
ownership remains with the distributor of the largesse,
camouflaged by a stack of fake documents.)
This power euphemistically called discretionary
quota has even been used to favour allegedly corrupt
army officers like General Deepak Kapoor (AT EASE WITH
GREASE, TEHELKA, 20 November), who was given a large

500 sq yd plot in Haryana by the Hooda government,
which then faced the embarrassment of refusing him
permission to sell it off before five years had elapsed, as
per rules. The plot was given to him by the government
as preferential allotment in recognition for his
outstanding achievement.
This week, continuing its campaign against out-of-turn
allotments of land and property, TEHELKA has an expos
on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The Tamil
Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) which commands a large
land bank, has a government discretionary quota (GDQ)
under which 15 percent of all allotments can be
recommended by the CM. Eligibility for allotment under
GDQ is as follows: single/deserted women; widows; social
workers; physically handicapped persons; defence
personnel; ex-servicemen; eminent persons in the field of
science, arts, literature, economics, public administration
and sports; freedom fighters; government servants with
unblemished service records; employees of PSUs, central
government undertakings and nationalised banks; PF
institutions; journalists; university staff; and employees of
local bodies and municipalities.
While some of these categories sound kosher, most of
them raise a fundamental question: why should the
government have the power to give coveted land to
select employees and journalists over others? The only
rationale could be proximity which is an untenable
reason for being the beneficiary of political favours, often
worth several crores.
Setting this aside, even within the legal ambit of the
GDQ, TEHELKAs investigation shows that many of the
allotments in Karunanidhis tenure have violated the rule

book. Many bureaucrats and their relatives have been
given plots or flats under the category of social worker.
Some of these last did social work when they were in
college; many of them claim to be volunteers in such
routine activity as helping in blood donation or eye
camps. Many have issued certificates to themselves;
some have acquired letters from the Lions and Rotary
Clubs with vague endorsements. In other violations, the
rules say that no one who has any other land or property
in Tamil Nadu or any other capital city, in either their own
or spouse or minor childrens name, can apply for GDQ
allotments. TEHELKA found this is routinely violated.
Many of the allottees issued certificates to themselves,
while some got letters from Lions and Rotary Clubs
The other brazen violation lies in the claim of
unblemished service records as a qualification for
allotment. When RTI activist V Gopalakrishnan sought a
list of such bureaucrats, Additional Secretary S Solomon
Raj said, As no unblemished government servant
certificates are issued, the question of furnishing a list of
names does not arise. The additional secretary also
clarified that the home department didnt have such a
list. This is the phantom category under which many
public servants like Jaffar Sait, 1986 batch IPS officer, now
Inspector General of PoliceIntelligence, got large
allotments of land in prime locations. Why them more
than hundreds of others? Thats a democratic question
the chief minister will have to answer.
jee@gmail.com
Legal Largesse
R Bhanumathi
Serving Judge, Madras High Court
FLAT NOS: MIG 249-250, SHOLINGANALLUR PHASE
III, CHENNAI
DATE: 30 MARCH 2008
SIZE: 120 SQ M & 139 SQ M
PRICE: Rs. 27.55 LAKH & Rs. 30.05 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: NA
VIOLATIONS
The judge was allotted two adjoining plots on the
same day (30 March 2008). According to her
Disclosure of Assets statement of 2009, the judge
already had a house in her name, and another plot
in her husband, advocate K Ganesans name. The
house, in the Uthangarai area of Krishnagiri district,
was constructed in 1985 on a plot purchased in
1982. The plot of land is located in Saidapet and
was purchased in 1993. She however admits in her
declaration that she owns two plots, which she
purchased from the TN Housing Board in 2008. But
this allocation was made under the General
Category. Since judges do not come under any of
the quota categories, the governments way of
allotting land to them differs from the rest. Judges
are informed about the availability of land. And
when they apply for the same, the government
facilitates the allotment.
K Raviraja Pandian
Retired Justice, Madras High Court
PLOT NO: B2/5, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSION
DATE: 11 NOVEMBER 2009

SIZE: 3,117 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 68.54 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.2 CRORE
VIOLATIONS
Close relative of DMK supremo Karunanidhi and the
Chairman of the School Fee Determination
Committee. Little wonder then he was also the
recipient of special favours while he was still a
serving judge. At the time of the allotment, the
judge owned a 50 percent share in an ancestral
house at Thiruveezhimizhalai village. The judge had
also sold a property he owned at
Pazhavatthankattali village near Kumbakonam. The
land was purchased in 1991, a house was
constructed on it in 1992 and sold in 2009. He had
also sold the landed property of his wife in 2009.
V Ambika
Advocate
PLOT NO: A8, KADAPERY, MADHURANTHAGAM
DATE: 16 FEBRUARY 2008
SIZE: 2,285 SQ FT
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 15 LAKH
VIOLATIONS
The advocate owned landed property in more than
one location when she was allotted the plot one
vacant house site in Karanai Puducheri village and
another in Katrampakkam village, in Kancheepuram
district. Her husband, Justice M Satyanarayanan of
the Madras High Court, in his Disclosure of Assets,
stated that he owns a repurchased MIG flat

constructed in 1969 at Indra Nagar in Chennai.
Ambika was allotted land under the GDQ.
Bureaucratic Bonanza
Jaffar Sait
IGP-Intelligence
FLAT NOS: 540, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ NAGAR
DATE: 23 APRIL 2008
SIZE: 4,756 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 1.26 CRORE
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 6 CRORE
VIOLATIONS
Allotted under unblemished government servant
category. On 6 June 2008, the government
transferred the ownership of the plot to his daughter
Jennifer Jaffar, then a student. Jennifer made two
payments of Rs. 46.03 lakh and Rs.1.73 lakh
towards cost of the plot. In February 2009, she paid
another Rs.60 lakh. After having paid Rs.1.07 crore,
the ownership of plot was transferred to her mother
Parvin Jaffar. Interestingly, Parvin also made the
payment all over again. In October 2009, she paid
Rs. 50.64 lakh and then again in November 2009,
another Rs. 25 lakh was deposited. A further
payment of Rs. 51.5 lakh in the same month was
made. Income tax officials feel the Sait family made
the double payment to avoid an IT investigation on
Jennifer, who would not have been able to show any
source of income. The Tamil Nadu Housing Board
then returned the original amount paid by Jennifer.
Now, Parvin in collaboration with Durga Sankar, son
of an IAS officer, has commissioned a builder to
construct a multi-storey complex in which 12 flats

have already been built. Each flat is expected to
fetch an estimated 1 crore. So, by paying Rs. 1.26
crore in 2009, the IGPs family made a profit of more
than Rs. 5.7 crore.
G Prakash
Joint Secretary, Industries
PLOT NO: S6, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSION
DATE: 6 MAY 2008
SIZE: 3,829 SQ FT
VIOLATIONS
The former district collector of Tirunelveli issued
himself a certificate for unblemished government
service.
CK Gariyali
Retired IAS, Secretary to Governor at the time of
allotment
FLAT NOS: S4, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSION
DATE: 7 MAY 2008
SIZE: 6,023 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 1.20 CRORE. PAYMENT WAS MADE IN 33
INSTALMENTS FROM 18 JULY 2008 TO 6 MARCH
2009
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 6.8 CRORE (APPROX)
VIOLATIONS
Her husband Dr S Rajakumar has a house in
Chennai.
Sumathi Ravichandran
Former Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, and close

relative of DMK minister K Anbazhagan
PLOT NO: 1050 HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 28 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Her husband Dr S Ravichandran owns a plot.
Following an RTI probe, the TNHB issued a showcause notice and placed the allotment under
suspension.
Political Perks
L Ganeshan
Former MP, who left Vaiko to join DMK
FLAT NOS: 1052 HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 27 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Ganeshan is a trade union leader with the DMK and
is close to Karunanidhi. He owns property in his as
well as his wifes name.
Brinda Nedunchezhiyan
Wife of late Chezhiyan and daughter-in-law of
Agriculture Minister Veerapandi Arumugam
PLOT NO: HIG B 3/14, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 13 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA

CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 45-50 LAKH
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under Social worker category. The
tehsildar of Salem issued her a certificate though he
is not empowered to. The certificate says she is a
well-known social worker involved in social welfare
activities such as president of Poolavari village
panchayat, head of parent-teachers association,
participating in educational programmes of many
schools.
S Rajalakshmi
Wife of R Sakkarapani, MLA and DMK chief whip
PLOT NO: 1047, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 9 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
She was allotted the flat under the Social Worker
category. The supporting document was a letter
from a Rotary Club. The letter from PNK
Venkatachalapathy, president of the Rotary Club of
Oddachatram, dated 31 March 2008, states that
she is known to me as a social worker who is
participating in social service activities of our Rotary
Club at blood donation camps, free health checkup
camps and other welfare activities. She has also
been helping in providing several other basic
amenities for the people surrounding the slum area
for the past several years. I wish her every success
to do more services to needy people in and around

the area.
D Yasodha
Congress MLA, Kancheepuram Congress MLA,
Kancheepuram
FLAT NOS: A5, HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 19 DECEMBER 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
A certificate from the Chennai Municipal Councillor
stating she has been an active social worker for the
past 40 years actively involved in helping the poor
in the area.
Poochi Murugan
Member of a DMK trade union
PLOT NO: A 11, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSION
DATE: 6 JUNE 2008
SIZE: 2,422 SQ FT
VIOLATIONS
Though a member of a DMK trade union, he was
allotted land under the Social Worker category. Has
three plots in his name and one in his spouses
name. He has not produced any supporting
document about the social work he has done.
Bharati Thennarasu
Widow of Sivagangai politician Thennarasu
FLAT NOS: S7, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTN

DATE: 26 AUGUST 2008
SIZE: 3,879 SQ FT
VIOLATIONS
She was allotted the plot under the Social Worker
category. An RTI application revealed that she had
not been engaged in any kind of social work that
would make her eligible for this category.
P Moorthy
Madurai MLA
FLAT NOS: E2/6, MIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 5 DECEMBER 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Allotted under the Social Worker category on a
certificate issued by the Lions Club. Owns several
plots in his and his wifes name.
N Soorya
Daughter of Brinda Chezhiyan and grand-daughter
of Agriculture Minister Veerapandi Arumugam
FLAT NOS: B3/13, HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 3 JUNE 2008
SIZE: NA
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 45-50 LAKH
VIOLATIONS
Like her mother, the 20-year-old was given a
certificate of social work and domicile by the
tehsildar of Salem, stating that she is a wellknown
social worker who is involved in many social welfare
activities, such as national social service,
participating in eye camp, blood donation and giving
education to poor students. The certificate was
issued on 27 February 2008, the same day her
mother got one. Both got adjoining flats.
Kith and Kin
Deepa
Daughter of Devaraj M, Private Secretary to the
Chief Minister
(PLOT ADJOINING SAITS AND SHANKARS)
DATE: 23 MAY 2008
SIZE: 4,466 SQ FT
VIOLATIONS
Allotted plot under the Social Worker category but
theres no evidence to back it. Constructing a threestorey building involving a cost beyond the familys
known sources of income. Her husband owns
another property in his name. Her plot is adjacent to
the plots of IGP-Intelligence Jaffar Sait and Durga
Shankar, son of the CMs secretary.
Naveenkumar
Son of P Muthuveeran, IAS, who was District
Collector, Theni, and close to the Chief Minister
FLAT NOS: 541, HIG, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ

NAGAR
DATE: 27 JULY 2008
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. He
works in a software company in Chennai and
submitted a salary slip of Rs. 20,000 per month at
the time of allotment. Now, he is constructing a
fourstorey structure on the plot.
J Naveen Ibrahim
Son of SI Jaffar Ali, IPS (retd)
FLAT NOS: AI HIG MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 31 MARCH 2009
SIZE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category.
Certificate issued relates to 1983, when he was a
student. The college principal says he actively
participated in many social activities conducted by
us. He continues to evince interest in social service
activities. Curiously, the EMI of Rs. 74,000 is almost
double his monthly salary.
Durga Sankar
Son of Rajamanikkam, IAS, Secretary to Chief
Minister

(PLOT ADJOINING SAITS AND SHANKARS)
DATE: 28 MARCH 2008
SIZE: 2,450 SQ FT
VIOLATIONS
He is a businessman, but allotted the plot under the
Social Worker category. He also submitted an
affidavit that the plot would be used for residential
purposes. But he violated the conditions and
developed the property for commercial purposes.
The Others
M Ilamukil
IT Manager, DMK HQ, Chennai
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category on a
certificate issued by the Lions Club. The certificate
states that he is participating in social service
activities of Lions Club at blood donation camp, free
health camps for the past several years.
Ilanthendral
Ilamukils sister
VIOLATIONS
Allotted HIG flat under the Social Worker category
on the basis of a certificate issued by a panchayat,
which is not valid.
N Kannabiran
Junior attendant at the Supreme Court
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category.

Kannabiran, a Delhi resident, was issued a salary
certificate by the SC registrar for purchasing land in
Tamil Nadu. He was allotted on the recommendation
of his superior, who has close links with the DMK.
C Ganeshan and C Vinothan
PSOs, CMs Security
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flats under the unblemished government
servants category. Documents reveal the
Superintendent of Police, Security Branch, Chennai,
issued vague conduct certificates after the duo were
allotted the flats provisionally.
P Meena
W/O P Pandian, PSO, CMs Security
VIOLATIONS
Allotted flat under the Social Worker category. She
produced a letter from MS Velu of the Lions Club,
who liberally issued certificates for sons and
daughters of bureaucrats to help them avail of
prime plots allotted by the TN Housing Board out of
the government discretionary quota.
PHOTOS: THE HINDU, JEEMON JACOB
Reactions to Land Scam 3.0
D Yashoda, Congress MLA, Kancheepuram
I have done a lot of work for Dalits throughout Tamil
Nadu, especially in Sriperumbudur and Chennai. I
have helped them in getting pattas for their land,
recommending their names for loans from banks,
distributing cycles to Dalits on the birthdays of

Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
Jaffar Sait, IPS, IG-Intelligence
Government agencies have already probed the
matter. I am being governed by the conduct rules, so
I should not talk to you about the issue. It is
advisable that you seek a response from the Tamil
Nadu government. I would like to add that if any
defamation or liability arises out of your article,
necessary legal action would be taken.
P Moorthy, Madurai MLA
I dont know much about the certificate, I think I got
the plot because Im an MLA. I have done a lot of
work in uplifting the people in villages of my
constituency. That amounts to social work. I dont
need a social work certificate from the Lions Club but
my friends, partners and I took the certificate
anyway.
GDQ is a way of making you part of the syndicate

BY JEEMON JACOB
A1990 batch IAS officer, C
C Umashanker
Umashanker shot to fame during the
AIADMK regime when he exposed a scam PHOTO:
in the construction of sheds in a
JEEMON JACOB
cremation ground under the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana when

he was additional collector in Madurai. His brush with
AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaas partymen resulted in his
transfer out of the district.
Later, when the DMK came to power, he was appointed
managing director of the state-run Electronic Corporation
of Tamil Nadu and put in charge of procuring colour
television sets for free distribution to the poor in the
state, in keeping with an election promise of the DMK. He
was transferred with immediate effect after he exposed
corporate fraud committed by the joint venture promoter
ELNET Technologies Ltd.
Later, he was posted as managing director of the staterun Arasu Cable TV Corporation. In this capacity, he
opposed the monopoly of Sumangali Corporation run by
Kalanidhi Maran. He also took steps to nationalise
Sumangali Cable Vision. By that time, Maran had a patchup with the Karunanidhi family and Umashanker was
transferred with immediate effect.
Later, the anti-corruption and vigilance department
registered a case against him for disproportionate assets.
The government suspended him for
claiming fake caste certificate as a Dalit Plots are
allotted even
when he is a practising Christian.
without any
He lodged a complaint with the National formal
Backward Commission against his
applications.
suspension and got a favourable order
There is no
from the High Court. At present, he is
transparency
managing director of Tamil Nadu Small
at all
Industries Corporation.
Umashanker was allotted a plot (under government order

2D 325) on 3 April 2008 at Thiruvanmiyur Extension when
he was in charge of the free colour television for the poor
programme. For this, he would have had to pay 55.12
lakh. He wrote to the chief minister that he could not
afford to pay such a huge amount. Later, his allotment
was cancelled without stating any reason.
Umashanker revealed he had an MIG flat in his name
when the plot was allotted and he was not aware about
the rule of Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) that he
cant claim a plot when he has another flat in his name.
It certainly seems commendable that Umashanker turned
down a chance to own a plot in Thiruvanmiyur Extension,
one of the poshest areas of the city. The plot is just 300
metres from the beach.
Though the entire colony has been parcelled out to those
close to the ruling establishment, it is the nouveau riche
and the industrialists who dream of owning a house in
Thiruvanmiyur, where they can rub shoulders with former
judges, bureaucrats and political power brokers. If and
when the allottees decide to sell their plots, they can
demand extremely high prices.
In a frank chat, Umashanker talks about how the
government discretionary quota has been misused.
Excerpts:
Why are bureaucrats, judges, former judges and

politicians given housing plots in posh localities under
government discretionary quota?
Who can refuse a good piece of land in Chennai city? Its
a way of rewarding people for good work done. No inquiry

has been conducted in this matter so far. Discretionary
quota is the prerogative of the government. After RTI
came into existence, several activists are taking up the
matter in court. Basically, there is no control mechanism
or checks and balances. There is little transparency while
awarding the GDQ the plots are allotted without formal
applications.
You were also allotted a plot in 2008 under the
unblemished government servant category. What
happened to the allotment?
Yes, I was allotted a plot in Thiruvanmiyur Extension.
Initial payment for the plot was Rs. 25 lakh. I never had
that much money. So I requested the government to
reduce the price. But there was no response. I did not
want a house to compromise my integrity. So I never took
possession. Later, in 2009, the government ordered a
vigilance inquiry against me and cancelled the allotment.
Frankly, I was not aware about the TNHB rules that bars a
person having a plot, a flat or a house from claiming
another plot.
Do you think the GDQ quota is a way of silencing people,
buying them out?
Yes, it is a way of making you a part of the syndicate.
Plots or flats are given to those civil servants, judges or
relatives of the bureaucrats or politicians for complying
with certain requirements. There is no procedure for IAS
or IPS officers to get a land or plot or flat in a transparent
manner. So everybody uses short cuts.
Ministers DQ proves judges are more corrupt than civil

servant
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: An investigation by Cobra

post and IBN Network has revealed how former and
sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats
have received flats from the DiscretionaryQuota (DQ) of
ministers. As a matter of fact, successive Urban
Development Ministers in the Naveen Patnaik
government have misused the discretionary housing
quota.
According to the revelation, the judges have got the
minister quota flats out of turn and at cheaper rates.
The IBN Network accessed letters of judges written to the
government asking for prime property in Cuttack and
Bhubaneswar.
Prime properties were acquired in Cuttack at concession
rates, bypassing the Cuttack Development Authority. In
fact, Sectors 10, 11 and 13 of Cuttacks Abhinav Bidanasi
project has practically become a judges residential
colony.
Former Chief Justice G B. Patnaik is a resident of flat
1B/22 in Sector 11 while former Orissa High
CourtJudge Radhakrishna Patra has flat 1B/23 in the same
sector, given out on lease.
Supreme Court judge Deba Priya Mohapatra, Orissa High
Court judges Sanju Panda, Madan Mohan Das, Nityanand
Prastuti also own flats in Sector 10 and 11.Papers for the
flats were prepared quickly and some judges even got

preferred plots.
Most of the allotments took place between 2000 and
2007, under the BJP cadre Urban and Housing
Development Minister Sameer De who was State
Development Minister from 2000-2004 and then Kanak
Vardhan Singh Deo who called the shots from 2004 to
2007.
All that the judges had to do was written to the Minister.
The CNN-IBN has a letter written by Justice Madan Mohan
Das to the CDA Chairman and to Minister Kanak Vardhan
Singhdeo, asking for a B-Category Flat in Sector 10,
saying he would ensure a third party transfer of a CCategory Flat already owned by his wife.Justice Das was
allotted the flat in just six days.
When asked why the discretionary quota was used to

make the allotments, Sameer Dey, former Orissa urban
development minister, said, The Orissa act does not
have any such rule. There is 5 per cent and 10 per cent
allocation in discretionary quota. Apart from that we dont
have any rule.
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, former Orissa urban
development minister, said, The rule is that only those
who apply for the project can be allotted land
via Discretionary Quota. So if any such person does not
apply what can we do?
CNN-IBN has also found that many of the judges who
were allotted land through the discretionary quota
already own ancestral property in Cuttack. Yet the

ministers were allotted the land they asked for.
Mysore DC indicted for illegally delisting Rs 6k

crore land
BANGALORE: A major land scam worth nearly Rs

6,000 crore, involving about 2,000 acres at the
foothills of Chamundi Hills in Mysore, has been
unearthed.
Mysore deputy commissioner P S Vastrad is in the
spotlight for illegally delisting in June nearly 2,000
acres of prime government land in favour of the
Mysore royal family. The land in question is 1,541
acres in Kurubaralli, 259 acres in Chowdahalli and
173 acres in Alanahalli. The market value of an
acre in these areas is between Rs 1 crore and Rs 3
crore.
Some top state BJP leaders and influential religious
leaders are said be behind the illegal conversion of
the land from 'B' kharab to 'A' kharab. According to
the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, 'B' kharab
land is property reserved for a public purpose. Any
conversion of this to 'A' kharab - making it private
property - needs government authorization. But
Vastrad passed the order without bringing it to the
notice of the government.
"This happened when DV Sadananda Gowda as
chief minister held more than 20 portfolios,
including revenue. Lack of monitoring in the

revenue department enabled the deputy
commissioner to change the format," government
sources said. Following complaints against the
change in land use, deputy chief minister in charge
of revenue K S Eshwarappa ordered a probe by
chief secretary S V Ranganath, who has given a
report indicting Vastrad of being "guilty of
misconduct".
The land was mentioned as kharab in survey
records dating back to 1861. Later, during a
resurvey between 1920 and 1930, the same land
was shown as 'B' kharab.
"It appears the DC executed the order in undue
haste. Any decision with respect to such land can
only be taken by the government under Section of
86 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The
delisting of land from 'B' kharab to 'A' kharab
without considering the original survey records of
1861 is illegal," the chief secretary said in his
report.
Sources in the government said the Mysore royal
family had been claiming right over the land after
the death of the Mysore Maharaja in 1974, but
several orders of the department of personal and
administrative reforms clearly state the land
belongs to the government. "The heir of the last
Maharaja had been raising disputes. Due to this
and multiple litigation, unscrupulous elements are
trying to falsify records to gain control over this
precious land," they added.
Interestingly, the DC withdrew his June order on

August 18 on being indicted. Meanwhile, the
Karnataka High Court ordered the status quo.
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who wanted to
suspend Vastrad, is said to have dropped the idea
following pressure from top BJP leaders. The
government feels that shunting him out at a time
when Dasara preparations are under way would
mar the festivities.
"I will urge the CM to convene a meeting and take
action against the DC," Eshwarappa told TOI.
DC Vastrad yielded to real estate lobby: MLC
Mysore: BJP MLC G Madhusudan on Friday accused

Mysore DC P S Vastrad of succumbing to the real
estate lobby in a case related to some 2,000-acre
land at the foothills of Chamundi Hills.
He has complained to CM Jagadish Shettar in this
regard. The BJP leader has also asked for a stay on
the proceedings following the order by Vastrad.
In his complaint to Shettar, the MLC said: "The land
at the foothills is quite precious and costs several
thousand crores as per the present market... You
are requested to go through the documents and
take up investigation into the matter." In the
strongly-worded letter, he has told the CM that
"people are alleging that the DC has succumbed to
the real estate lobby."
Releasing the copies of his petition, and that of
related documents to the media on Friday,

Madhusudan asked the CM to intervene. According
to him, the court of the deputy commissioner has
declared it as B-kharab land and has directed the
authorities concerned to issue khathas in the name
of Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar, the scion
of Mysore royal family and other respondents. In
1935 -- when Maharaja was ruling the state -- the
said land was declared as B-kharab, which
remained the same all these years. In fact,
Maharajas Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar wanted that to be
maintained as a green belt to guard the sanctity of
the sacred site. "To ensure this, maharaja
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar did not make any attempt
to register the property in his name till his death,"
he contended, adding that he didn't even go in for
partition of the land in Kurburhalli.
Claiming that it is a public property, the MLC
accused the DC of taking arbitrary decisions. "First
of all, he can't review any decisions made in the
district magistrate court. Secondly, he has to call
public objections or have to seek opinion of public
prosecutor before conversion of land from Bkharab (unusable land) to A-kharab, which he has
not done."
"There real estate lobby is behind it to usurp the
property which needs to be probed," the BJP leader
said. He, however, was evasive when asked to
name those involved. When asked whether district
minister S A Ramdas is aware of it, he accused him
of being negligent on the issue.
Meanwhile, deputy CM K S Eshwarappa, who also
holds the revenue portfolio, said that he has
convened a high-level meeting, and directed both

the DC and the MLC to attend the same.
BMIC by NICE & land scams in Karnataka an

appeal to honourable supreme court of India &
H.E.Honourable Governor Of Karnataka
When a crime is noticed , it is the duty of the

government to investigate who did it ? and to
legally prosecute them in court & provide justice .
if thousands of criminals , lakhs of criminals got
together & did the same type of crimes , all of
them must be legally prosecuted. Just for the
overwhelming numbers of criminals law of the land
cann't be changed. However in the Karnataka
state , many political bigwigs , rich crooks have
done the same crime , LAND GRABBING illegal
possession of government land & illegal
constructions over it. Important land records of
those government lands , lands belonging to poor
are lost in record rooms of civic bodies ( cunningly
destroyed by corrupt officials ) Now, their political
masters are legalizing the crimes . what a shame
to the government of Karnataka ?
The shri.A.T. RAMA SWAMY , (M.L.A) standing

committee in the Previous legislative assembly
probed the land grabbings in Karnataka & gave
it's report to the government . However the

government in a hurry , is auctioning off those
government lands without proper publicity to the
auction process , sufficient time for bidder's
expression of interest. In some cases , a pittance is
levied as penalty for the illegal occupation to get it
legalized. The government is not bothered about
legally prosecuting the illegal occupier of those
lands. In many civic bodies , important property
documents belonging to the government & poor
are missing from the record rooms. All these point
towards the government intention , to legalise the
crimes of illegal land occupiers who are nothing
but their own political cronies.
The recent ordinance by government of Karnataka

to regularize land deals is envisaging to legalize
the crimes of rich. The illegal land conversions ,
land encroachments , encroachment of civic
amenities made by the rich are being legalized
with levying a pittance as penalty in the name of
public welfare . Whereas the land worth at today's
market prices are 10's of thousands of crore it is
only wefare of the rich & mighty . IT IS GOING TO
BE MOTHER OF ALL SCAMS. The authorities evict
poor tribal people from their ancestral forest area
in the name of conservation , evict tribal people
from villages in the name of development without
proper rehabilitation measures. The government is
not giving land rights to slum dwellers , poor ,
dalits over the land they are dwelling , the
government is deaf to appeals of dalits for land
rights. However the same government is
sympathetic to rich who have encroached land &

built huge commercial complexes worth crores
violating all norms with total disregard to civic
amenity or safety.
ILLEGALITIES IN AUCTION OF M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD

MYSORE
During the auction of above sick industry the land

usage was for industrial purpose only. so, people
with other commercial objectives were not allowed
to participate in the auction. Thereby, the final
auctioned amount was very much less than the
market value. This has a direct bearing on
employees of that industry , lending banks , govt
dept , etc who have all put forward their claims for
dues from that industry. noW, all of them are
getting very much less than what is due from the
closed company. A loss of crores of rupees to
banks , government , employees has been made by
the cunningness of civic bodies.
Now in a backdoor move the M.U.D.A , K.I.A.D.B ,
M.C.C are moving to give land usage conversion to
the new occupier, who is building posh villas &
resorts here. Is it right & justified ? should not they
conduct auction once again or charge market value
to the new owner.
LAND MAFIA IN KARNATAKA
The land mafia which has links with political

leadership & top govt servants in the state, is
running business widely in & around
bangalore,mysore & other major towns. The
authorities like city corporation , B.D.A, M.U.D.A ,
K.I.A.D.B , etc are denotifying the lands meant for
public welfare in favour of land mafia. The
authorities have earmarked these lands for public
welfare ie parks , schools , hospitals at the
planning stage itself for current & future needs of
the people. In most cases the land mafia has
illegally occupied the lands , built commercial
complexes & sold it for crores of rupees.
1. the authorities are not demolishing these illegal

structures & prosecuting the occupiers.
2. In some cases the authorities are denotifying ,

regularizing those illegal occupations by levying a
pittance as penalty which is very much less than
the market value.
3. In some cases for example a notified site for

school is alloted to an educational trust. They build
2 rooms in 25% of the site & state that this is free
school meant for weaker sections. After a year or
two , they state before the authority that to run
this school they need funds. So they are planning
to build commercial complexes around the school

site & by the rent collected from shops they will
run the school. In this manner sites meant for
schools , hospitals , temples & other social
organisations apply for conversion of land usage &
use major portion of the land for commercial
purposes.
Hereby , e-voice urges the govt of karnataka &

other authorities ,
1. to clearly demarcate the govt lands & announce

it boldly to the public.
2. To clearly demarcate lands meant for public

amenities both for current & future usage.
3. To clearly demarcate lands required for town

planning say 20 years down the line.
4. To clearly mention in such plans the purpose it is

reserved for ie parks , hospitals , schools , etc.
5. To impartially act against illegal occupiers rich

or poor.
6. Say while denotifying a land meant for school an

alternate land for school must be incorporated in
the original plan.
7. Before denotification public objections must be

called for & considered responsibly.
8. After denotification the land must be sold at the

market rate not the govt rate.
9. In case of land usage conversion also the

objections from the public must be called for &
considered responsibly.
10. After land usage conversion an alternate land

must be incorporated in the plan for the original
use.
11. In case of land usage conversion also the

occupier must be charged at the market value.
12. To declare annually the property details of all

officials with denotifying / land usage conversion
authorities together with details of their family

member's properties with provision for public
scrutiny, cross checking.
13. To ruthlessly prosecute the corrupt officials &

ministers.
14. To make public the report of past district

magistrate mysore mr. T.M. VIJAYA BHASKAR about
illegal land dealings in & around mysore. Also the
action taken report.
ILLEGALITIES IN BANGALORE-MYSORE EXPRESSWAY

PROJECT BMIC by NICE
Different political parties are trading charges

against each other about illegalities in the mysorebangalore expressway project. Grave mistakes
have been committed by the previous state
governments. The saving grace is judiciary has
taken note of it. The fundamental principle behind
land acquisitions by the governments is to use that
acquired lands for public welfare. As the govt
acquires the land with this noble intentions even
the land looser contents himself with
compensation at govt rate. Always the govt rate is
much below market value. If at all the govt wants
to give out that acquired land to a private party for
private use or for the use of a selected few, the

govt must give prevailing market rate to the land
looser. In such cases the govt does not have
authority to force the land owner to sell his
property.
In this mysore-bangalore 4 lane expressway

project, following inconsistencies are there,
1. this road is not for free public use, but only for
those who pays the toll fees.
2. The luxurious resorts , townships , etc which

are to be built alongside this road are not open for
free public usage but only for the rich who can
afford it.
3. The govt has concluded this deal in a hushhush manner.
4. Any disputes raised by this project should be

addressed to international arbiter at london which
a poor land owner or general public can ill-afford.
5. The govt has not paid the prevailing market

value to the land loosers.
6. The govt has not given the option to land

owners not to sell their property.
7.
This whole project is for rich , built by the
rich for the rich & not meant for public welfare.
The govt must give back the lands to the owners

who wants it back & must pay the market value to
those willing to sell. As this project is built by
wealthy people for wealthy people why cann't they
cough- up market value?
CRIMES BY BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

( B.D.A)
AGAINST A POOR WOWAN
The B.D.A flouts it's own rules & spreads red

carpet for big land developers & land grabbers.
B.D.A posting is a huge money spinner for corrupt
officials. The corrupt B.D.A officials work hand in
glove with criminal elements & rowdies. They
illegally evict genuine allottees who are poor &
without any connections from allotted prime lands
& sell-off those prime land to the highest bidder of

bribe. The poor fellow is re-alloted lands in
backward areas & in some cases left in the lurch.
Now , take the following case. Mr. S.D.

chandrashekaraiah a poor old man aged around 80
years was allotted with house no.185,
kumaraswamy lay-out, first block, bangalore in
1978 vide letter no.
310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.
The chairman of B.D.A has allotted the built house

on lease cum sale basis. The poor old man mr.
S.D.chandrashekaraiah complied with all the rules
& in accordance with it even deposited 25% of the
house cost in B.D.A'S account. However when he
went over to his allotted house for residing in it, he
found out some rowdy elements were already
residing there. He complained about this matter to
the legal owner of the house ie B.D.A . the B.D.A
officials didn't take steps to evict the illegal
encroachers nor did they make any complaint to
the police. His appeals to B.D.A, chief minister of
karnataka , etc fell on deaf ears. Hurt by this gross
injustice & mounting financial burdens the poor old
man died.
Subsequently, the poor man's daughter smt.

Nagalakshmi who was also very poor , appealed to
the B.D.A authorities once again , to evict illegal

encroachers from her father's allotted house. This
time the corrupt B.D.A officials played a different
game. They showed her a vacant house, gave her
oral instructions to live in that vacant house & told
her that they will regularise it in due course. The
hapless poor woman took huge loans & repaired
the house fit for occupation. Just before she was
to occupy that house , corrupt B.D.A officials once
again planted rowdy elements in that house. Once
again the poor woman was cheated. She lost her
house, on top of it her loan burden mounted.
Till date, that poor woman is suffering from these

gross injustices of B.D.A . SHAMELESS B.D.A
OFFICIALS who take thousands of rupees salary &
perks every month, all at the expense of tax-payer
has not even cared to rectify the injustice.
Thereby, they are violating the poor woman's
fundamental & human rights.
Hereby, e-voice urges the honourable chief

minister of karnataka, honourable lokayuktha for
karnataka , honourable chairman national human
rights commission , honourable chairman national
commission for women & honourable chairman
state commission for women karnataka, to take the
appropriate action & to speedily provide justice to
this poor woman.
MLC alleges encroachment of 15,000 acres of

forest land in Chamarajanagar District
After exposing alleged encroachment of large areas of

land in Survey No. 4 of Kurubarahalli in Mysore, BJP MLC
G. Madhusudhan has come up with another exposure of
about 15,000 acres of forest land encroachment in
Chamarajanagar District. These lands were encroached
by private parties owing to an order passed by a former
Deputy
Commissioner.
This was disclosed by MLC G. Madhusudan at a press
meet
at
Pathrakarthara
Bhavan
here
today.
Elaborating on the issue, Madhusudan said The 15,000
acres of land covers Survey No. 1 in Palya Hobli of
Kollegal taluk and Survey No. 174 in Shivanasamudra
forest area in Chamarajanagar district. In fact, Kollegal
Assistant Commissioner, in an order passed through the
DC Court on Dec. 13, 2011, had reiterated that the said
area was a government forest land. However the then DC
M.V. Savithri bowing to the pressure of a few vested
interests had issued an order on July 8 stating that the
said land was not a government property which
subsequently let in many private parties to encroach
upon the land threatening the rich flora and fauna of the
forest
region.
Continuing, Madhusudan said that any such important
order should have come from the High Court. Hence he

urged the government to initiate a CBI inquiry into the
case by cancelling the former DCs order and booking her
for
criminal
offence.
Expressing apprehension that the forest land would
become a haven for land mafia, he alleged that former
Senior Police officials, rich industrialists and influential
politicians were involved in the deal. He, however, did not
mention
names.
Madhusudan said that he would submit a detailed letter
to the Chief Minister enclosing the relevant documents to
initiate
immediate
action.
Referring to the scam of land at the foot of Chamundi Hill,
Madhusudan said that he was happy that a departmental
enquiry would begin soon on the former Deputy
Commissioner Vastrad who was involved in the issue.
BDA a den of corruption: T B Jayachandra

Author: BDA a Den of Corruption
Published Date: Jul 28, 2012 8:48 AM

Last Updated: Jul 28, 2012 8:48 AM
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has become a

den of corruption and the government needs to take
steps to check large scale irregularities in the authority,
said Deputy Leader of Congress in the Assembly T B
Jayachandra.
Speaking on the demands on departments in the

Assembly, the Congress leader on Friday urged the
government to constitute a House Committee to look into
the irregularities.
The BDA has unlawfully de-notified hundreds of acres of
land to help builders to form private layouts.
It is a big business involving hundreds of crore of
rupees, he alleged.
He added that many people whose lands were acquired
for developing layouts were made to run from pillar to
post to get compensation.
Many allottees have to run around seeking alternate
site as in many instances after allotting sites to people
the BDA de-notifies land, he said.
Jayachandra said that during a recent visit to BDAs
Arkavathy layout, he found a big building in the land
meant for developing a park.
It is a 10-year-old project.
Now all that has come up there are buildings in the site
meant for park and an IAS Officers House Building
Cooperative Society.
BDA has allotted sites in bulk to the society.
Why is BDA selectively helping officers and not common
people? he questioned.
Jayachandra said that former chief minister D V
Sadananda Gowda had assured the House of ordering a
probe by Corps of Detectives (CoD).
Why the CoD inquiry was not ordered? Is the

government trying to protect the corrupt? Everyone
knows no work can be done in BDA without paying bribe,
he added.
According to him, will get `2 lakh crore if it regularises
the illegal BDA layouts.
Many real estate agents are entering into politics and
want to contest elections.
This is a big lobby and they can spend crores.
It is a scary trend and we need to stop it, he added.
CCTV cameras in BDA are covered with cow dung
The government will cancel alternative land and sites

allotted by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) in
prestigious extensions in lieu of private land acquired
for the development of Sir. M. Visvesvaraya, Kempe
Gowda, Jnanabharathi and Banashankari extensions.
Making an announcement in this regard in the Legislative
Assembly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah promised to order
a probe into alleged violation of norms and irregularities
committed by BDA and punish the guilty.
Responding to a calling attention notice moved by S.T.
Somashekar, K.N. Rajanna and K. Shadakshari of the
Congress, Mr. Siddaramaiah admitted that there were
illegalities and irregularities in allocation of sites and land
for the land acquired in BDA.
The government would order a probe into the scam and

action would be initiated against those involved in it. He
would direct the senior officials to inquire into the misuse
of incentive scheme of allotting land for land losers.
Irregularities in revenue land scam would also be probed
and all allotments made under this category would be
cancelled forthwith, Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
Detailing the allotment made by BDA since 2008, Mr.
Siddaramaiah said that 3,314 sites had been allotted
under the categories of alternative sites, incentive
schemes, land to land and revenue sites. The
government will not spare anybody who has misused the
schemes in connivance with the officials, he said.
Initiating the debate, Mr. Somashekar alleged that BDA
had flouted norms while allotting sites and land for
acquisition of land without notification.
BDA officials used the scheme to their convenience,
which are meant for helping the poor farmers and land
owners, he lamented.
Accusing BDA of generously giving sites and land to GPA
holders in posh localities, Mr. Rajanna, alleged that the
authority had not followed guidelines and officials allotted
sites and land at their whims and fancies. The close
circuit cameras installed in BDA are being covered with
cow dung to gloss the murky dealings. It is scam worth
Rs. 1,000 crore and needs comprehensive investigation,
he said.
Violation of order
Pointing at the violation of Mr. Siddaramaiahs order, Mr.
Rajanna said that, through the Chief Minister issued order
against allotting sites and land under the category on July

11, BDA allotted six sites on the same evening and issued
possession certificates on July 13. This clearly exhibits the
uncanny knack of BDA officials to circumvent the
directions of the Chief Minister and shows that BDA was
above government, he observed.
Reclaim 308 G category sites, says Padmaraj panel
BANGALORE: In a big blow to allottees of G category

sites, the Justice B Padmaraj Committee recommended to
the state government it cancel and reclaim 308 sites
allotted under the chief minister's discretionary quota.
These sites in prime localities were allotted between 2004
and 2011.
Three beneficiaries, who have already constructed
houses, have been asked to cough up twice the current
market price of the sites if they want to retain them.
The panel has reserved its decision on two sites allotted

to former CM DV Sadananda Gowda and BJP MLA DN
Jeevaraj as their cases are pending before the Supreme
Court.
In all, 313 sites/plots were allotted under G category of
BDA rules by previous CMs N Dharam Singh, HD
Kumaraswamy and BS Yeddyurappa. The beneficiaries
included a present minister, MPs, MLAs, MLCs, political
party leaders, bureaucrats, police officers, doctors,
journalists and even personal assistants, cooks, drivers

and peons of powerful politicians.
In Mysore on Saturday, chief minister Siddaramaiah said
he would study the report and take necessary action.
Based on a petition filed in 2010 by advocate Vasudev
Murthy, the Karnataka High Court directed the state
government to form a committee to look into the matter
and submit a report. Accordingly, the government
constituted the Justice B Padmaraj Committee. By then,
many allottees who bagged these prime sites worth
crores of rupees had sold their plots in the open market
for 10 times that amount.
Though the panel submitted its report on August 26,
2013, the government has dithered taking action. Though
the issue was part of the agenda in cabinet meetings, it
was kept aside reportedly under pressure from the
beneficiaries.
There are even allegations of beneficiaries influencing
chief minister Siddaramaiah to bring an amendment to
the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act, 1976 so
that they can hold on to their sites.
According to BDA rules, a person who owns a site or a
house in Bangalore is not eligible for allotment under the
G category. But, the majority of beneficiaries owned a site
or house in the city. The committee report has pointed
out that persons who gave a false declaration on this
count should forfeit their sites.
Some prominent allottees
Visveshwar Anantha Hegde Kageri (BJP)
Murugesh R Nirani (BJP)

MP Renukacharya (BJP)
Prahalad Joshi (BJP)
R Roshan Baig (Cong)
R Ashoka (BJP)
Sharan Prakash Patil (Cong)
Shakuntala Shetty (BJP)
MT Krishnappa (JDS)
M Srinivas (JDS)
G category site
Rule 5 of BDA (Allotment of Sites) Rules, 1984, lays out
various categories under which it can dispose of stray
sites. There are seven categories: A (via auction), B (for
sportspersons), C (for those who excel in arts, science,
literature, education, medicine and public administration),
D (for ex-servicemen); F (for dependents of government
servants who die in the line of duty) and G (for persons in
public life as may be directed by the government). While
A, B C, D, E & F category sites are allotted on the
recommendation of a BA sub-committee, G category site
allotments are the prerogative and discretion of the chief
minister.
Who is eligible
* Domiciled in Karnataka for not less than 10 years
* Neither allottee nor family should own a site or house in

Bangalore metropolitan area
* Allottee or family should not have been allotted a site or
house by the BDA, or any other authority within
Bangalore metropolitan area. Allottee has to submit
affidavit to this effect
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Ex-MUDA chairmen feel heat over site scam
Former chairmen of Mandya Urban Development

Authority (MUDA) are in a state of panic as the Urban
Development Department has sent a proposal to the
Home Department seeking a CBI probe into illegal
financial transactions and distribution of sites.
Ten days ago, the Urban Development Department had
sent a letter to the Home Department seeking it to hand
over the investigation of the irregularities in MUDA and
Ramanagaram-Channapatana
Urban
Development
Authority to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Police Department has

preliminary report to the court.
already
submitted
As money was invested in foreign banks,

irregularities had taken place in the site allotment.
the
huge
Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake had

provided details of the irregularities to the Home Ministry
and requested them to hand over the case to the CBI.
In 1998, the then irrigation minister K N Nagegowda had
closed a lake (432 acres, 10 guntas) belonging to the
department and handed over 232 acres and 10 guntas to
MUDA and 200 acres to the Housing Board for
construction of houses for the poor and middle classes.
The then MUDA chairman P M Somashekar took a loan of
`5 crore from State Bank of Mysore, Mandya branch, and
through a contractor from Andhra Pradesh developed
Vivekananda Nagar layout with 2,600 sites in the 232
acres.
Later, when Asadulla Khan was MUDA chairman, 2,200
sites were distributed through lots.
When Hansiyabanu was MUDA chairman, under the
Nimma Aayke scheme, 200 sites were distributed.
During the BJP government, MUDA chairman Vidya
Nagendra had distributed 107 sites even be fore the final
date for the submission of applications.
This illegal distribution of sites was also discussed at the
Vidhana Soudha.
Advocate T S Satyananda had lodged a case against

three members of the Legislative Assembly and several
others in the Mandya Lokayukta Special Court for illegal
distribution of sites. The government had directed the
authorities to withhold the distribution.
Recently, financial irregularities of Rs 5 crore in MUDA
and Rs 16.90 crore by the Ramanagaram-Channapatna
Urban Development Authority have come to light.
The local police investigated the case and filed a
chargesheet.
The minister said: We have sent a proposal to hand over
the case to the CBI. In a few days, with the CMs approval,
the case will be handed over.
Probe panel yet to scratch surface of MUDA

irregularities
Its been a month since a high-level committee was

formed to probe allegations of irregularities in land
acquired by Mangalore Urban Development Authority
(MUDA) for Chelyar Layout. It is operational only on
paper.
The grandiose plan of MUDA to form a layout and
distribute sites to applicants at Chelyar and Madya
villages near Surathkal comes at a cost: Rs. 75,000
monthly outgo to service a Rs. 12 crore loan taken for it.
In an order sent by the Urban Development Department,

on August 5, a committee was to deliver a report on the
legality of the project within 15 days. The committee is
headed by Regional Commissioner (Mysore) M.V. Jayanthi,
with Deputy Commissioner N. Prakash and Deputy
Director of Land Records B.K. Kusumadhara as members.
After allegations that the price paid for the land in 2008
was too high and favourable to private players, Minister
for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake promised a
probe in June.
The project envisaged buying 200 acres of private land at
an agreed rate of Rs. 25,500 a cent. After the approval of
the erstwhile BJP-led government, nearly 73 acres of land
had been bought.
Unscientific project
While most MUDA officials who talked to The Hindu
claimed to have been transferred to the Authority only
after site formation, one senior official said: The entire
project was approved by the State government. And so, in
this respect, the papers are clean. However, there is a
need to ask why the ambitious layout was formed when
the Authority was reeling under debt. Already burdened
with a Rs. 4 crore loan, in 2008, MUDA took an additional
Rs. 12 crore.
Many officials view the inquiry as a political witch-hunt:
aimed at the now-out-of-power party, rather than the
Authority itself.
Report soon
With not one meeting called so far, Mr. Kusumadhara said

there was little clarity on the scope of inquiry.
However, the Deputy Commissioner said, We only have
to clear the suspicions. We will collect the required
documents, and present it before the Regional
Commissioner during her visit on September 12.
MUDA employees booked for forgery, cheating
MYSORE: Mysore Urban Development Authorities (MUDA)

have filed a police complaint against one P Nagaraj son of
Puttaswamygowda and two employees of MUDA staff who
supported the accused in creating fake documents at
Lakshmipuram police station.
MUDA commissioner C G Betsurmath said a site in
Gokulam III stage was allotted to one M K Ranganayaki in
1973 through auction and she had obtained title deed in
2002. But in the meantime, the accused Nagaraj has
created fake documents about the site and made the
authorities believe that he had purchased the said land in
1979 in an auction. Later he has taken title deed for it
and then sold it to another party.
But the crime has come to light after the actual owner
approached the authorities only recently. When the
documents were verified, MUDA authorities found that

site number has been forged from 37 to 73.
The commissioner said the title deed of the said site
obtained by Nagaraj has been cancelled and we are
investigating on this score.
Krishnaraja subdivision ACP A N Prakashgowd said MUDA
has given against three persons and we are investigating
it.
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Probe into bogus bill scam will cover larger picture:

BMTF
Bangalore: Attempting to clear the air on speculations

regarding the alleged multi-crore bogus bill scam in three
assembly constituencies, Bangalore Metropolitan Task
Force (BMTF) inspector general of police RP Sharma said

the investigation will not be restricted to
Rajarajeshwarinagar, Gandhinagar and Malleswaram
constituencies. The probe will also include other areas, he
clarified.
Speaking at the BBMP head office on Wednesday, Sharma
said even though the FIR filed on November 4 by the
additional commissioner (administration) pertains to only
three constituencies, sleuths will look into other areas if
necessary. "The C(TVCC) had mentioned only three
constituencies in its report pertaining to irregularities
from 2008 to 2011. The FIR was only an instrument to
take up investigation, but it does not restrict us from
taking up the investigation in other areas," he said.
Town planners' help to be sought

He said even though there is a delay in filing a case,
BMTF is trying to clear all hurdles and expose those
involved in the scam. The BMTF has seized 153 files
pertaining to the irregularities from the three
constituencies. Eleven persons and TVCC officials were
interrogated and 153 files verified by sleuths in 20 days,
Sharma said.
Reacting to a question raised on BMTF's ability to
investigate financial crimes and demand to hand over the
probe to the Lokayukta, Sharma said the sleuths would
seek help from town planners. Currently, there are only
two town planners of the 15 sanctioned posts. The
investigation team will also include a superintendent of
police, deputy superintendent of police (who will join the
team shortly), two inspectors, four sub-inspectors and 15

head constables. A fair and impartial investigation would
be conducted by the investigation team, he assured.
"We can ascertain the quantum of money that is involved
in the scam only after the investigation," Sharma said.
BBMP commissioner Siddaiah entrusted the BMTF to carry
out inquiry into the `1,539 crore scam after it was
unearthed by the TVCC. The BMTF is an autonomous
agency under the state government. It is alleged that bills
were sanctioned even though works were not completed
in the three assembly constituencies. The irregularities
took place during the administrative period when BBMP
remained without people's representation. With no
corporators, MLAs looked after project works in the wards.
The elections to BBMP were held in 2010 after a gap of
three years.
Last Friday, leaders of the ruling and opposition parties
and civic officials participated in a two-hour meeting
called by BBMP mayor R Shardamma to discuss the
probe. It was decided to set up a house committee,
consisting of five ruling party corporators, two from the
opposition and two officials, to investigate the scam,
before BMTF took up the case. The move was seen as a
delaying tactic by the ruling party in the BBMP council.RK
Sharma, IGP, Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force, after a
press conference at Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
headquarters on Wednesday.
Bangalore: BMTF Registers FIR Against Suresh

Kumar, Krishnaiah Setty
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force has registered an

FIR against Minister for Urban Development Suresh
Kumar, former Housing Minister M Krishnaiah Setty and
senior IAS officer V P Baligar for allegedly returning four
acres 20 guntas of land, which was acquired by the
government under the Karnataka Urban Land Ceiling Act
to construct houses for the slum dwellers at Laggere, to
the original owner.
The case was lodged based on a complaint by Dinesh
Kallalli, a social worker, who stated that Kumar, in his
capacity as Urban Development Minister, granted
permission to return the land to the original owner, while
then Housing Minister Krishnaiah Setty halted the process
of constructing houses for the urban poor.
The BMTF has registered a case against the trio under
Sections 13 (1) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption
Act, 1988 and Section 157 of the CrPC on Saturday.
Kallalli told Deccan Herald that in 1982, the government
acquired 4.2 acres of excess land in survey number 19/2,
which belonged to K Gopinath to build houses for the
financially weaker and downtrodden people. In 2003, the
Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB) started the
process of constructing houses.
When the process reached the stage of inviting tenders,
the Yeddyurappa government took the decision to return
the land to the original owner.
It is learnt that under the Karnataka Urban Land Ceiling
Act, no one can hold more than 59 acres of land and the
excess land should be confiscated. Gopinath had
reportedly possessed 4.2 acres in excess, which the

government took it in its custody in 1982. Once the land
is in governments custody, it cannot be returned to its
original owner, although the government has the power
to allot it to other individuals.
Kallalli alleged that the decision was taken to help
Gopinath, who is the brother of senior RSS functionary K
Narahari. He claimed that the KSDB had objected to the
decision, reminding that it was not only illegal, but would
also affect the weaker sections of the society. The board
also said that the tender process was almost over.
However, the government set aside the objections of the
KSDB and the tender process to construct houses. When
contacted, Kumar said he had no information about the
case since he was away in Bellary. He said he would find
out once he returned to Bangalore.
A few months ago, Kumar had tendered his resignation
after it was alleged that his family was the beneficiary of
a G category site. However, the chief minister refused to
accept the resignation as no substance was found in the
allegation.
Setty, who was in jail over a land denotification case, is
out on bail. Baligar is the Managing Director of Housing
Urban Development Company (HUDCO) in New Delhi.
When contacted Dr R P Sharma, Additional Director
General of Police, BMTF was not available for comments.
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MUDA LAND IS EASY GRAB !

RTI exposes 4-storey apartment built on MUDAs
encroached land
Caption: RTI activist B.N. Nagendra

Mysore, Jan. 8- With the land value in city shooting to the
skies, the land mafia continues to encroach upon vacant
government lands through dubious means. Despite the
land-grabbers encroaching upon the government lands
and building multi-storey buildings upon them, the
Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Mysore
City Corporation (MCC) authorities are sitting tongue-tied
and hands tied, which has further emboldened the land
grabbers who are hand in glove with some unscrupulous
officials to create fake records.
It has come to light of late that fake documents were
created for two MUDA sites in Chikkaharadanahalli
(Aravindanagar) First Stage at Chamaraja Mohalla, on
which a four-storey building with 12 apartments have
been constructed and all of them are occupied now.
The alleged fraud came to light after an RTI activist B.N.
Nagendra, resident of Yadavagiri in city, sought
information about the building from the MUDA.
The two sites measuring 50x80 ft in Aravindanagar are

close to Kuvempunagar. MUDA had formed the layout
during 1988-89. At that time, Sites No. 700 and 701 in
Chikkaharadanahalli First Stage were not allotted to
anyone.
In reply to the Nagendras query under the RTI provisions,
the MUDA Public Information Officer replied that MUDA
had no records or documents to say that the said two
sites were not allotted to anyone.
The sites were formed during 1988-89 and the building on
it is eight years old. So, does it mean that the MUDA
authorities were blind to the encroachment all these
years? Or, is it that they are not aware that the sites
belong to the MUDA? Or, does it imply that they are
involved with the land-grabber?
The MUDA does not have records of allotment, possession
certificate, sale deed, Khata-revenue letter or receipts for
cash transactions made. However, the City Improvement
Trust Board (CITB) ledger shows the names of
Chikkathayamma, resident of No. 818, New Kantharaj Urs
Road, Mysore, along with Mahadevamma, Lakshmi and N.
Shivakumar, residents of No. 555 of the same address,
written by hand. The ledger shows that the two sites were
purchased for a mere sum of Rs. 39,366 on April 4, 1988;
the Khata and revenue have been fixed based on this
document alone. The building was constructed by getting
the building plan approved in the names of
Mahadevamma and Chikkathayamma. The four-storied
building is named as Shashank Paradise.
The site and building was inspected this morning by
MUDA Superintending Engineer Shivakumar, Zonal Officer
of Zone-1 Bhaskar and other MUDA officials. The 12

families residing in the flats are now an anxious lot after
realising that they have been cheated and they do not
possess relevant documents for the flats they purchased.
Some of the residents of the building whom SOM spoke to
said that they had purchased the apartments based on
sale agreements and paid Rs. 25 to Rs. 35 lakhs in
advance. They confessed that the low prices lured them
to buy the apartments as the actual price in that area
was much higher. Each apartment has a master-bedroom,
another smaller room, a living room, puja room, kitchen
and a toilet.
Meanwhile, MUDA Commissioner S. Palaiah told SOM that
he will investigate the matter and take suitable action.
Muda Land Encroachment: Criminal Case Booked

against Housing Society President
Mysore, Sept. 20- In view of the allegation of encroaching

27 guntas of MUDA land close to Vijayanagar 2nd Stage,
the Vijayanagar Police have booked a case against the
President of Sri Mahadeshwara House Construction Cooperative Society, R. Shankare Gowda.
A written complaint filed by MUDA Zone 4 Zonal Officer R.
Rajashekhar yesterday, following which a case was

registered by Sub-Inspector Kumar.
The land is a portion of the land under survey number
120 in Hinkal, measuring 3.25 acres. Out of this, 1.16
acres of land was acquired on June 20, 1974 under LAC
10. Remaining 2.09 acres was acquired by MUDA from
one Puttathayamma through mutual agreement on Oct.
31, 1985.
A 1.14 acre land was given to the Karnataka Water Board
where a road and park have been developed. The
remaining area lies vacant, of which Shankare Gowda
allegedly created fake documents to stake claim on 23
guntas of land in the name of the Housing Society.
RTI activist B.N. Nagendra had sought information about
the said land under the Right to Information (RTI) Act
which brought to light the alleged irregularity.
Response to MLA Vasus letter: Chamarajanagar MLA Vasu
had written a letter to Urban Development Minister Vinay
Kumar Sorake, urging him to probe the irregularities in
sites allotment, suspecting the involvement of some
MUDA officials.
The Minister directed the Urban Development
Department Secretary to probe the matter, who in turn

asked the MUDA Commissioner to submit a report
regarding the allegations. A directive was issued to the
DC too to probe the matter, following which a complaint
was lodged against the Housing Society President.
Bid to usurp MUDA corner site using fake

documents
With the real estate prices in city skyrocketing, efforts to

usurp sites and government land by hook or by crook are
on too, despite several precautionary measures taken up
by the MUDA.
Here is an incident of a person trying to acquire a corner
site in Jayalakshmipuram, measuring 110x120 ft, by not
paying a single paisa to MUDA but by merely paying Rs.
27,540 in an auction. The matter came to light when a
citizen named B.N. Nagendra applied for information
under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. It is said that he
took interest in digging out information about the site
after an acquaintance of his disclosed about the
fraudulent deal.
Thanks to the efforts of MUDA Secretary Basavaraju who
made meticulous investigations of the documents, the

MUDA property worth several crores was saved from
being usurped.
The site is in Jayalakshmipuram, which was formed about
40 years ago. It is a corner site off the road leading to The
Green Hotel on Hunsur road. The site bears the number
23/A, having site number 23 towards the east, another
site on the north and roads on the western and southern
sides.
The fraud was committed by Raju, 60, a resident of
Paduvarahalli 2nd Main, Door No. 54. He is said to have
forged the signature of MUDA Zone 4 Special Tahasildar
Devaraj and also used a duplicate rubber stamp for the
fake documents.
The truth is that no auction was held for site no. 23/A.
However, the accused Raju is said to have created fake
documents that claimed that he had purchased the site in
an auction for Rs. 27,540 on Jan. 3, 1979. A title-deed for
the site was prepared at Zone 4 office under Form-2 (5) in
Kannada dated Jan.2, 2013.
The site, for which fake documents were prepared in
January, was registered three months later that is on
Mar. 22, 2013, at 4.30 pm, at the Sub-Registrars office in
MUDA. It is said that the letter written by Special

Tahasildar Devaraj to the Sub-Registrar to get the site
registered was also forged.
Soon after the fraudulent deal came to the fore, MUDA
Secretary Basavaraju placed a signboard at the site four
days ago, stating that the land belonged to the MUDA. A
complaint was lodged at the Lakshmipuram Police Station
yesterday.
It is surprising that the title-deed for the site was
prepared despite any auction conducted by the MUDA, no
application submitted, no notes written by the officials
concerned and no entry made about cash payment. The
Police have launched a hunt for the accused who is at
large.
MUDA employees booked for forgery, cheating
Mysore Urban Development Authorities (MUDA) have filed

a police complaint against one P Nagaraj son
of Puttaswamygowda and two employees of MUDA staff
who supported the accused in creating fake documents
at Lakshmipuram police station.
MUDA commissioner C G Betsurmath said a site in
Gokulam III stage was allotted to one M K Ranganayaki in
1973 through auction and she had obtained title deed in

2002. But in the meantime, the accused Nagaraj has
created fake documents about the site and made the
authorities believe that he had purchased the said land in
1979 in an auction. Later he has taken title deed for it
and then sold it to another party.
But the crime has come to light after the actual owner
approached the authorities only recently. When the
documents were verified, MUDA authorities found that
site number has been forged from 37 to 73.
The commissioner said the title deed of the said site
obtained by Nagaraj has been cancelled and we are
investigating on this score.
Krishnaraja subdivision ACP A N Prakashgowd said MUDA
has given against three persons and we are investigating
it.
Fraudster sells government land, dupes MUDA
The Mysore City Corporation almost lost a huge site

because of the negligence of the Mysore Urban
Development Authority (MUDA) before the fraud was
discovered in the nick of time.
The accused Krishna had forged documents of 1.13 acres
in Survey No 505 in Kesare village and sold it to one
Parveez who started constructing a building when it was
stopped by MCC officials. The accused had even got an
NoC to sell the land from MUDA, which did not bother to
find out the real owner.
Krishna is said to be a relative of the man to whom the
land originally belonged before it was acquired by the
erstwhile City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) for civic
purposes about 58 years ago.
Finding the land vacant for many decades, the accused
created fake documents and tried to sell it.
Sources in the MCC said that after obtaining information
through RTI about the land, Krishna, along with his
relative Chennaiah, obtained an NoC from MUDA and got
the Khata made for the land from the taluk office by
producing fake documents.
The property was registered in Krishnas name in 2009.
Krishna then sold the illegal property to Parveez in 201112. After realising that he had been cheated, Parveez filed
a suit in court, getting a permanent injunction restraining
the defendant from interfering with his peaceful
possession of the property.
Revenue Assistant Commissioner R Lokanath said that
when he inspected the place, he found that Parveez had
occupied the land and even fenced the property that
belonged to the Corporation. Upon questioning, he
produced the clearances obtained from MUDA, Taluk
office and even the court.
After being alerted, MCC officials registered a land grabcum-cheating complaint against Krishna and Parveez.
They have even approached court and the case is
pending.
THE CLOUT OF LAND MAFIA IN INDIA -the

governments daring to by-pass judiciary
An appeal ( PIL ) to the honourable supreme court
of India
The recent attempts by government of India &

other state governments to legalise land grabbings
by enacting new land laws in the name of public
welfare is farce . while crores of people are without
shelter & are living on streets , people in slums ,
tribal lands are struggling for land rights since
decades the governments were mum & deaf. Now ,
as the rulers themselves & their cronies have built
illegal constructions running into crores they are
shedding crocodile tears in the name of public
welfare. In india, various state governments have
enacted " town municipal / city corporation laws &
building laws" , to ensure orderly growth of cities
& towns , to ensure the safety of buildings & it's
occupants , to ensure the safety of pedestrians &
road users.
Numerous educated people , ruling elite

ministers , police , government officials , M.Ps ,
M.L.As , etc knowing fully well about the laws have
illegally built bungalows , commercial complexes ,
throwing to wind all laws. In their greed they have
shown utter contempt towards law. They have

encroached dried up lakes , rivulets , rain flow
paths , drainages , foot paths , civic amenity sites.
In their building there are violations of- lack of fire
safety exits , lack of parking space , encroachment
of foot paths , conservancy line , drainages , etc.
There is wide spread corruption in the

corporation / municipal authorities. For a price
officials have converted CA sites to commercial
purposes , authorised deviations / encroachments
of public
lands like foot paths , drainages , parking space ,
set-off , etc. The corporation officials themselves
are violating city master plans. Even before
authorising the conversions & encroachments of
lands , the
corporation officials are not making alternate
arrangements. By all these corrupt deeds many of
the corporation officilas have become millionaires .
however more & more road accidents are taking
place , building collapses & fire tragedies are
occurring , during heavy rainfalls water is getting
clogged ALL THESE RESULTING IN LOSS OF
HUMAN LIVE & PROPERTIES. In recent days
numerous murders have taken place over the real
estate issues . THE CRIMINAL LAND GRABBERS
MADE DEATH THREATS & FORCED THE PIL
APPLICANT IN THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ABOUT
LAND GRABBINGS IN KORAMANGALA LAYOUT
BANGALORE. The government of karnataka instead
of protecting the PIL applicant & upholding the law

has taken sides with the land grabbers.
The state governments of karnataka & delhi has

got M.L.As & officials who have themselves
violated building laws & grabbed govt lands. Now ,
the two govts are contemplating to bring in laws
regularising these land grabbing crimes for a
pittance as penalty. All to by-pass judiciary. The
governments are least bothered about the lives of
poor & only too caring towards the land grabbing
criminals. The same governments have not yet
given land rights to poor slum dwellers / dalits ,
land rights to tribals living in forest since centuries
, land rights to poor agricultural labourers, where
as it is full of concern towards rich & mighty land
grabbers criminals. Bottom line whatever be
the magnitude of crime if you are rich & mighty
law will be bended to suit you , by bad luck if you
are a poor folk you are bound to suffer being on
the right side of law also. Hereby , e-voice urges
requests the honourable supreme court of india ,
to register this as a PIL , to provide protection to
the PIL applicant in bangalore & to take
appropriate actions against the GOK & GOD
nipping at bud their illegal motives to regularise
land grabbings.
Instead of answering our RTI questions , the

officials are giving half truths , vague answers
to our questions , some of the serious questions
they are not answering at all. Even Mr. P.
Manivannan past deputy commissioner of Mysore
District & Chairman of MUDA , failed to uphold
justice . He threatened me for asking truth , but he
didnt answer the RTI questions. Through media
management he has cultivated a clean public
image of demolishing man of illegal structures ,
whereas during his time only some illegal
structures were raised.
Due to Criminal nexus of Some MUDA officials

Politicians Police , these illegal land grabbings
are happening , the honest among MUDA , POLICE
& Politicians must raise to the occasion . They
must save government land , first of all ask MUDA
Chairman / commissioner to answer the above RTI
Questionnaire publicly.
Hereby , e-voice urges the concerned authorities ,

to answer the following questionnaire about BMIC
project by NICE
http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/svww_zooma
rt.php?
Artname=20100214a_009101001&ileft=50&itop=5
6&zoomRatio=130&AN=20100214a_009101001
Hereby ,e-voice appeals to honourable supreme

court of India , to annul the bid process of
government of Karnataka with respect to illegally
occupied government lands & to annul this
ordinance of government of Karnataka which seeks
to legalize land crimes. Jai hind . vande mataram.
Your's sincerely,
Nagaraja.M.R.
CID to probe Rs 6,697 crore KIADB denotification

scam
Lokayukta directs the agency to submit a report within

July 30
Irregularities to the tune of Rs 6,697 crore in land
acquisition and compensation by the Karnataka Industrial
Areas Development Board (KIADB) between 2006 and
2011 - the span of the BJP government - will be

investigated by the CID. The land involved is a whopping
26,674 acres.
A petitioner, Jayakumar Hiremath, filed a complaint with
the Lokayukta last August following a directive from the
Karnataka High Court. He had sought a CBI probe into the
issue.
"The matter is now referred for a CID probe," Hiremath
told Bangalore Mirror. "I welcome this. As the deadline is
set now, it has set the ball rolling into the probe."
In an order dated 29 May 2014, A C Vidhyadhar,
additional registrar of enquiries (ARE), Karnataka
Lokayukta, has referred it to the CID with a July 30
deadline to submit a report on the case. ''Honourable
Lokayukta has taken up the matter for investigation and
requisitioned your services under section 15 (3) of
Karnataka Lokayukta Act for a further investigation and
report.
In this context, I would like to bring to your notice that
under sec 15 (3) of Karnataka Lokayukta Act, the
Honourable Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta can avail the
services of any agency for the purpose of investigation.
As the matter pertained to economic offences, the
Honourable Lokayukta has felt it is necessary to utilize
your services for investigation," says the communication
sent by the Lokayukta to the CID, a copy of which is with
Bangalore Mirror.
Karnataka HC summons MD of Karnataka Industrial

Areas Development Board
BANGALORE: Strongly observing that KIADB (Karnataka

Industrial Areas Development Board) has failed to ensure
the benefits of land acquisition reached the targeted
groups, including farmers as envisaged in its schemes,
the Karnataka high court has directed the managing
director (MD) of the board to appear before court on
Friday.
A division bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath gave an
oral direction to this effect while hearing a writ appeal
filed by two persons whose lands were acquired in 1996
for setting up a sugar factory at Kaliganahalli and Hattna
villages of Bellur hobli, Nagamangala taluk in Mandya
district.
The bench also noted that the board has not been able to
justify the acquisition as despite lapse of many years as
the projects do not start within the stipulated time and
other allied conditions like providing jobs to land losers
etc are not implemented.
Extension withdrawn
Meanwhile in a related development, a memo has been
filed in court stating that two year extension granted in
favour of M/s Prem Sugar and Chemicals Corporation Ltd
for setting up 5,000 TCD sugar factory with 32 MW cogeneration plant has been withdrawn on the ground that
the company had misrepresented that there are no cases
pending before court.
This order came to be issued after the division bench

pulled up the authorities and even warned of contempt
proceedings after it was stated that two year extension
was granted to M/s Prem Sugar and Chemicals
Corporation Limited during the pendency of proceedings
before the court.
As per the terms of allotment of 86 acres of acquired
land, M/s Prem Sugar and Chemicals Corporation Ltd
should have operationalized its unit within 36 months
from 1996, by 2000.
Though the company got this period extended through a
court order and the Board twice on its own extended the
deadline, the company has not even laid a foundation
stone for its project despite passage of 16 years after
allotment, the court had noted earlier.
CAG Finds Lapses in PWD, KIADB Works
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has

come down heavily on the Public Works Department and
the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board
(KIADB) for causing losses worth crores of rupees to the
exchequer. The KIADB alone caused losses to the tune of
Rs.104 crore, it said.
The PWD had implemented road works in its Magadi subdivision in a fraudulent manner and the KIADB allotted
land to three industrial units at Narasapura Industrial

Area in violation of rules, it said.
The report was tabled in both houses of the state
legislature on Wednesday. It pointed out serious lapses by
the chief engineer, superintending engineer and
executive engineer in implementing works worth
Rs.250.62 crore in Magadi sub-division in Ramanagaram
district during 2011-12.
There was a total lack of monitoring and supervision by
higher authorities during the course of execution of works
although the SE/CE were required to regularly monitor
and supervise these works. Quality control reports were
not available for any of the works claimed to have been
executed, the CAG stated.
The Internal Finance Advisor and secretary also failed to
correlate monthly expenditure statements received from
subordinate officers with details of works in progress.
The CE allocated grants to the extent of Rs.212.13 crore
without prioritising works according to prescribed
procedures and did not submit any budget estimates to
the government, the report said, indicting the
department officials.
Total grants of Rs.250 crore were allotted for the Magadi
sub-division 27 times the average grants released over
the past three years.
The grants were allotted irregularly by the Internal
Financial Advisor and the CE, SE without obtaining a list of
works. Fraudulent payments of Rs.1.70 crore were made
preparing fake bills, it said.
The entire work was split into 1,311 small works with
each estimate below Rs.20 lakh to avoid competitive
bidding. In 189 cases, more than one estimate was
prepared for the same work leading to fictitious
estimates. Surprisingly, 891 of the 1,311 contracts were
awarded to just 3 contractors without even collecting the
EMD and performance security, it said.
Check measurements were done on a single day by the
department officials in 25 to 85 works and bills were paid
without obtaining quality control test reports.
It said surprise checks were not undertaken by superior
officers.
The inspection team constituted by the department had
observed irregularities and recommended recovery of the
amount from the contractors as works were neither
executed nor identifiable during physical verification.
KIADB Land Fiasco
The CAG report on Karnataka Industrial Areas
Development Boards allotment of plots at Narasapura
Industrial Area at a subsidised rate has exposed the loss
of Rs.104 crore to the exchequer.
While the government had approved the allotment of
undeveloped land, KIADB allotted 128 acres of well
developed plots for three industrial units at a
concessional rate, thus resulting in a loss of Rs.104 cr.
KIADB had incurred an expenditure of Rs.1.10 cr for
developing each acre of land.
Fresh panel to probe into irregularities in site

allotment by Shimoga Urban Development
Authority
The meeting of Shimoga Urban Development Authority

(SUDA) convened here on Tuesday has decided to
constitute a new panel to probe the alleged irregularities
in the allotment of sites in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Layout.
It may be mentioned here that Deputy Commissioner
Vipul Bansal, who is also in-charge President of SUDA, had
formed an inquiry panel under retired Judge H.B.
Ravindranath to probe the irregularities in site allotment.
The panel, in its report, had said that of the total 1,800
sites in the layout, 1,305 sites were allotted in violation of
the law.
The committee had pointed out 22 different types of
lapses in site allotment. Based on the report, Mr. Bansal
had said that a complaint would be lodged with the police
against the persons indicted in the report.
In the meeting, R.K. Siddaramanna, MLC, said that it was
not possible to initiate legal action against erring persons
on the basis of the report submitted by the probe panel.
He said that according to Section 9(2) of Karnataka Urban
Development Authorities Act, only the president of an
urban development authority should head the panel that
probes irregularities.
The meeting has decided to form a fresh panel under Mr.
Bansal.
The sub-registrar of Shimoga and commissioners of SUDA

and Shimoga City Corporation would be the members of
the panel.
Meanwhile, Kallur Megharaj, managing trustee of
Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Samajawadi Adhyayana Kendra
Trust, has demanded a CBI probe into the irregularities in
site allotment by SUDA.
Earlier, Mr. Bansal had said that he would initiate action
against the erring persons based on the report submitted
by the panel headed by Mr. Ravindranath.
Speaking to presspersons here on Wednesday, Mr.
Megharaj alleged that Mr. Bansal haddecided to go for a
fresh probe yielding to political pressure.
Panel to be headed by Deputy Commissioner

Vipul Bansal
Sub-registrar of Shimoga and Commissioners of
SUDA and city corporation to be members
Ambareesh Accused of Cornering 3 Sites
MANDYA: An individual is entitled only to one site from an

urban development authority (UDA) in the state, but
Housing Minister M H Ambareesh allegedly got three large

ones.
Recently accused of violating rules to get a site from the
Mandya Urban Development Authority, Ambareesh
allegedly bent the rules to get sites in two other cities:
Mysore and Bangalore. As an actor, Ambareesh rose to
fame by frequently playing an angry, upright police
officer who takes on a corrupt system, earning the epithet
Rebel Star.
RTI activist K R Ravindra said Ambareesh had procured
the sites by submitting false documents. The sites are
meant for the public. The government should
immediately take them back. Ambareesh should resign
from his ministership on moral grounds, he told Express.
Why Govt Sites?
Sites sold by government-run bodies like BDA are priced
way lower than the open market. Ambareesh allegedly
got sites from the Mandya, Mysore, and Bangalore Urban
Development Authorities. On January 16, 1986,
Ambareesh got a 78X 50 ft site (No 1260) in G and H
Block Layout, JCST, Kuvempunagar, Mysore.
For Mysore Urban Development Authority records, he
gave his residential address as No 172, II Stage, J P
Nagar, Bangalore. He paid `36,444 for the site.
Curiously, MUDA handed him the sale deed only on
August 12, 2008, 22 years after he was allotted the site.
In 1987, just a year after he got a site in Mysore,
Ambareesh got another from the Bangalore Development
Authority. When he responded to an advertisement
offering plots in Sarakki II Stage, he was allotted, on July

28, 1987, a 120X80 ft site. He paid `93,639 for this one.
Woodlands Address
For BDA records, Ambareesh entered his residential
address as 412, Woodlands Hotel, Sampangi Tank Road,
Bangalore. How a hotel address was accepted by the BDA
authorities is a mystery. On March 6, 1999, when
Ambareesh was Mandya MP, he again applied for a site.
He got a 50X80 site (now with House No 917) on March
23, 2002, under the MP quota. He paid `3 lakh for the
site.
Halved and Sold
Later, the site was allegedly divided into two and one
portion (25X80 ft) was sold to K Govindaraju, a resident of
Mysore, for Rs 1.75 lakh. The other (also 25X80 ft) was
sold to S Ajith, a resident of Hindavalu in Mandya taluk,
for Rs 3.87 lakh. This sale also violated also rules.
Section 12 (2) of the Karnataka Urban Development
Authorities (Allotment of Sites) Rules of 1991 stipulates
that any person who owns a site or house in any part of
the state becomes ineligible for another site or house
from any authority or housing board in the state. Efforts
to reach Ambareesh failed.
Self-Housing Minister
Ambareesh allegedly owns three sites in violation of the
rules:
Mysore: 78X50 ft, Kuvempunagar. Paid Rs 36,444.n
Bangalore: 120X80 ft, J P Nagar (Sarakki). Paid Rs

93,639.n
Mandya: 50X80 ft. Paid Rs 3 lakh. Divided it and sold it
to two buyers.n
Full-fledged CBI probe likely in Mandya site scam
Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake

on Tuesday said his department would look into the
findings and merits of a report by the Mandya
Urban Development Authority (MUDA)
commissioner K Mathai on the alleged
irregularities and illegal allotment of sites by the
Authority.
We have received the report, but have not accepted it.
We will send the report to the Home department for its
perusal, Sorake told reporters here. Sorake said the
department had already handed over the initial case to
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The department
is handing over all the documents pertaining to the case
to the CBI.
Whether this report also warrants to be handed over to
the CBI is a decision which will be left to the Home
department, he said. The report, which was submitted
on June 4 to the Urban Development department, speaks
about a loss of Rs 300 crore to the State government by
way of illegalities under various schemes. The report
states that the government has already handed over the
case pertaining to 107 sites to the CBI. Justifying the

decision to hand over the case to CBI, Sorake said that
the initial estimates of the scam were to the extent of Rs
23 crore. The misappropriated amount was transferred to
accounts outside India, primarily to Australia, said the
minister.
On Housing Minister M H Ambareeshs reported request

to transfer Mathai from the present post, Sorake said that
he had not received any such request. But he has
already been promoted and transferred to Bidar. Due to
the Lok Sabha elections, the transfer was withheld, said
the minister.
Sorake said that the department was trying to strengthen
the Directorate of Urban Development and streamline the
site allotment process in the City Corporations. He said
that 50,000 sites in Mysore were remaining vacant,
despite them being allotted to beneficiaries.
Land mafia grabs Mysore Maharaja Srikantadatta

Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur's property
With the last scion of the erstwhile princely state of

Mysore, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur,
passing away more than six months ago, the real estate
mafia is eyeing his properties running into crores of
rupees, in the heart of the historical city of Mysore.
Astonishingly, two prime properties of Wadiyar were

alienated just 3 days before he passed away (December
10, 2013) with the sub-registrar's office even giving its
approval. This prompted the late prince's widow
Pramodadevi to seek a Lokayukta probe. Till recently, the
Wadiyar family members were not even aware of their
land being usurped by the real estate mafia.
The net worth of Wadiyar's assets (spread across
Bangalore, Mysore and Ooty) are estimated to be in
excess of Rs.1,600 crore. He also holds a share in the
Bangalore Palace grounds, which is embroiled in a legal
dispute after the Karnataka Government planned to take
over the same. It is not clear as to how many smaller
properties the Wadiyar family owns but the land mafia's
efforts, has shocked the people of Mysore. Incidentally,
both the illegal transactions were brought to the notice of
the royal family by an NGO (Karnataka Rajya Hindulida
Vargagala Jagruta Vedike).
"It is unfortunate that illegal alienation of properties
owned by the Maharaja's family is happening in the CM's
hometown. He has agreed to look into the matter and
directed the authorities concerned to take up the issue.
Hopefully, the Lokayukta should be able to end this
menace," said Vedike's president K.S. Shivaram.
Mysore Lokayukta SP S.M. Jagadish Prasad said a probe
had already been ordered into the two land transactions
and that the properties would be restored to the
Wadiyars.
In the first incident, a prime property belonging to the
Wadiyars near the Mysore Mall was sold, as if the late
prince had given his consent on December 7, 2013 (just
three days before he died). The police have arrested two

real estate agents and the sub-regitrar concerned.
In the second incident, again on the same day (December
7), another prime property (1.5 acres) was alienated in
favour of 70-year-old Siddamma, a gardener in the
palace. Apparently, it is shown in the sale deed that
Wadiyar granted the land to Siddamma as a gift.
"On December 7, 2013, the late prince was in Bangalore.
There is no way that he visited the subregistrar's office to
sign the sale deed documents. This is a clear case of
forgery. We need to examine all the transactions to detect
such cases," said Shivaram.
According to him, the real estate mafia has fenced three
other prime properties owned by the Wadiyars in Mysore.
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REVENUE MUDA BDA

right by some of our criminal , corrupt peoples

What disciplinary action has been taken against

Main B : RTI QUESTIONS Mysore DC , COMMISSIONER

been registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT since

against real estate firms & housing societies who have

20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people ,

value to land loosers ?

authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines

GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report

this way since 1987 till date? what action taken by

AREA DEVELOPMENT BOARD ( KIADB) ARE AFRAID TO

since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

15. what action BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has

housing societies , who have violated BDA / BBMNP /

are there in busy residential areas . as per Indian

37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in

43.what action has been taken based on mysore district

49.how many trusts have violated government norms in

57. why BDA didn't file police complaint to evict

YEAR TO WHICH ABOVE PERTAINS : MAJORITY OF

PLACE : MYSORE , INDIA.. .

Save Hebbal Lake Save BEML Quarters Lake in

An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court of India

In the past , Mysore Maharaja & other

lakes & ponds in addition to preserving the

In this way , Hootagalli lake was killed &

The public servants were totally indifferent

they didnt take action at all. I have made RTI

Hereby , we request the honourable Supreme Court

To evict all encroachers forth with .

Sign to Save Hebbal Lake &

Subject : - PIL Appeal To Honorable Supreme court

AKRAMA SAKRAMA / REGULARISATION OF

Rich builders , crooks in their greed for more money

These building bye-law violators , Land grabbers are not

The recent move of Government of Karnataka to

Rewards for illegalities , crimes if one is rich.

Punishes , demotivates honest law abiding citizens.

Judicial Layout Site Allotment BRIBE TO JUDGES ?

Is the allotment of residential plots to Judges @

Just months back , we have witnessed the collapse

officer repeatedly threatens a commoner seeking

Before embarking on land acquisition for any

Even when a project is downsized , from the

land usage pattern . However after acquisition of

Now , consider NICE BMIC SCANDAL or MINING

In a democracy , people have a right to know how

Our previous RTI request to CJI , union home

Hereby , I do request the honorable supreme court

Mandamus" and to issue instructions to the

Bangalore Rural DC Aiyappa, three revenue

BANGALORE: Lokayukta police have arrested Bangalore

Gopalaswamy, revenue inspector N Balakrishnamurthy of

NICE Corridor Questions to CHIEF MINISTER

Illogical land laws fostering mafia, says High Court

Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka,

The growth of real estate mafias and skyrocketing

BMTF proposes, government disposes

Siddaiah was brought back to BBMP despite request for

Charge against Shettar