A Bengaluru Special Court has reserved its order till January 22 on the Lokayukta’s ‘B-report’ seeking closure of the MUDA land allotment case involving CM Siddaramaiah and others. The court has also directed the physical appearance of all accused on January 17 while probes by Lokayukta and ED continue.
The Special Court for Public Representatives in Bengaluru has reserved its order on a ‘B-report’ filed by the Lokayukta police in the MUDA land allotment case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his wife Parvathi B M.
The court will pronounce its decision on January 22, while directing the physical appearance of the accused on January 17.
A Special Court for Public Representatives in Bengaluru on Tuesday reserved its order on a ‘B-report’ (closure report) filed by the Lokayukta police in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi B M and others. The court said it will pronounce its order on January 22.
The Lokayukta police had filed the ‘B-report’ against Siddaramaiah and the other accused, stating that there was a ‘lack of evidences’ to proceed further in the case. This closure report was challenged by the complainant, Snehamayi Krishna.
On Tuesday, the matter came up for hearing before the Special Court. Former MUDA Commissioner Dinesh Kumar, who is also named as an accused in the case, was present before the court.
The Special Public Prosecutor appearing for the Lokayukta submitted a detailed synopsis highlighting the relevant portions of the investigation and materials collected during the probe.
Snehamayi Krishna, who appeared as a party-in-person, also placed his written submissions before the court, opposing the acceptance of the ‘B-report’ and urging the court to take cognisance of the alleged irregularities.
After hearing all sides, the court reserved its order on the ‘B-report’ to January 22. The court also directed that the accused must be physically present before it on January 17.
The case relates to alleged irregularities in land allotment by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority. It has been alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah’s wife in an upmarket area of Mysuru, where property values are significantly higher, compared to the location of her original land which was said to have been “acquired” by MUDA.
According to the allegations, MUDA allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in exchange for 3.16 acres of land, on which a residential layout was developed.
Under this controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of the developed land to landowners whose undeveloped land was acquired for forming residential layouts.
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The complainant has alleged that Parvathi did not have a valid legal title over the 3.16 acres of land located at Survey Number 464 of Kasare village, Kasaba hobli, Mysuru taluk, and therefore was not entitled to the compensatory allotment made by MUDA.
The Karnataka Lokayukta police and the Directorate of Enforcement have both initiated investigations into the alleged ‘scam’.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has, however, denied any wrongdoing in the matter and has maintained that the allegations against him and his family are false and politically motivated.
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