Spreading the light of humanity & freedom
Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.4.issue.25......21/06/2008
Editorial : land scam 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 legislative assembly is still probing the land grabbings in
Karnataka. 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.
Hereby , HRW 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,
Nagaraj.M.R.
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 , HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH 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.
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 , HRW 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
Different political parties are trading charges against each other about illegalities in the mysore-bangalore 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 hush-hush 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, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 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.
PROBLEM FACING BY VILLAGERS REGARDING TO HINDUSTAN ZINC LIMITED, RAMPURA-AGUNCHA MINES.
To
The Prime Minister
INDIA
Sub:- Problem regarding to give employment for the LAND LOSERS of Hindustan Zinc Limited Rampura Aguncha (Bhilwara)
Rajasthan.
Respected Sir,
We want to draw your kind attention on a sensitive matter, which is following.
The government of India started a process of acquiring land for Hindustan Zinc Limited Rampura Aguncha (Bhilwara)
Rajasthan 20 years ago in 1986-87. Hon. Sh.M.L.Fotedar former union mines minister of India, Hon. Sh. Shiv Charan Mathur
former chief minister of Rajasthan and Hon. Sh. Girdhari Lal Vyas former M.P Bhilwara came to Aguncha to inaugurate HZL
Rampura Aguncha.
All the guests appealed to farmers of Aguncha village for cooperation in land acquiring process in national interest. They
assured the villagers in public meeting to give job for one member of a family for land losers in HZL. (Proof letter no 3196
Hon. Sh. Shiv Charan Mathur former M.P of Bhilwara, Rajasthan)
It is a sad fact that since then Appx. 180 land losers(List attached)who looses their means of living do not get any job in HZL.
The villagers gave their lands without any difficulty in national interest. We gave help to flourish this company and still we are
facing many problems like environment, pollution(Bherukhera), shortage of drinking and irrigation water, disorder in education
system, relocation of masses(Rampura)etc.from HZL. (Proof letter no spl 64 gram panchayat Aguncha)
We want to say that many irregularities occurred in giving jobs in HZL. Land losers and local villagers were deprived from jobs.
We are waiting for jobs and justice.
We formed “ Rampura Aguncha Khan Prabhavit Kisan Sangh ’’ in 1993 to draw attention of authorities for our problems. We
appealed so many times to HZL authority and government to solve our problem.
We held a meeting regarding this problem with Hon. Sh. Balram Singh Yadev former union mines minister of India, Hon. Sh.
Shiv Charan Mathur former M.P of Bhilwara, Rajasthan and Sh. A.C.Vadhavan former C.M.D. HZL on 31st March 1994. In this
meeting Mr. Vadhavan assured all of them and us to give jobs immediately but he did not formulated this decision. (the letter
no 2118/94 of Hon. Sh. Shiv Charan Mathur former M.P of Bhilwara, Rajasthan )
When Hon. Sh. Shiv Charan Mathur recalled him about the progress, Mr. Vadhavan said “ However Rampura aguncha Mines
are under expansion and we shall consider the cases of land losers at the appropriate time subject to vacancies and
depending upon their suitability to the vacant posts as assured before the Honorable State Minister of Mines.’’(Proof letter
no 9772/Aug. 94/HZL Head Office Udaipur)
But since then nearly 180 land losers are waiting for their jobs.
There is an arrangement in Indian Constitution that if government acquire land from farmers for PSU the jobs will be given to
each land holders and if PSU is not able to give job, an unemployment compensation will be given, till the land losers does
not get jobs. This rule is followed in coal mines in Bihar, Orrisa and W.B. which are also PSUs. A cash compensation was
given to each land losers monthly till the PSU did not give job to land losers. This regulation is not followed by HZL. (It refers
in the letter no 2256/94 of Hon. Sh. Shiv Charan Mathur former M.P of Bhilwara, Rajasthan)
It is a very great problem of us which is affecting our whole system of life. Any person who raised his voice against this
problem, he was suppress by hook and crook.
Our humble request is that please takes keen interest in our great problem and give justice to us.
Please give copy to us of your kind support.
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PUBLIC CROSS-EXAMINATION OF HONOURABLE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE , MYSORE , COMMISSIONER OF MUDA &
COMMISSIONER MCC MYSORE
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 yearwise since 1987 till date .
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 ?
PUBLIC CROSS-EXAMINATION OF HONOURABLE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE , BANGALORE , COMMISSIONER OF
BBMNP , COMMISSIONER OF BDA & CHAIRMAN OF KIADB
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 re-allotting 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 yearwise since 1987 till date .
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.
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, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH 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.
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