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Editor: Nagaraja.M.R.. Vol.11..Issue.11........14/03/2015
Judicial
Layout Site Allotment – BRIBE TO JUDGES ?
Throught this publication term JUDGE includes public servants performing
quasi judicial functions also. Supreme Court & High Court judges are
repeatedly neglecting our appeals for justice , to reign in land
mafia.
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 ,it’s 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 people’s 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/chief-justice-above-law
Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.
Date : 05.03.2015
Your’s sincerely,
Place :
Mysuru
Nagaraja.M.R.
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 didn’t 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 didn’t 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. Don’t 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
Your’s Sincerely,
Place
:
Mysore
Nagaraja.M.R.
Sign to
Save Hebbal Lake & BEML Quarters
Lake in Mysore
http://www.change.org/petitions/honourable-supreme-court-of-india-save-hebbal-lake-save-beml-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 HONESTY of
SUPREME COURT OF
INDIA
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 , didn’t 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 don’t 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.
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 people’s
representatives , police , public servants & Judges. Some of the
below mentioned public servants fall among the category of
churchill’s 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 PEOPLE’S
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 :
Main A :
1. The land encroachments &
illegal buildings and it’s 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 didn’t 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 ?
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
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 ?
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 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 ?
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Aiyappa, three revenue officials held
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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 former
CHIEF MINISTER .Mr.Yediyurappa
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
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ILLUSTRATION: ANAND NAOREM
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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 relatives, servants, drivers, maids and
partymen (LAND SCAM 2.0, 4 December). The purpose was not to make Yeddyurappa’s
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 exposé 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, TEHELKA’s investigation shows that many of the
allotments in Karunanidhi’s 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 children’s name, can apply for GDQ allotments. TEHELKA
found this is routinely violated.
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Many of the allottees issued certificates to themselves,
while some got letters from Lions and Rotary Clubs
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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 didn’t
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
Police–Intelligence, got large allotments of land in prime locations. Why them
more than hundreds of others? That’s a democratic question the chief minister
will have to answer.
jee…@gmail.com
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Legal Largesse
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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
Ganesan’s 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
government’s 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.
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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.
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V Ambika
Advocate
PLOT NO: A8, KADAPERY,
MADHURANTHAGAM
DATE: 16 FEBRUARY 2008
SIZE: 2,285 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 4.54 LAKH
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.
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Bureaucratic Bonanza
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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 IGP’s
family made a profit of more than Rs. 5.7 crore.
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G Prakash
Joint Secretary, Industries
PLOT NO: S6, THIRUVANMIYUR
EXTENSION
DATE: 6 MAY 2008
SIZE: 3,829 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 76.58 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 4 CRORE
VIOLATIONS
The former district collector of Tirunelveli issued himself a certificate
for unblemished government service.
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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.
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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
PRICE: Rs. 59.15 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 1 CRORE
VIOLATIONS
Her husband Dr S Ravichandran owns a plot. Following an RTI probe, the TNHB
issued a show-cause notice and placed the allotment under suspension.
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Political Perks
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L Ganeshan
Former MP, who left Vaiko to join DMK
FLAT NOS: 1052 HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 27 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA
PRICE: Rs. 79.86 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: 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 wife’s name.
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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
PRICE: Rs. 9.82 LAKH
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”.
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S Rajalakshmi
Wife of R Sakkarapani, MLA and DMK chief whip
PLOT NO: 1047, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 9 MARCH 2008
SIZE: NA
PRICE: Rs. 79.86 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.5 CRORE
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”.
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D Yasodha
Congress MLA, Kancheepuram Congress MLA, Kancheepuram
FLAT NOS: A5, HIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 19 DECEMBER 2008
SIZE: NA
PRICE: Rs. 59.56 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3 CRORE
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.
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Poochi Murugan
Member of a DMK trade union
PLOT NO: A 11, THIRUVANMIYUR
EXTENSION
DATE: 6 JUNE 2008
SIZE: 2,422 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 58.61 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 2.75 CRORE
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 spouse’s name.
He has not produced any supporting document about the social work he has
done.
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Bharati Thennarasu
Widow of Sivagangai politician Thennarasu
FLAT NOS: S7, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTN
DATE: 26 AUGUST 2008
SIZE: 3,879 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 79.13 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.75 CRORE
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.
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P Moorthy
Madurai MLA
FLAT NOS: E2/6, MIG, MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 5 DECEMBER 2008
SIZE: NA
PRICE: Rs. 72.5 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 4 CRORE
VIOLATIONS
Allotted under the Social Worker category on a certificate issued by the
Lions Club. Owns several plots in his and his wife’s name.
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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
PRICE: Rs. 8.99 LAKH
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.
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Kith and Kin
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Deepa
Daughter of Devaraj M, Private Secretary to the Chief Minister
FLAT NOS: 543, THIRUVANMIYUR,
KAMARAJ NAGAR (PLOT ADJOINING SAIT’S AND SHANKAR’S)
DATE: 23 MAY 2008
SIZE: 4,466 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 1.08 CRORE
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: NA
VIOLATIONS
Allotted plot under the Social Worker category but there’s no evidence to
back it. Constructing a three-storey building involving a cost beyond the
family’s 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 CM’s secretary.
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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
PRICE: Rs. 1.06 CRORE
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: 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.
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J Naveen Ibrahim
Son of SI Jaffar Ali, IPS (retd)
FLAT NOS: AI HIG MOGAPPAIR
DATE: 31 MARCH 2009
SIZE: NA
PRICE: Rs. 64.95 LAKH
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.25 CRORE
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.
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Durga Sankar
Son of Rajamanikkam, IAS, Secretary to Chief Minister
FLAT NOS: 538, THIRUVANMIYUR,
KAMARAJ NAGAR (PLOT ADJOINING SAIT’S AND SHANKAR’S)
DATE: 28 MARCH 2008
SIZE: 2,450 SQ FT
PRICE: Rs. 1.12 CRORE
CURRENT MARKET PRICE: NA
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.
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The Others
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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”.
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Ilanthendral
Ilamukil’s sister
VIOLATIONS
Allotted HIG flat under the Social Worker category on the basis of a
certificate issued by a panchayat, which is not valid.
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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.
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C Ganeshan and C Vinothan
PSOs, CM’s 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.
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P Meena
W/O P Pandian, PSO, CM’s 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.
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PHOTOS: THE
HINDU, JEEMON JACOB
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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 don’t know much about the
certificate, I think I got the plot because I’m an MLA. I have done a lot
of work in uplifting the people in villages of my constituency. That
amounts to social work. I don’t need a social work certificate from the Lions
Club but my friends, partners and I took the certificate anyway. “
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‘GDQ is a way of making you part of the
syndicate’
BY JEEMON JACOB
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C Umashanker
PHOTO: JEEMON JACOB
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A1990 batch IAS officer, C
Umashanker shot to fame during the AIADMK regime when he exposed a scam in
the construction of sheds in a cremation ground under the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
when he was additional collector in Madurai. His brush with AIADMK supremo J
Jayalalithaa’s 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 state-run 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
patch-up 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
when he is a practising Christian.
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Plots are allotted even without any formal applications.
There is no transparency at all
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He lodged a complaint with the National
Backward Commission against his suspension and got a favourable order from the
High Court. At present, he is managing director of Tamil Nadu Small 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 can’t 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? It’s 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.
Minister’s 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 Cuttack’s 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 C-Category 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 don’t 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 B-kharab
(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.
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 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)
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.
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 DC’s 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
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‘BDA a Den of Corruption’
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Date: Jul 28, 2012 8:48 AM
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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 BDA’s 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.
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