Looks like BDA Is taking back 2 acres and 3 Guntas from the denotified land.
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Naval officer’s search for his site opens BDA’s eyes
By Kushala S, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Nov 26, 2013, 12.00 AM IST
For naval officer Commander N Sharavana, guarding the country's coast may not have been as tough as getting information about his own site from the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).
But Sharavana, who is currently posted in a PSU major in Bangalore, is an example of how a common man can still fight against the system with the RTI Act. His persistent efforts have paid off. He not only found out that his BDA-allotted site was denotified, but also helped the BDA realize that 10 acres of its land had been encroached.
Sharavana has been with the Indian Navy for 16 years, including six years as ADC to the Governor of Tamil Nadu. In 2003, he was allotted a 50 feet by 80 feet site by the BDA in Sir M Visvesvaraya Layout. He was issued an allotment letter, registration certificate and khata.
When he visited the site in April this year, he noticed encroachment activities in the adjacent site. Sharavana said, "As a first step, I got my site officially marked by BDA officials. But I was not told the exact status of the site. When I enquired again, I was told that 10 acres of land was denotified in the same layout in survey number 20 of Nagadevanahalli village; and my site is partially in the same survey number, but is not a part of any denotified land."
To get accurate info, he started filing RTI applications but no clear replies were forthcoming for a long time. Sharavana did not give up. He simultaneously complaintedd to BMTF police, Lokayukta and also met BDA commissioner T Sham Bhat.
A few days after the flurry of RTI queries, there was a breakthrough. The BDA informed him that his site was erroneously included in the denotified area and the BDA had to take back two acres three guntas from revenue authorities under Bangalore Urban DC. It also emerged that no joint survey of the area was undertaken with revenue officials before 10 acres of BDA land was denotified.
According to a senior officer in BDA's land acquisition department, it was only after Sharavana's RTI queries that the BDA authorities were able to identify that BDA land was denotified. Subsequently, BDA commissioner wrote to Bangalore Urban DC to set right the wrong boundaries and return the land which rightfully belongs to the BDA and several allottees. Following Sharavana's letter to the chief secretary, BDA commissioner has been asked to submit a detailed report about the case.
Sharavana said, "Finally, a hearing date was fixed at the DC's office on last Saturday, but was postponed. Now, I have to fight another battle for the restoration of my property."
Smv Block1 57 sites in problem
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Good news..atleast somebody is fighting taking the fight against BDA crooks.. Good to see that 2.5 acres is saved from the clutches of land mafia..another 10 acres denotification pending in high court case...
Hope it will also get cleared soon...thanks to lot of effort put forward by Saravana and team...
Hope it will also get cleared soon...thanks to lot of effort put forward by Saravana and team...
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BDA allotted the plot that was taken away by land grabbers
There isn’t a government official who contests Indian Navy Commander N. Sharavana Gowda’s allegation that the 4,000-sq.ft. plot allotted to him at the Sir M. Visveswaraya Layout by the BDA in 2003 has been swallowed by land sharks in collusion with some bureaucrats.
Yet, this Navy Commander who defended the country’s borders for 16 years continues to run from pillar to post to get back the land that is rightfully his. The Hindu contacted Upa Lokayukta Subhash B. Adi, BMTF Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Rao, Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner G.C. Prakash as well as senior BDA officials on Thursday to understand what exactly happened to Commander Gowda’s plot.
Including sources in the BDA, who wished to remain anonymous, all the officials said that the plot allotted to him had been illegally de-notified and handed over to land sharks with the help of some officials in the BDA and the Revenue Department.
Then what is preventing them from returning the land to its rightful owner? “It is not so simple; it’s a long story,” said an official who is attending the winter session of the legislature in Belgaum.
The beginning
It all started with two denotification orders passed by the Chief Minister’s office in June 2006 and September 2007. Thanks to the orders, the BDA returned two parcels of land measuring 10 acres, located in the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout, to two land developers. The legality of the de-notification, which was allowed on fully developed land where sites were already allotted, was promptly challenged in the High Court and the case is still dragging on.
However, the plot owned by Navy Commander Gowda was not supposed to be affected by the de-notification. “Those who benefited from the de-notification got more greedy,” he said. In collusion with officials in the tahsildar’s office, they managed to alter the revenue map, a fact that is corroborated by the Upa Lokayukta, the BDA and the BMTF. In the altered map, they left out some low-cost land and instead grabbed the land on which Navy Commander Gowda’s plot was located. “They did this because my plot was closer to an important road. If they got my plot they would have a contiguous stretch with access to the road. They wanted to build a gated community on the encroached land,” Mr. Gowda says.
In a letter to him on October 22, 2013, the BDA accepted that there has been an error and that the plot allotted to Mr. Gowda still belonged to him. The BDA arrived at this conclusion after they conducted a joint survey of land with the help of Revenue Department officials.
That should have settled the matter and he should have been able to start construction by now. “But then, things got tangled in red-tape once again,” he says. The letter of the BDA stated that it had written to the Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner on September 09, 2013, urging him to rectify the mistake in the records.
And that’s where the case is languishing right now. Deputy Commissioner Prakash has convened only three hearings of the case so far and none of them have lasted more than five minutes each.
According to sources, the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Urban Development) as well as the BDA Commissioner have personally requested Mr. Prakash to expedite the matter but to no avail.
When The Hindu met him at his office recently, he said that he will pass appropriate orders within a week.
BDA allotted the plot that was taken away by land grabbers
There isn’t a government official who contests Indian Navy Commander N. Sharavana Gowda’s allegation that the 4,000-sq.ft. plot allotted to him at the Sir M. Visveswaraya Layout by the BDA in 2003 has been swallowed by land sharks in collusion with some bureaucrats.
Yet, this Navy Commander who defended the country’s borders for 16 years continues to run from pillar to post to get back the land that is rightfully his. The Hindu contacted Upa Lokayukta Subhash B. Adi, BMTF Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Rao, Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner G.C. Prakash as well as senior BDA officials on Thursday to understand what exactly happened to Commander Gowda’s plot.
Including sources in the BDA, who wished to remain anonymous, all the officials said that the plot allotted to him had been illegally de-notified and handed over to land sharks with the help of some officials in the BDA and the Revenue Department.
Then what is preventing them from returning the land to its rightful owner? “It is not so simple; it’s a long story,” said an official who is attending the winter session of the legislature in Belgaum.
The beginning
It all started with two denotification orders passed by the Chief Minister’s office in June 2006 and September 2007. Thanks to the orders, the BDA returned two parcels of land measuring 10 acres, located in the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout, to two land developers. The legality of the de-notification, which was allowed on fully developed land where sites were already allotted, was promptly challenged in the High Court and the case is still dragging on.
However, the plot owned by Navy Commander Gowda was not supposed to be affected by the de-notification. “Those who benefited from the de-notification got more greedy,” he said. In collusion with officials in the tahsildar’s office, they managed to alter the revenue map, a fact that is corroborated by the Upa Lokayukta, the BDA and the BMTF. In the altered map, they left out some low-cost land and instead grabbed the land on which Navy Commander Gowda’s plot was located. “They did this because my plot was closer to an important road. If they got my plot they would have a contiguous stretch with access to the road. They wanted to build a gated community on the encroached land,” Mr. Gowda says.
In a letter to him on October 22, 2013, the BDA accepted that there has been an error and that the plot allotted to Mr. Gowda still belonged to him. The BDA arrived at this conclusion after they conducted a joint survey of land with the help of Revenue Department officials.
That should have settled the matter and he should have been able to start construction by now. “But then, things got tangled in red-tape once again,” he says. The letter of the BDA stated that it had written to the Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner on September 09, 2013, urging him to rectify the mistake in the records.
And that’s where the case is languishing right now. Deputy Commissioner Prakash has convened only three hearings of the case so far and none of them have lasted more than five minutes each.
According to sources, the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary (Urban Development) as well as the BDA Commissioner have personally requested Mr. Prakash to expedite the matter but to no avail.
When The Hindu met him at his office recently, he said that he will pass appropriate orders within a week.
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One more victory to common man...
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Quashing of denotification of MV Layout land upheld
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday upheld the State government’s 2011 order cancelling its earlier decision of 2010, in which three acres and nine guntas of land was denotified from amongst the land acquired for the formation of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout.
Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while dismissing petitions filed by the original landowners and those owning revenue sites on this portion of the land prior to its acquisition by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The petitioners had supported denotification while questioning its cancellation.
“The decision dated April 7, 2010 to denotify the land was contrary to Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act since possession was already taken… The order issued on July 20, 2011 was only to rectify the grave illegality committed,” the High Court observed.
Meanwhile, the court asked the BDA to consider the plea of revenue site owners for allotment of alternative sites as per the scheme suggested by the High Court in 2005 in lieu of acquiring revenue sites for the formation of layout.
The BDA had acquired these lands along with other lands in 2003 for the layout and had passed award in 2004.
However, in 2010, these lands were denotified based on a directive issued by the then Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyruppa. “contrary” to the opinion given by the Urban Development Department officials, who stated that denotification was not permissible as possession of these lands was already vested with the State.
The High Court observed that lands were denotified even after the BDA had formed several sites of different dimensions on the land acquired for the MV Layout.
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Quashing of denotification of MV Layout land upheld
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday upheld the State government’s 2011 order cancelling its earlier decision of 2010, in which three acres and nine guntas of land was denotified from amongst the land acquired for the formation of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout.
Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while dismissing petitions filed by the original landowners and those owning revenue sites on this portion of the land prior to its acquisition by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The petitioners had supported denotification while questioning its cancellation.
“The decision dated April 7, 2010 to denotify the land was contrary to Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act since possession was already taken… The order issued on July 20, 2011 was only to rectify the grave illegality committed,” the High Court observed.
Meanwhile, the court asked the BDA to consider the plea of revenue site owners for allotment of alternative sites as per the scheme suggested by the High Court in 2005 in lieu of acquiring revenue sites for the formation of layout.
The BDA had acquired these lands along with other lands in 2003 for the layout and had passed award in 2004.
However, in 2010, these lands were denotified based on a directive issued by the then Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyruppa. “contrary” to the opinion given by the Urban Development Department officials, who stated that denotification was not permissible as possession of these lands was already vested with the State.
The High Court observed that lands were denotified even after the BDA had formed several sites of different dimensions on the land acquired for the MV Layout.
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Visvesvaraya Nagara Layout BDA site owners left in lurch
G Manjusainath, Bangalore, December 19, 2013, DHNS:
The fate of many BDA sites owners in 1st Block, Sir M Visvesvaraya Nagara Layout, hangs in the balance. For, the coalition government in 2007 had denotified 10 acres of land after it was allotted to the public.
The land was returned to the original landowners by the H D Kumaraswamy-led government despite the allottees having paid lakhs of rupees to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), got sites registered in their names, and obtained khata and possession certificate. The original landowners are now preventing the allottees – who are paying taxes for their sites – from claiming their properties.
Documents available with Deccan Herald show that the BDA had acquired 12 acres and 13 guntas of land in Survey No 20 of Nagadevanahalli village, Kengeri Hobli. Three people – Sadhan, Thimmaiah and Gulappa – claimed ownership. In government records, the land existed as Muffet Kaval (pasture land). In 1978, the trio got it allotted in their names. A few local residents reportedly encroached on two acres and 13 guntas, while some others opposed the allotment.
While the land was under litigation, the BDA issued a preliminary notification in 1989 under Section 4 (1) of the BDA Act under the Jnanabharathi Scheme and a final notification in 1994 under Section 6(1) of the same Act. It took nine years for the BDA to accomplish Mahjar under 16(1) of the said Act to acquire only 10 acres of land, and the remaining two acres and 13 guntas are still with the BDA. It carved out 65 sites comprising 22 sites of 4,000 sq ft; 41 of 1,200 sq ft, and two of 2,400 sq ft. Although it was acquired under the Jnanabharathi Scheme, the layout formation was delayed due to litigation and it was attached to Visvesvaraya Layout.
GPA role
Documents show that it was not the owners of the said land, who previously held it in their names, but the General Power of Attorney (GPA) holders K V Nagarathnamma and Purohit Jugraj who applied for denotification. Initially, Jugraj applied for denotification of three acres of land on July 8, 2005, when Dharam Singh was the chief minister. He could not process the application because his tenure was brief. Again, Jugraj applied for denotification on March 17, 2006, when the government was headed by Kumaraswamy. The same day, Nagarathnamma too applied for denotification of seven acres. On June 27, 2007, the Kumaraswamy government denotified the land, setting aside reservations by the BDA Denotification Committee.
Regarding the three acres of land, the then principal secretary of Urban Development Department, Lakshmi Venkatachalam, had noted, “The request for denotification may be rejected.”
For the remaining seven acres, the BDA Committee wrote to the chief minister on June 5, 2006, asking him “land for layout purpose.”
CAG rap
The illegal denotification drew flak from the Comptroller & Auditor General. In Report Number-3, 2012, titled 'Performance audit on denotification of land by government and allotment of sites by BDA', the CAG noted: “Once the land notified for public purpose has been taken possession under 16 (1) of the LA Act, the government has no powers to withdraw the acquisition proceedings even if publication under Section 16 (2) had not been issued.”
Shrikant Channal, one of the victims of government apathy, rued that the BDA has not intimated site owners till date about the denotification and gave vague replies.
When contacted, BDA Commissioner T Sham Bhatt expressed his ignorance about the case and said he would look into the matter if all facts were placed before him.
Visvesvaraya Nagara Layout BDA site owners left in lurch
G Manjusainath, Bangalore, December 19, 2013, DHNS:
The fate of many BDA sites owners in 1st Block, Sir M Visvesvaraya Nagara Layout, hangs in the balance. For, the coalition government in 2007 had denotified 10 acres of land after it was allotted to the public.
The land was returned to the original landowners by the H D Kumaraswamy-led government despite the allottees having paid lakhs of rupees to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), got sites registered in their names, and obtained khata and possession certificate. The original landowners are now preventing the allottees – who are paying taxes for their sites – from claiming their properties.
Documents available with Deccan Herald show that the BDA had acquired 12 acres and 13 guntas of land in Survey No 20 of Nagadevanahalli village, Kengeri Hobli. Three people – Sadhan, Thimmaiah and Gulappa – claimed ownership. In government records, the land existed as Muffet Kaval (pasture land). In 1978, the trio got it allotted in their names. A few local residents reportedly encroached on two acres and 13 guntas, while some others opposed the allotment.
While the land was under litigation, the BDA issued a preliminary notification in 1989 under Section 4 (1) of the BDA Act under the Jnanabharathi Scheme and a final notification in 1994 under Section 6(1) of the same Act. It took nine years for the BDA to accomplish Mahjar under 16(1) of the said Act to acquire only 10 acres of land, and the remaining two acres and 13 guntas are still with the BDA. It carved out 65 sites comprising 22 sites of 4,000 sq ft; 41 of 1,200 sq ft, and two of 2,400 sq ft. Although it was acquired under the Jnanabharathi Scheme, the layout formation was delayed due to litigation and it was attached to Visvesvaraya Layout.
GPA role
Documents show that it was not the owners of the said land, who previously held it in their names, but the General Power of Attorney (GPA) holders K V Nagarathnamma and Purohit Jugraj who applied for denotification. Initially, Jugraj applied for denotification of three acres of land on July 8, 2005, when Dharam Singh was the chief minister. He could not process the application because his tenure was brief. Again, Jugraj applied for denotification on March 17, 2006, when the government was headed by Kumaraswamy. The same day, Nagarathnamma too applied for denotification of seven acres. On June 27, 2007, the Kumaraswamy government denotified the land, setting aside reservations by the BDA Denotification Committee.
Regarding the three acres of land, the then principal secretary of Urban Development Department, Lakshmi Venkatachalam, had noted, “The request for denotification may be rejected.”
For the remaining seven acres, the BDA Committee wrote to the chief minister on June 5, 2006, asking him “land for layout purpose.”
CAG rap
The illegal denotification drew flak from the Comptroller & Auditor General. In Report Number-3, 2012, titled 'Performance audit on denotification of land by government and allotment of sites by BDA', the CAG noted: “Once the land notified for public purpose has been taken possession under 16 (1) of the LA Act, the government has no powers to withdraw the acquisition proceedings even if publication under Section 16 (2) had not been issued.”
Shrikant Channal, one of the victims of government apathy, rued that the BDA has not intimated site owners till date about the denotification and gave vague replies.
When contacted, BDA Commissioner T Sham Bhatt expressed his ignorance about the case and said he would look into the matter if all facts were placed before him.
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shankymysore wrote:One more victory to common man...
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Quashing of denotification of MV Layout land upheld
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday upheld the State government’s 2011 order cancelling its earlier decision of 2010, in which three acres and nine guntas of land was denotified from amongst the land acquired for the formation of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout.
Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while dismissing petitions filed by the original landowners and those owning revenue sites on this portion of the land prior to its acquisition by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The petitioners had supported denotification while questioning its cancellation.
“The decision dated April 7, 2010 to denotify the land was contrary to Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act since possession was already taken… The order issued on July 20, 2011 was only to rectify the grave illegality committed,” the High Court observed.
Meanwhile, the court asked the BDA to consider the plea of revenue site owners for allotment of alternative sites as per the scheme suggested by the High Court in 2005 in lieu of acquiring revenue sites for the formation of layout.
The BDA had acquired these lands along with other lands in 2003 for the layout and had passed award in 2004.
However, in 2010, these lands were denotified based on a directive issued by the then Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyruppa. “contrary” to the opinion given by the Urban Development Department officials, who stated that denotification was not permissible as possession of these lands was already vested with the State.
The High Court observed that lands were denotified even after the BDA had formed several sites of different dimensions on the land acquired for the MV Layout.
Thanks and Congratulations to a retired defence servant who fight alone to gave justice to all site owners .
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the credit goes retired army soldier mr murthy deserves credit to quash this illegal denotification..100 % all denotifications in this layout will be quashed shortly..water is reaching layout ist block in another 2 months..the pipes have been laid in corporator's land yesterday...god bless india
does SKC greens project in siir mv layout 1st block have any approval from any govt agency..illegal ,,which banks how are they giving loan..god bless india
does SKC greens project in siir mv layout 1st block have any approval from any govt agency..illegal ,,which banks how are they giving loan..god bless india
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Karnataka high court upholds withdrawal of denotification
TNN Dec 20, 2013, 03.22AM IST
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BANGALORE: The Karnataka high court on Thursday upheld a July 20, 2011 government order withdrawing a 2010 decision to denotify 3 acres 9 guntas of land acquired for the formation of Sir M Visvesvaraya Layout in Bangalore.
Observing that the order was only to rectify the grave illegality committed in 2010, Justice AS Bopanna dismissed petitions filed by the original land owners and also those who own revenue sites on that land prior to acquisition by the BDA.
The judge also noted that the 2010 order was in contravention of Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act as possession had been taken. The court also directed the BDA to consider the request of revenue site owners for allotment of alternative sites in terms of a scheme suggested by the high court in 2005.
The land was acquired by BDA in 2003. In 2010, the government passed an order for denotifying the land on a direction issued by the then chief minister ignoring the opinion given by the urban development department. The department had advised against denotification, saying these lands are already vested with the government.
In July 2011, the denotification order was withdrawn after a group of allottees given sites by the BDA on this land moved the high court against it.
TNN Dec 20, 2013, 03.22AM IST
Tags:
UN Court|Chief Minister
BANGALORE: The Karnataka high court on Thursday upheld a July 20, 2011 government order withdrawing a 2010 decision to denotify 3 acres 9 guntas of land acquired for the formation of Sir M Visvesvaraya Layout in Bangalore.
Observing that the order was only to rectify the grave illegality committed in 2010, Justice AS Bopanna dismissed petitions filed by the original land owners and also those who own revenue sites on that land prior to acquisition by the BDA.
The judge also noted that the 2010 order was in contravention of Section 48(1) of the Land Acquisition Act as possession had been taken. The court also directed the BDA to consider the request of revenue site owners for allotment of alternative sites in terms of a scheme suggested by the high court in 2005.
The land was acquired by BDA in 2003. In 2010, the government passed an order for denotifying the land on a direction issued by the then chief minister ignoring the opinion given by the urban development department. The department had advised against denotification, saying these lands are already vested with the government.
In July 2011, the denotification order was withdrawn after a group of allottees given sites by the BDA on this land moved the high court against it.
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Vested interests alter BDA land boundaries
G Manjusainath, Bangalore, Jan 10, 2014, DHNS:
It has now come to light that the boundaries of the land in survey number 20 of Nagadevanahalli (Kengeri hobli), where Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had formed Visvesvaraya Layout, were changed and survey sketches altered to benefit vested interests.
The land was denotified by the H D Kumaraswamy government in 2007, when the BDA formed the first block of the Visvesvaraya Layout and allotted sites to individuals.
Of the 12 acres and 13 guntas of land BDA acquired in 2001-02, the layout was formed in ten acres. Sites were allotted, sale deeds, khatas and possession certificates were issued in the names of beneficiaries. But in 2007, without informing the site owners, the government denotified the land, setting aside BDA denotification committee’s objection. The matter has now become too controversial for the BDA as well as the government to handle, with site owners approaching the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF), Lokayukta and the High Court.
Those who were benefited from the denotification of ten acres, converted the land use from agriculture to residential purpose. To complicate the matter further, the district administration bifurcated the denotified land into sub-survey numbers of 128, 129 and 130. The BDA, on its part, did not demarcate the boundary of the denotified land comprising ten acres. This allowed the beneficiaries of denotification to change the survey sketch according to their convenience.
The denotification of ten acres was done in two instalments. The first one was for three acres in favour of Purohit Jugraj and the remaining seven acres in favour of K V Nagarathnamma. Both of them were not the actual owners of the land, but held the General Power of Attorney (GPA).
Srikant Channal, one of the victims of the fraudulent denotification, said: “After bifurcation, the entire Survey No 20 was divided into three blocks. Jugraj was shown in survey sketches as holding the ‘A’ block on the northern portion of Survey No 20, while Nagarathnamma was shown having seven acres in the ‘B’ block in the middle portion. The ‘C’ block was divided into two sub-blocks with one sub-block in the south and another one in the east, adjacent to ‘B’ block.”
Channal stated that after the bifurcation, the BDA still possessed two acres and 13 guntas, but the survey sketches were meddled with in such a manner that those benefiting from the denotification claimed ownership of BDA land.
Another victim of the illegal denotification said: “This was done because the land value in the southern portion of Survey No 20 was more, given the fact that a 100 ft road passes through it. Since the BDA had fully developed the layout by laying roads, drains, sewerage lines and electricity, the beneficiaries did not have to invest anything, but simply sell it.”
Vested interests alter BDA land boundaries
G Manjusainath, Bangalore, Jan 10, 2014, DHNS:
It has now come to light that the boundaries of the land in survey number 20 of Nagadevanahalli (Kengeri hobli), where Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) had formed Visvesvaraya Layout, were changed and survey sketches altered to benefit vested interests.
The land was denotified by the H D Kumaraswamy government in 2007, when the BDA formed the first block of the Visvesvaraya Layout and allotted sites to individuals.
Of the 12 acres and 13 guntas of land BDA acquired in 2001-02, the layout was formed in ten acres. Sites were allotted, sale deeds, khatas and possession certificates were issued in the names of beneficiaries. But in 2007, without informing the site owners, the government denotified the land, setting aside BDA denotification committee’s objection. The matter has now become too controversial for the BDA as well as the government to handle, with site owners approaching the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF), Lokayukta and the High Court.
Those who were benefited from the denotification of ten acres, converted the land use from agriculture to residential purpose. To complicate the matter further, the district administration bifurcated the denotified land into sub-survey numbers of 128, 129 and 130. The BDA, on its part, did not demarcate the boundary of the denotified land comprising ten acres. This allowed the beneficiaries of denotification to change the survey sketch according to their convenience.
The denotification of ten acres was done in two instalments. The first one was for three acres in favour of Purohit Jugraj and the remaining seven acres in favour of K V Nagarathnamma. Both of them were not the actual owners of the land, but held the General Power of Attorney (GPA).
Srikant Channal, one of the victims of the fraudulent denotification, said: “After bifurcation, the entire Survey No 20 was divided into three blocks. Jugraj was shown in survey sketches as holding the ‘A’ block on the northern portion of Survey No 20, while Nagarathnamma was shown having seven acres in the ‘B’ block in the middle portion. The ‘C’ block was divided into two sub-blocks with one sub-block in the south and another one in the east, adjacent to ‘B’ block.”
Channal stated that after the bifurcation, the BDA still possessed two acres and 13 guntas, but the survey sketches were meddled with in such a manner that those benefiting from the denotification claimed ownership of BDA land.
Another victim of the illegal denotification said: “This was done because the land value in the southern portion of Survey No 20 was more, given the fact that a 100 ft road passes through it. Since the BDA had fully developed the layout by laying roads, drains, sewerage lines and electricity, the beneficiaries did not have to invest anything, but simply sell it.”
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Todays(10 April 2014) all leading Kannada News papers covers this story again . BDA conducted lokadlat yesterday, but it looks like a Joke Adalat . Cases BDA taken for lokadalat were "Kata Certificate" , "Plan approval" distributions etc. which are already prepared as usual after giving bribes. These are day to day activities it suppose to do.
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Manjunath http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/Det ... 04/10/2014
Todays(10 April 2014) all leading Kannada News papers covers this story again . BDA conducted lokadlat yesterday, but it looks like a Joke Adalat . Cases BDA taken for lokadalat were "Kata Certificate" , "Plan approval" distributions etc. which are already prepared as usual after giving bribes. These are day to day activities it suppose to do.
Regards
Manjunath http://www.vijaykarnatakaepaper.com/Det ... 04/10/2014