<p>All the 15 accused will have to appear before the court on August 27.<br /><br />Advocate Sirajin Basha had filed five complaints against Yeddyurappa and others, and the summons have been issued in the second complaint. <br /><br />The complaint lists three instances of illegal denotification of land. The first case pertains to denotification of land measuring two acres 31 guntas in Arakere village, Bangalore South taluk.<br /><br /> The second relates to denotification of land in survey number 51/1 of Devarchikkanahalli, also in Bangalore South taluk. The third instance refers to illegal denotification of land in survey No 42/1A2, 42/4-A2 and 42/2B of Geddalahalli in Bangalore East taluk.<br /><br /> The others named in the complaint are N Akka Mahadevi, Mahabaleshwara N S, Satyakumari, Mohan Raj, V Prakash, Kamakshamma, N Manjunath, V Anil Kumar, B Ramesh, Shantha Devi, Shantha Bai, Ismail Sheriff, V Manjunath and K Shivappa.<br /><br />Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed to register cases against the accused under Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />Datta’s plaint<br /><br />The court also referred to Lokayukta police, the complaint filed by JD(S) leader Y S V Datta against Yeddyurappa alleging that he favoured a particular company in awarding contract for the Upper Bhadra Project (UBP). The investigation agency has been directed to submit the inquiry report to the court on September 3.<br /><br />Datta, in his complaint, had stated that two companies were shortlisted for the Rs 500-crore UBP package-2. Kirloskar Brothers and Shankar, a joint venture company (JVC), quoted Rs 1,025 crore while RNS Infrastructure-Jyothi Limited quoted Rs 1,033 crore. The tender was awarded to RNS-Jyothi, which is blacklisted in Himachal Pradesh, Datta stated. The complaint also states that the government released Rs 130 crore even before work on the project began.<br /><br />According to the complaint, as a quid pro quo, Murudeshwar Company, a subsidiary of RNS group of companies, paid Rs 13 crore to Dhavalagiri Properties and Sahyadri Care and Diagnostics, owned by Yeddyurappa’s sons and son-in-law.<br /><br />HC defers hearing on ex-CM’s plea<br /><br />The High Court of Karnataka on Monday adjourned hearing of the petition filed by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, challenging the indictment by Lokayukta in its report on illegal mining. Senior counsel Ravi B Naik, representing Yeddyurappa, submitted that former Lokayukta Justice had adopted in toto the report of Dr U V Singh without any inquiry. He further submitted that Yeddyurappa in his tenure had not granted any mining permits or lease. The Division Bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath sought the report by Singh.</p>
<p>All the 15 accused will have to appear before the court on August 27.<br /><br />Advocate Sirajin Basha had filed five complaints against Yeddyurappa and others, and the summons have been issued in the second complaint. <br /><br />The complaint lists three instances of illegal denotification of land. The first case pertains to denotification of land measuring two acres 31 guntas in Arakere village, Bangalore South taluk.<br /><br /> The second relates to denotification of land in survey number 51/1 of Devarchikkanahalli, also in Bangalore South taluk. The third instance refers to illegal denotification of land in survey No 42/1A2, 42/4-A2 and 42/2B of Geddalahalli in Bangalore East taluk.<br /><br /> The others named in the complaint are N Akka Mahadevi, Mahabaleshwara N S, Satyakumari, Mohan Raj, V Prakash, Kamakshamma, N Manjunath, V Anil Kumar, B Ramesh, Shantha Devi, Shantha Bai, Ismail Sheriff, V Manjunath and K Shivappa.<br /><br />Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed to register cases against the accused under Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />Datta’s plaint<br /><br />The court also referred to Lokayukta police, the complaint filed by JD(S) leader Y S V Datta against Yeddyurappa alleging that he favoured a particular company in awarding contract for the Upper Bhadra Project (UBP). The investigation agency has been directed to submit the inquiry report to the court on September 3.<br /><br />Datta, in his complaint, had stated that two companies were shortlisted for the Rs 500-crore UBP package-2. Kirloskar Brothers and Shankar, a joint venture company (JVC), quoted Rs 1,025 crore while RNS Infrastructure-Jyothi Limited quoted Rs 1,033 crore. The tender was awarded to RNS-Jyothi, which is blacklisted in Himachal Pradesh, Datta stated. The complaint also states that the government released Rs 130 crore even before work on the project began.<br /><br />According to the complaint, as a quid pro quo, Murudeshwar Company, a subsidiary of RNS group of companies, paid Rs 13 crore to Dhavalagiri Properties and Sahyadri Care and Diagnostics, owned by Yeddyurappa’s sons and son-in-law.<br /><br />HC defers hearing on ex-CM’s plea<br /><br />The High Court of Karnataka on Monday adjourned hearing of the petition filed by former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, challenging the indictment by Lokayukta in its report on illegal mining. Senior counsel Ravi B Naik, representing Yeddyurappa, submitted that former Lokayukta Justice had adopted in toto the report of Dr U V Singh without any inquiry. He further submitted that Yeddyurappa in his tenure had not granted any mining permits or lease. The Division Bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath sought the report by Singh.</p>
