JOIN US40 reports on Arkavathy Layout missing, BDA tells Kempanna Commission
Almost two years after the constitution of Justice H S Kempanna Commission to inquire into the irregularities in the re-modified scheme of Arkavathy Layout, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has submitted that three former Land Acquisition Officers (LAOs) have not responded to the notice on the missing original reports pertaining to 46 acres and 19.2 guntas of land.
IAS officer T Sham Bhatt has filed this affidavit on Tuesday, the day he was transferred and posted as Principal Secretary Co-operation Department.
Justice Kempanna Commission inquiry covers the period from February 23, 2004 — the day when the BDA declared that 2,750 acres spread across 16 villages were required for the layout — to April 4, 2014, when the final notification for the remodified scheme was gazetted by the government. A resolution was passed in the BDA board meeting on February 12, 2013 based on the reports prepared by nine LAOs in respect of applications filed by land owners under re-modified scheme. The board resolved to prepare village-wise re-modified scheme along with all the information. The affidavit stated that at present 40 original reports passed by three LAOs are missing. These lands taken for re-modified scheme are in Hebbal, Kempapura, K Narayanapura, Thanisandra Jakkur, Amruthahalli, Rachenahalli and Sampigehalli.
“I have been informed by the officers concerned of the BDA that presently 40 original reports passed by LAOs namely, Boraiah, Basavarajendra and Vrushabhendra Murthy are not available in the file and only photocopy of the original reports are available. BDA has sent notice on June 2, 2016 to the concerned LAOs to provide information about the availability of the original reports and also provide information about contents of 40 reports submitted by them. So far, the LAOs have not responded to the notices and they have also not provided information to the BDA,'' the affidavit stated.
In the affidavit, Bhatt has also stated the resolution was passed during the board meeting on February 12, 2013 based on the original reports. Further, he stated that one of the LAOs, Boraiah, has retired from service and Basavarajendra is posted at Keonics while Vrushabhendra Murthy is working with the Information Commission.
“The LAOs concerned who have submitted the reports may be examined in this regard (missing of the files),” the affidavit stated.