<div>Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa on Monday said that the revenue department has asked Eagleton Golf Resort near Bidadi, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, to pay Rs 998 crore for encroaching upon 77 acres of government land.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kagodu said a Cabinet sub-committee had fixed the amount based on the market value of the land. The resort had been operating since 2000 on 105 acres of government land. The Ramanagaram district administration had reclaimed 28 acres last year. As per a Supreme Court order a Cabinet sub-committee valued the price of the remaining land. <br /><br />Kagodu said a notice had been issued to the management of Eagleton Golf Resort to pay the amount and the subject would also be discussed in the next Cabinet meeting. <br /><br />“If there is inordinate delay by the resort in paying the amount, then the remaining 77 acres will also be reclaimed and handed over to the horticulture department,” Kagodu said.<br /><br />The minister said negligence by the revenue officials had resulted in encroachment on government land not only in Bengaluru but also in small towns and villages. Henceforth, village accountants and revenue inspectors would be held responsible for the encroachment on government land in their respective jurisdiction. <br /><br />Kagodu said the government was contemplating on inviting fresh applications for regularisation of bagair hukum land. He said 3.5 lakh applications seeking regularisation of bagair hukum cultivation were pending and they would be processed by end of the year.<br /><br />The minister also took the tahsildar of Mudhol taluk to task for not accepting the applications of some members of Hakki-Pikki tribe for regularisation of bagair hukum cultivation. The tribals had come to meet Kagodu at his chambers in the Vidhana Soudha on Monday. On hearing their grievances, Kagodu called the tahsildar over phone and told him in chaste Kannada to process their applications.<br /></div>
<div>Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa on Monday said that the revenue department has asked Eagleton Golf Resort near Bidadi, on the outskirts of Bengaluru, to pay Rs 998 crore for encroaching upon 77 acres of government land.<br /><br />Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Kagodu said a Cabinet sub-committee had fixed the amount based on the market value of the land. The resort had been operating since 2000 on 105 acres of government land. The Ramanagaram district administration had reclaimed 28 acres last year. As per a Supreme Court order a Cabinet sub-committee valued the price of the remaining land. <br /><br />Kagodu said a notice had been issued to the management of Eagleton Golf Resort to pay the amount and the subject would also be discussed in the next Cabinet meeting. <br /><br />“If there is inordinate delay by the resort in paying the amount, then the remaining 77 acres will also be reclaimed and handed over to the horticulture department,” Kagodu said.<br /><br />The minister said negligence by the revenue officials had resulted in encroachment on government land not only in Bengaluru but also in small towns and villages. Henceforth, village accountants and revenue inspectors would be held responsible for the encroachment on government land in their respective jurisdiction. <br /><br />Kagodu said the government was contemplating on inviting fresh applications for regularisation of bagair hukum land. He said 3.5 lakh applications seeking regularisation of bagair hukum cultivation were pending and they would be processed by end of the year.<br /><br />The minister also took the tahsildar of Mudhol taluk to task for not accepting the applications of some members of Hakki-Pikki tribe for regularisation of bagair hukum cultivation. The tribals had come to meet Kagodu at his chambers in the Vidhana Soudha on Monday. On hearing their grievances, Kagodu called the tahsildar over phone and told him in chaste Kannada to process their applications.<br /></div>
