<p> The New Year did not bode well for former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy as the Special Lokayukta Court on Monday, handed over the probe into a private complaint involving him and then forest minister C Chennigappa to the Lokayukta police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The private complaint holds him responsible for illegally denotifying land that was acquired for the formation of Arkavathy Layout, on the recommendation of Chennigappa. The complaint lists Kumaraswamy, Chennigappa, Raviprakash A V and Shivram A V as the accused.<br /><br />The complaint has been handed over to the Lokayukta police under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code and a report is expected to be submitted on February 6. <br /><br />M S Mahadevaswamy, the complainant and a social activist, says that the State government issued a notification in 2002-03 intending to acquire land for the formation of Arkavathy Layout. <br /><br />Lands were acquired and preliminary notification on February 3, 2003 announced the acquisition of 3,339 acres and 12 guntas, while the final notification stated the acquisition was 2,750 acres.<br /><br />The complainant further states that 3 acres and 8 guntas in Survey no 87/4B of Thanisandra village of K R Puram hobli of which Raviprakash and Shivram were the notified khatedars were also acquired, announced in the final notification and compensation was also paid to them. <br /><br />Further the land was transferred to BDA, sites were formed, allotted and even sale was executed to several people who were allotted the sites. <br /><br />But Chennigappa, in a letter on April 5, 2007, stated that Raviprakash and Shivram were known to him and about 15 families were dependent on the 3 acres and 12 guntas and they had no alternate piece of land. <br /><br />Further they belonged to poor families and he recommended the denotification of land. <br />The complainant has alleged that contrary to Chennigappa’s statement, the BDA has no record of receiving a letter from Raviprakash and Shivram, asking for their land to be denotified. <br /><br />Following the recommendation, the land was denotified by Kumaraswamy and a gazette notification was issued on October 3, 2007, without ever placing it in front of the denotification committee.<br /><br />The complaint alleges abuse of official position by Kumaraswamy and Chennigappa and also alleges financial gains to the two in return for denotifying the land.<br /></p>
<p> The New Year did not bode well for former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy as the Special Lokayukta Court on Monday, handed over the probe into a private complaint involving him and then forest minister C Chennigappa to the Lokayukta police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The private complaint holds him responsible for illegally denotifying land that was acquired for the formation of Arkavathy Layout, on the recommendation of Chennigappa. The complaint lists Kumaraswamy, Chennigappa, Raviprakash A V and Shivram A V as the accused.<br /><br />The complaint has been handed over to the Lokayukta police under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code and a report is expected to be submitted on February 6. <br /><br />M S Mahadevaswamy, the complainant and a social activist, says that the State government issued a notification in 2002-03 intending to acquire land for the formation of Arkavathy Layout. <br /><br />Lands were acquired and preliminary notification on February 3, 2003 announced the acquisition of 3,339 acres and 12 guntas, while the final notification stated the acquisition was 2,750 acres.<br /><br />The complainant further states that 3 acres and 8 guntas in Survey no 87/4B of Thanisandra village of K R Puram hobli of which Raviprakash and Shivram were the notified khatedars were also acquired, announced in the final notification and compensation was also paid to them. <br /><br />Further the land was transferred to BDA, sites were formed, allotted and even sale was executed to several people who were allotted the sites. <br /><br />But Chennigappa, in a letter on April 5, 2007, stated that Raviprakash and Shivram were known to him and about 15 families were dependent on the 3 acres and 12 guntas and they had no alternate piece of land. <br /><br />Further they belonged to poor families and he recommended the denotification of land. <br />The complainant has alleged that contrary to Chennigappa’s statement, the BDA has no record of receiving a letter from Raviprakash and Shivram, asking for their land to be denotified. <br /><br />Following the recommendation, the land was denotified by Kumaraswamy and a gazette notification was issued on October 3, 2007, without ever placing it in front of the denotification committee.<br /><br />The complaint alleges abuse of official position by Kumaraswamy and Chennigappa and also alleges financial gains to the two in return for denotifying the land.<br /></p>
