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Editor: Nagaraja.M.R.. Vol.08..Issue.37........14/09/2013

To,

Honourable Chief Justice of India ,c/o Registrar,Supreme Court of India,New Delhi.Honourable sir ,Subject : - PIL Appeal To Honorable Supreme court of India For Writ of MandamusLITMUS TEST for HONESTY of SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

AKRAMA SAKRAMA / REGULARISATION OF ILLEGAL LAND ENCROACHMENTSILLEGAL LAND CONSTRUCTIONS BUILDING BYE-LAW VIOLATIONSKIADB de-notification scandal , BMIC NICE SCANDAL , MINING SCANDALS and

Threats to RTI ApplicantRich builders , crooks in their greed for more money ( knowing fully well the illegalities ) haveconstructed buildings on public land , constructed buildings violating the building bye-laws.Now , those crooks are earning lakhs of rupees rental income . The government lawenforcement agencies were mum , didnt demolish such buildings in time , allowing time forcrooks to benefit from anticipated regularisation. However the same government agencieshave not shown kind consideration to poor people who have constructed temporary hutmentson public land . Those hutments were immediately demolished & people evicted.These building bye-law violators , Land grabbers are not poor people living below poverty lineearning only rupees 32 per day as per planning commission of india. These rich crooks dontdeserve sympathy , kind consideration as they have committed the crime knowing fully well theillegalities and they can bear the loss due to the demolition of their illegal buildings. Thegovernment must also recover rent & other monetary gains made out of those illegal buildingsby the builder.The recent move of Government of Karnataka to regularize building bye-law violations &Public Land Grabbers amounts to :1. Rewards for illegalities , crimes if one is rich.2. Punishes , demotivates honest law abiding citizens.3. Double standards in law one set for rich & one set for the poor.4. Total disregard to safety of people in those illegal buildings .5. Total disregard to safety of people in the neighbourhood and people using roadspassing by those illegal buildings.

Judicial Layout Site Allotment BRIBE TO JUDGES ?Is the allotment of residential plots to Judges @ yelahanka JudicialLayout , a mode of paying bribe to judges by the biggest litigantgovernment itself & the corrupt public servants in the government.So that the government can pass illegal laws like Regularization ofIllegal Buildings , Illegal Appointments to Medical colleges inHassan , Mysore ,etc & ministers , IAS officers can indulge in illegalunconstitutional acts , but the courts will not take any appropriateaction suo motto or based on any petition. IT IS MUTUAL HELP ,NEXUS OF TWO CRIMINALS JUDICIARY & GOVERNMENT. Ofcourse ,there are honest few exceptions in judiciary & government. WeRespect those honest few.

Just months back , we have witnessed the collapse of a multi storied building in bellary,Karnataka & we have witnessed a fire tragedy in a multi-storey building inBangalore, months ago there was collapse of a huge building under construction inBangalore , all resulting in loss of human lives. Recently we have seen de-notification


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scam involving VVIPs . All these are the result of violations of Urban Town Planning Laws ,Building bye-laws which are observed more in breach by the criminals & conniving publicservants . The authorities are behaving like real estate agents of criminals , by-passingnorms , framing laws to the tune of criminals . Authorities are not honoring RTI requests &even high ranking IAS officer repeatedly threatens a commoner seeking informationunder RTI ACT .Before embarking on land acquisition for any projects government authorities must plan &assess what are the actual requirement of land for that particular project. After finding outthe actual requirement of land , they must assess the loss of forest area , cost ofcompensation pay-out , cost of rehabilitation of people , environmental damages &resultant health damages to people in surrounding areas ,its resultant losses when theproject gets running , if at all the benefits , profits from that project far outweighs thelosses ,then only project should be put before the public for their consent. Ministers & IASofficers must not take these decisions all by themselves in a hush hush manner.Even when a project is downsized , from the previously approved size , the land left over ,surplus land must be given back to the original owner on first priority . The projectmanagers must not sell those surplus lands to third parties for a premium .Even when KIADB ,BDA ,MUDA & other authorities acquire lands from farmers ,forconstructing industrial parks or residential layouts , etc , has framed comprehensivedevelopment plans (CDP) for their respective cities , clearly demarcating land usage

pattern . However after acquisition of land , the KIADB , BDA , MUDA , etc are selling thosevery lands to private third parties for different land usage purposes ,completely violatingCDP. Are these KIADB , BDA , BBMP , MUDA ,MCC real estate agents of Rich people ?Now , consider NICE BMIC SCANDAL or MINING Scandals , public servants inresponsible positions are accusing each other , there by proving that almost all of themare criminals. In democracy , ministers & IAS officers are public servants , MLAs , MPs arenot leaders just public servants - representative of people. They must represent peopleswishes & must order the IAS & other officers to fulfil the wishes of people as per legalprovisions.Information input forms part of process of one's expression. One's expression in anyforms written , oral , etc becomes information input to the opposite person , in turn heexpresses his reply. Information & Expression are inseparable parts & form lifeline of ademocracy. That is the reason , Right to Expression is the basic fundamental right as wellas human right of every Indian citizen. When a person's right to expression is violated ,his other rights to equality , justice , etc also are violated. Suppression of Informationamounts to curbing of Expression.In a democracy , people have a right to know how the public servants are functioning.However till date public servants are hiding behind the veil of Officials Secrets Act (whichis of british vintage created by british to suppress native indians). By this cover-up publicservants are hiding their own corruption , crimes , mismanagement , failures , etc. evenRTI Act is not being followed intoto by public servants. However the recentdelhihighcourt ruling affirming that CJI is under RTI purview & bound to answer RTI request , isnoteworthy.

Our previous RTI request to CJI , union home secretary of GOI, President ofIndia , DG &IGP of GOK and others were not honored. The information I sought were answers to thefollowing questions mentioned in the below mentioned websites . the questionsconcerned the past , present continuing injustices meted out to millions of Indian citizens, due to wrong / illegal work practices of Indian judges , police & public servants . Theinformation we sought would expose the traitors , anti-nationals , criminals in publicservice. The information we are seeking are no defense secrets , no national secrets. Thetruthful information exposes the anti-nationals , traitors in the public service & strengthensour national security , national unity & integrity.Hereby , I do request the honorable supreme court of India to consider this as a PIL for :"writ of Mandamus" and to issue instructions to the concerned public servants in thefollowing cases to perform their duties & to answer the following Cross - Examination /RTI questions.

Jai Hind. Vande Mataram.


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Date : 06.09.2013 Yours sincerely,Place : Mysore Nagaraja .M.R.

Editorial : PIL Appeal To Honorable Supreme court of India For Writ ofMandamus - No JAIL for Criminal Judges & Criminal Police ?

We salute our freedom fighters , military personnel & martyrs for all thesacrifices made by them. Let us build a strong , Secular , Democratic Indiaby getting rid off few corrupt elements , anti nationals , traitors amongpublic servants , among judiciary & among police who are greater threatto Indias unity & integrity than Pakistani terrorists or chinese military.

Information input forms part of process of ones expression. Onesexpression in any forms written , oral , etc becomes information input tothe opposite person , in turn he expresses his reply. Information &Expression are inseparable parts & form lifeline of a democracy. That is

the reason , Right to Expression is the basic fundamental right as well ashuman right of every Indian citizen. When a persons right to expression isviolated , his other rights to equality , justice , etc also are violated.Suppression of Information amounts to curbing of Expression.

In a democracy , people have a right to know how the public servants arefunctioning. However till date public servants are hiding behind the veil ofOfficials Secrets Act (which is of british vintage created by british tosuppress native indians). By this cover-up public servants are hiding theirown corruption , crimes , mismanagement , failures , etc. even RTI Act is

not being followed intoto by public servants. However the recent delhi highcourt ruling affirming that CJI is under RTI purview & bound to answer RTIrequest , is noteworthy.

Our previous RTI request to CJI , union home secretary of GOI, President ofIndia , DG & IGP of GOK and others were not honored. The information Isought were answers to the following questions mentioned in the belowmentioned websites . the questions concerned the past , presentcontinuing injustices meted out to millions of Indian citizens , due towrong / illegal work practices of Indian judges , police & public servants .

The information we sought would expose the traitors , anti-nationals ,criminals in public service. The information we are seeking are nodefense secrets , no national secrets. The truthful information exposes theanti-nationals , traitors in the public service & strengthens our nationalsecurity , national unity & integrity.

Hereby , i do request the honourable supreme court of india , for aSupreme Court monitored CBI Enquiry into this whole issue askarnataka police are helpless , they don't have legal powers toprosecute high & mighty , constitutional functionaries. They have not

even enquired the guilty VVIPs even once however Under pressure fromhigher-ups they repeatedly called me the complainant to police stationtook statements from me all for closing the files.


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Hereby , I do request the honorable supreme court of India to consider thisas a PIL for : writ of Mandamus and to issue instructions to theconcerned public servants in the following cases to perform their duties &to answer the questions.

As the trial court Judges cross verify the antecedents , history of theparties in a case to ascertain partys honesty , integrity , as the

investigating police officers cross check the antecedents , history of acomplainant / accussed / witnesses to ascertain their honesty , integrityof the accussed / complainant , in the same way the parties in a case ,as complainant / accussed / witnesses have a right to ascertain theintegrity , honesty of the trial court judge & investigating police officersto ensure they are not biased and provide a fair , level ground. JAI HIND.VANDE MATARAM.

Yours sincerely ,

Nagaraj.M.R.

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There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the court ofconscience It super cedes all other courts.

- Mahatma Gandhi

PAY UP Justice Sathasiva - DAMAGES PAYMENT / FINAL SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE

TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA

I dont know whether secretariat staff of CJI office & DARPG / DPG officials are forwarding

my appeals for justice , e-mails to you or not. They will be held accountable for their lapses if any.

This notice is against the repeated failure of constitutional duties & indirect collusion with criminals

by previous CHIEF JUSTICEs OF INDIA. Notice is served against them , to the office of CJI ,

NOT personally against you. At the individual level I do whole heartedly respect honourable

justice Sathasiva.
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Please refer my appeal for justice through DARPG ;

DLGLA/E/2013/00292

DEPOJ/E/2013/00679

In india democracy is a farce , freedom a mirage. the most basic freedom RIGHT TO

INFORMATION & EXPRESSION , is not honoured by the government,as the information opens

up the crimes ofV.V.I.Ps & leads to their ill-gotten wealth. The public servants are leastbothered about the lives of people or justice to them. these type of fat cats , parasites are a drain on

the public exchequer . these people want ,wish me to see dead , wish to see HUMAN RIGHTS

WATCH closed . so that, a voice against injustices is silenced forever , the crimes ofV.V.I.Ps closed ,

buried forever.

To my numerous appeals , HRWs appeals to you ,you have not yet replied. It clearly shows that you

are least bothered about the lives of people or justice to them .it proves that you are hell bent

to protect the criminals at any cost. you are just pressurising the police to enquire me ,to take my

statement, to repeatedly call me to police station all with a view to silence me.all of you enjoy

legal immunity privileges ,why dont you have given powers to the police / investigating officer to

summon all of you for enquiry ?or else why dont all of you are not appearing before the police

voluntarily for enquiry ?at the least why dont all of you are not sending your statement about the

case to the police either through legal counsel or through post? you are aiding criminals ,by denying

me job oppurtunities in R.B.I CURRENCY NOTE PRESS mysore , city civil court ,bangalore ,

distict court , mysore ,etc & by illegally closing my newspaper.

there is a gross, total mismatch between your actions and your oath of office. this amounts to public

cheating & moral turpitude on your part.

1.you are making contempt of the very august office you hold.

2.you are making contempt of the constitution of india.

3.you are making contempt of citizens of india.

4.you are sponsoring & aiding terorrism & organized crime.

5.you are violating the fundamental & human rights of the citizens of india and of neighbouringcountries.

6.you are violating & making contempt of the U.N HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER to which india is

a signatory.

7.you are obstructing me from performing my fundamental duties as a citizen of india.

8. As a result of your gross negligence of constitutional duties you have caused me damages / losses to

the tune of RUPEES TWO CRORE ONLY.

you are hereby called upon to Pay damages to me and SHOW-CAUSE within 30 days , why

you cannt be legally prosecuted for the above mentioned crimes .

If i am repeatedly called to police station or else where for the sake of investigations , the losses i do

incurr as a result like loss of wages , transportation , job , etc must be borne by the government.

prevoiusly the police / IB personnel repeatedly called me the complainant (sufferer of injustices) to

police station for questioning , but never called the guilty culprits even once to police station for

questioning , as the culprits are high & mighty . this type of one sided questioning must not be done

by police or investigating agencies . if anything untoward happens to me or to my family members

like loss of job , meeting with hit & run accidents , loss of lives , etc , the jurisdictional police together

with above mentioned accussed public servants will be responsible for it. Even if criminal nexus levels

fake charges , police file fake cases against me or my dependents to silence me , this complaint is &

will be effective.

if anything untoward happens to me or my dependents , the government of india is liable to pay Rs.

TWO crore as compensation to survivors of my family. if my whole family is eliminated by the

criminal nexus ,then that compensation money must be donated to Indian Army Welfare Fund.

afterwards , the money must be recovered by GOI as land arrears from the salary , pension ,

property , etc of guilty judges , police officials , public servants & Constitutional fuctionaries.
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Thanking you. Jai Hind , Vande Mataram.

Date : 13.08.2013..yours sincerely,

Place : Mysore , India.Nagaraja M R

Judicial Layout Site Allotment BRIBE TO JUDGES ?Is the allotment of residential plots to Judges @ yelahanka Judicial Layout, a mode of paying bribe to judges by the biggest litigant governmentitself & the corrupt public servants in the government. So that thegovernment can pass illegal laws like Regularization of Illegal Buildings , Illegal Appointments to Medical colleges in Hassan , Mysore ,etc &ministers , IAS officers can indulge in illegal unconstitutional acts , but thecourts will not take any appropriate action suo motto or based on any

petition. IT IS MUTUAL HELP , NEXUS OF TWO CRIMINALS JUDICIARY &GOVERNMENT. Ofcourse , there are honest few exceptions in judiciary &government. We Respect those honest few.

Bylaw deviations to be regularised

The Governors green signal to the Akrama Sakrama Bill may bring cheer tothousands of property owners in the city. The property owners may now be able to

regularise their building byelaw deviations, specifically deviations in setback and floorarea ratio.As per the Karnataka Town and Country Planning (KTCP) And Certain Other Laws(Amendment) Act, 2009, and the amended Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act,1976, residential property owners will be able to regularise deviations up to amaximum of 50 per cent and for the commercial buildings, the maximum deviationsallowed is up to 25 per cent.

This will apply to buildings constructed before December 3, 2009.Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) M. Lakshminarayan told The Hindu thataround 80 per cent of the 16 lakh properties in the city have one or the other form ofdeviation. He said that the building byelaw violations are common and most citizensdeviate from the sanctioned plan. This could be for a variety of reasons, includingvaastu. The BBMP only allows five per cent violations.He said that the largest beneficiaries of this scheme will be large apartmentcomplexes and big commercial buildings, who have accrued the violations.Individual, small property owners may not be in large numbers, neither will thedeviations be huge.Mr. Laskhminarayan said the BBMP had not yet assessed the revenue that it will getfrom this one-time payment to regularise their deviations. However, the BBMP willnot compromise on safety aspects. Regularisation of deviations will be done only ifthere is a full compliance of safety norms.

Regularisation of unauthorised buildings in government land on cards

BANGALORE: Karnataka government has planned to introduce an amendment to theKarnataka Land Revenue Act 1964, to regularise unauthorised constructions of
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dwelling houses in government lands in urban areas, official sources said.The amendment Bill would seek to insert a new section 94 CC in the Act, providingfor grant of land in the case of unauthorised construction of dwelling houses ingovernment land in urban areas.Governor H R Bhardwaj had returned the Karnataka Land Revenue (SecondAmendment) Bill, 2012, passed in both the Houses of the Legislature during theprevious BJP government on the ground that "the amendment does not serve anypublic good or social cause. On the other hand, it may lead to illegal grabbing ofgovernment land."

A team of advocates is studying the points raised by the Governor. Keeping in mindpublic interest, the government would draft the Bill again and introduce it in theAssembly.Regularisation of constructions on government/revenue lands would benefit lakhs ofhouseholds in Bangalore. The proposed legislation is aimed at regularisingunauthorised occupation of revenue land belonging to government in urban areaswith dwelling houses constructed, by granting the land to unauthorised occupants,the sources said.

Akrama-Sakrama sees a comeback

It has been almost a decade since different political parties promised regularisationof unauthorised development and constructions in urban areas, including Bangalorecity which has the maximum number of such structures, through a scheme popularlyknown as Akrama-Sakrama.And in 2007, the then Janata Dal(S)-Bharatiya Janata Party government made a littleprogress on this promise by enacting the Karnataka Town and Country Planning(KTCP) and certain others (Amendment) Act, 2004 in giving 90 days for regularisationof four types of irregularities.

Following this, the Akrama-Sakrama scheme was launched in September 2007 afterrules, fixing fees for regularisation, depending upon type of violation, were framed.

Then, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), with much fanfare, issued abooklet with application forms for regularising four types of irregularities plot inunauthorised layout/sub-divided land; building with land use violation; set backviolation (up to 50 per cent for residential and 25 per cent for commercial); and floorarea violation between September 15 and December 14, 2007.However, the scheme was put on hold after the owners of unauthorisedstructures/sites rose in protest, terming the regularisation fee as exorbitant, and thegovernment agreed to revise the fee. At the same time, the Karnataka High Courtwas moved by some citizens questioning the legality of the scheme, while a fewproperty owners questioned the high fee.

Meanwhile, the BBMP refunded about Rs. 28 crore collected from about 4,000applicants.Later, the BJP government during 2008-10, approved an Ordinance initially and laterpassed an amended Bill to facilitate re-launching of Akrama-Sakrama scheme whilereducing the regularisation fee by about 50 per cent.But, both the attempts were shot down by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj who said that thechallenge to the 2007 amendment was pending before the High Court.It is election time again and some political parties have revived their promise on theissue.While the Janata Dal(S) has made a categorical promise to implement the scheme inits manifesto, the BJP has given an assurance to issue khatas for revenue siteowners, besides legalising illegal occupancy of buildings in towns and cities.However, the Congress manifesto is silent on this issue.But a cross section of residents and legal experts say that the aim of such schemesshould be to prevent recurrence of such illegality in future while regularising theexisting violations as a one-time measure.But unfortunately, the sole objective of the scheme is to make it a revenue generator
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for taking up development works as promised by the parties in their manifestos. Inthe process, the property owners are painted as law-breakers, though thepolitically well-connected developers are responsible as they are on the ones whoformed these unauthorised layouts and sold the sites to the gullible buyers. Whyshould only the purchasers of land pay penalties? Why is no penalty levied ondevelopers who actually violated the law while forming layouts, and the officials whodid not stop illegal formation of layouts and failed to protect the interest of thepurchasers of sites, said Ramesh K, a resident of Sai Layout. He also said that evenbanks had failed to protect the interest of borrowers as many people had purchased

sites only after banks approved loan following a perusal of land documents.Col. (Retd.) Mathew Thomas, a citizen activist, says that Supreme Courts 2006guideline on preventing illegal land use in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi areawould be the best example to implement in Bangalore as it does not allow use ofillegally built commercial structure in a residential area. As far as formation ofunauthorised layouts are concerned, it is the developers of these layouts and theofficials who deserve more penalty, though buyers too have to legally own upresponsibility, says Col. Mathew.As many politicians themselves are into land development business, will the politicalparties that promise regularisation show courage to make these developers pay upfor the illegality, asks C. Sudhakar, a legal consultant. He stressed the need for atransparent mechanism where citizens can buy sites or apartment without fearing of

getting branded as a resident of unauthorised layout/apartment.

Bangalore Rural DC Aiyappa, three revenue officials held

BANGALORE: Lokayukta police have arrested Bangalore Rural district deputycommissioner MK Aiyappa, a special tahsildar, a revenue inspector and a sub-registrar for allegedly changing records pertaining to 32 acres of land in Survey No.62 of Madappanahalli, near Yelahanka.

Lokayukta additional director general of police HNS Rao said they registered a caseagainst 15 persons, including IAS officer Aiyappa (then Bangalore Urban deputycommissioner), special tahsildar (Bangalore North) K Gopalaswamy, revenueinspector N Balakrishnamurthy of Arakere circle, Hesaraghatta, and sub-registrar(Hesaraghatta) KV Ravi Kumar.

The arrested officials were produced in the Lokayukta court, which remanded themto a day in police custody. The Lokayukta court had on November 5 last year orderedthat a case be filed under Sections 13 (1)( c), (d), (e) and 13(2) read with Section 12of the Prevention of Corruption Act as well as criminal Sections 406, 409, 420, 426,463, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy).

The Lokayukta court order followed a private complaint by P Anil Kumar, a resident

of Hesaraghatta.Preliminary investigation revealed the land was gomala land (common propertyresource used for livestock grazing), but a person named Narasimhaiah claimedownership of all the 32 acres. Records were created and the land restored to him,but the then revenue inspector restored the title to the government. Even as thelegal dispute was pending, the land was purchased by private individuals. TheHesaraghatta sub-registrar registered the land in their names in 2009."The present rate for the land is about Rs 60 crore. Bigwigs named in the complaintwill be questioned, including the purchasers. Everything is on record, and nobody candeny their responsibility in taking away government land and restoring it to privateindividuals," a Lokayukta police official privy to the investigation told TOI.

There will be some more arrests, he added, as there's ample documentary evidence

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Save Hebbal Lake Save BEML Quarters Lake in Mysore An Appeal to Honourable Supreme Court of India

In the past , Mysore Maharaja & other philanthropists have donated their personallands , properties , built many lakes & ponds in mysore , bangalore and other places withpublic concern , public wellbeing in their mind . They built these lakes & ponds inaddition to preserving the natural lakes & ponds. They knew about the importance ofecological balance & environment. The present rulers , IAS & KAS babus have evenfailed to preserve the lakes & ponds built decades ago , let alone build one. ThesePublic servants have extended their tacit support to building mafia , to kill these lakes &ponds , to fill those lakes with industrial effluents , sewage & building mud wastes. Afterkilling those lakes & ponds , the building mafia encroaches on it & usurps that publicproperty in turn selling it for crores of rupees.

In this way , Hootagalli lake was killed & encroached by Kaynes Hotel ( now silentshores hotel) , Hebbal Lake is being killed & encroached from all sides by industriesand the lake infront of BEML Quarters is being killed & land demarcation for sellingthose land has already begun.The public servants were totally indifferent towards public outcry against this . The IAS

& KAS babus who are also magistrates with judicial authority have failed in preservingthese lakes & ponds inspite of appeals to them. These death of lakes resulting in theirencroachments could have been prevented earlier by DC , Tahsildar , MUDACommissioner & KIADB Officers. Even I have appealed to them through my web newspaper , they didnt take action at all. I have made RTI request to those authorities to giveme information regarding status of those lakes years ago , fearing truth will come outthey didnt anwer my questions in full , they only gave half truths. When I persisited withmy RTI request the Mysore District Magistrate at that time Mr. P.Manivannan repeatedlycalled me over phone , abused me & threatened me . Even threats were made by somepolicemen in mufti . Finally that lake land was allotted to a person supposed to be closeto the Industries minister at that time. The courts are dispassionate & inhuman , whilepassing eviction orders against poor people , the police are full of guts & show their fullbravery , valour against these poor land encroachers. Fine , let us appreciate their dutyconsciousness . However rich & well connected criminals have illegally encroachedupon public lands , the same courts and police are not taking appropriate action inspiteof repeated appeals , why ? Even the Supreme Court of India & Police are Weak & Meakbefore Land Mafia. Dont the same Judges & Police have Guts , Bravery , DutyConciousness & Integrity to take action against such rich land grabbers ? The answerlies in the following articles. Once again we offer our conditional services to SupremeCourt of India , to legally apprehend criminals while the respective public servants havefailed to do the same.Hereby , we request the honourable Supreme Court of India ,1. To initiate criminal prosecution against Mysore district magistrate , Mysore talukmagistrate , MUDA Commissioner , Jurisdictional Police Officers & KIADB Officer , for

making contempt of Supreme Court of India Order applying throught india to preservelakes & ponds.2. To evict all encroachers forth with .3. To immediately stop all flow of industrial effluents & sewage to these lakes & ponds.4. To initiate criminal prosecution against encroachers of these lakes & pollters ,killers of these lakes.5. To preserve the said lakes & ponds , by recovering cost from encroachers ,polluting industries and the co-conspirators Mysore DC , Mysore Tahsildar , MUDACommissioner , KIADB Officer & Jurisdictional Police Officers.6. To protect me , my family members & dependents from land mafia & co-conspiratorsof the crime.7. To order , to issue Writ of Mandamus to Mysore District Magistrate , MUDACommissioner & KIADB Officer to disclose all the information sought by me in my RTIrequest publicly. The copy of my RTI request is reproduced below.Date : 17.11.2012 Yours Sincerely,Place : Mysore Nagaraja.M.R.


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Sign to Save Hebbal Lake & BEML Quarters Lake in Mysorehttp://www.change.org/petitions/honourable-supreme-court-of-india-save-hebbal-lake-save-beml-quarters-lake-in-mysore#

CROSS EXAM OF MYSORE DISTRICT DEPUTY COMMISSIONER & OthersRTI QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER OF MUDA ( MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY ) & COMMISSIONER OF MCC ( MYSORE CITY CORPORATION ) AREAFRAID TO ANSWER1. how many times since 1987 , MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has revised / modified themysore city's comprehensive city development plan ?

2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENTsince 1987 till date ?

3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision / modification bythe authorities ?

4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic amenity site tocommercial , what norms are followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?

5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the area is already full ?do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

6. during such alenation , is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT collecting market ratedifference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?

7. in mysore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built fully violatingbuilding bye-laws no set off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no earthquaketolerant . what action by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ?

8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by MUDA / MCC /GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

9. how much of MUDA's / MCC's / GOVERNMENT's lands , sites , buildings & houses havebeen illegally occupied by criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?

10. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT registered criminal cases against each suchillegal occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?

11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT haslegalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through MUDA's / MCC's resolutioninstead of of reallotting the same through public notification to the next senior most in thewaiting list , after giving notice of allotment cancellation to original allottee ? if not done sowhy ?

12. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in reallotment of lands ,sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure followed ?

13. in mysore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers havemushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate firms amongthem are legally authorized by MUDA , MCC , GOVERNMENT & how many not ? since 1987till date ?

14. has the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT filed criminal complaints against such illegalhousing societies & illegal real estate firms ? if not why ?

15. what action MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT has initiated against real estate firms &housing societies who have violated MUDA norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?

16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for civicamenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety ofpeople first. MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT is in the practice of levying a pittance aspenalty on the buildin byelaw violators , layout Development plan violators & le alizin
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thoseviolations. Safety of public & amenities of public are totally neglected by MUDA / MCC /GOVERNMENT . When public people die , suffer injuries / accidents say during a firetragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people park vehicles on pavement infront of a business complex as the complex doesn't have a parking space of it's own , thepedestrians going that way are forced to come down on road resulting in accidents ,injuries & deaths . is not the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents, injuries & deaths ?

17. what is the criteria adopted by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT for out of Turn allotmentof Lands , sites , houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists , politicians ,artists , etc ?

18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists , sports persons , etc have benefitedfrom these out of turn allotments by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT ? specific figuresyearwise since 1987 ?

19. what action has been taken against developers , housing societies , who have violatedMUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT norms ?

20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people , minority people illegally live OnMUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , MUDA / AUTHORITIES with

the help of police razes down those huts & evicts the poor by brute force. Whereas , whencronies of political bigwigs illegally occupy MUDA , MCC / GOVERNMENT lands worthcrores of rupees & build big complexes earning thousands of rupees monthly rent , MUDAor authorities not even files police complaint against them instead regularizes the illegaloccupation by levying a pittance as fine. Why this double standard by MUDA / MCCGOVERNMENT ?

21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are regularized by MUDA / MCC /GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ? yearwise figures ?

22. how much of MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , houses are under illegaloccupation ? status report yearwise since 1987 ?

23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the MUDA ,AUTHORITIES recovered therents earned by illegal occupation ?

24. have you filed police complaints against those criminals tresspassers ? if not why ?

25. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving wide publicity & sufficient time to biddersabout it's auction schedules ?

26. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT giving market value to land loosers ?

27. is the MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands , for the samepurpose mentioned in the project plan ?

28. is the MUDA / AUTHORITIES acquiring lands at lower rates from farmers & selling it at apremium , by way making profits just like a real estate agency ?

29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole villagers,forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some villagershave donated their personal lands to village temples , cattle grazing for the benefit ofwhole villagers. All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands. When MUDA /MCC /GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay compensation ? what aboutwelfare objectives of those lands ?

30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been closed , filledwith mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by MUDA MCC or other land developers ?

31. has the MUDA , MCC taken alternate steps to create new lakes , ponds ? how many arecreated till date ?

32. in & around mysore city , hi h tension electric lines are there in busy residential areas .


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as per Indian electricity act , no permanent structures should be under the HT lines.However there are buildings under it. In some places , HT lines runs in the middle of theroad. The authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented outadvertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs oftaxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service personnel of electricityboard , to service HT line. Are all these structures under& surrounding HT lines legal ?

33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold as sites by MUDA / MCC /GOVERNMENT or other developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987 castewise ,religionwise ?

34. in & around mysore city , in how many areas developed by MUDA & private developers, the sewage water generated in those areas is directly let into lake , ponds ?

35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this fashion by MUDA , MCC & otherdevelopers , housing societies ?

36. how many business complexes , flats , residential layouts developed by private realestate developers , housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste generated in theirbuildings , into unauthorized dumping grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing theenvironment & creating public health hazard ? how the MUDA / MCC is monitoring sewage

/ waste disposal ? status report yearwise since 1987 till date .

37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around mysore city ? whataction by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report yearwise since1987 till date .

38. around mysore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural lands are acquiredby private real estate developers for non agricultural purposes by a single firm or singleowner. Are these actions legal ? some of these real estate agents have sold those lands toprivate industries , multinational companies for crores of rupees. Has the MUDA / MCC /GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to industrial usage.Has KIADB given consent to it ?

39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of agricultural lands , is it

legal ? is it within the KIADB's

comprehensive industrial area development plan ?

40. has the MUDA / MCC , KIADB given wide publicity , public notice calling for objections

before alienation of such lands ?

41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to MUDA's / MCC's CDP & KIADB's

industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

42. is the MUDA & KIADB revising / modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT

PLAN , to suit those real estate developers & Private companies ? on what legal grounds ?

43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya

Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while

building kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has been

alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in conformance to

MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there

any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used for

industrial use or only industries can participate in the bidding process ?

46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said land is open

for alienation ?

47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in it's newspaper . no
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action , why ? as a result , the government , banks , employees were cheated off their dues

& the private firm made huge profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?

48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands

at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for public / social welfare. however

many of the trusts are using the whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other

than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what action has been taken by MUDA ,

MCC or government in such cases ?

49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till date? whataction taken by MUDA , MCC & government action taken report yearwise since 1987 till

date ?

50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are regularized by MUDA , MCC or

authorities , on what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?

51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections & given media

publicity ? if not why ?

52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some MUDA / MCC / REVENUE

officials & their family members , who have land acquisition / denotifying , land usage

conversion authorities ?

53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by MUDA /

MCC / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts , NGOs have sulet it either

partly or wholly to others ?

54.how many such lease allotments are sold by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT before the

expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

55. what are the norms followed by MUDA / MCC / GOVERNMENT for the sale of leased

lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

CROSS EXAM OF DC BANGALORE (Rural & Urban) , BANGALORE DEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY COMMISSIONER & OthersRTI QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER OF BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ( BDA) , COMMISSIONER , BRIHATH BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALIKE ( BBMP ) &CHAIRMAN , KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREA DEVELOPMENT BOARD ( KIADB)ARE AFRAID TO ANSWER1. how many times since 1987 , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has revised /

modified the Bangalore city's comprehensive city development plan ?

2. how many cases of CDP violations were registered by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ?

3. how many cases of CDP violations were legalized in the CDP revision / modification by

the authorities ?

4. when an application for alienation of land is made to you , say from civic amenity site to

commercial , what norms are followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?

5. how do you provide alternate civic amenity site in the locality , if the area is already full ?

do you deprive people of civic amenities ?

6. during such alenation , is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT collecting market

rate difference between civic amenity site & commercial site ? if not why ?

7. in bangalore city , many building complexes , buildings have been built fully violating

building bye-laws no set off , no parking space , no emergency fire exit , no earthquake

tolerant . what action by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT?


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8. how many cases of building bye-laws violations has been registered by BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 ? what is the action status report yearwise ?

9. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , buildings & houses

have been illegally occupied by criminal tresspassers since 1987 ?

10. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT registered criminal cases against each

such illegal occupation ? if not why ? provide status report yearwise ?

11. in how many cases of such illegal occupation BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT

has legalized , regularized such illegal occupation just through BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT ` s resolution instead of of re-allotting the same through public notification

to the next senior most in the waiting list , after giving notice of allotment cancellation to

original allottee ? if not done so why ?

12. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT followed all legal norms in reallotment

of lands , sites , houses , etc to the illegal occupiers ? what is the procedure followed ?

13. in bangalore city , numerous housing societies & real estate Developers have

mushroomed , Land allotments of how many housing societies , real estate firms among

them are legally authorized by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT & how many not ?since 1987 till date ?

14. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT filed criminal complaints against such

illegal housing societies & illegal real estate firms ? if not why ?

15. what action BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT has initiated against real estate

firms & housing societies who have violated BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT

norms , layout plans , etc ? if not why ?

16. the government has framed building bye-laws like width of road , space for civic

amenities , parking space , emergency fire exit , etc keeping high in the mind safety of

people first. BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT is in the practice of levying a pittanceas penalty on the building byelaw violators , layout Development plan violators &

legalizing those violations. Safety of public & amenities of public are totally neglected by

BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT. When public people die , suffer injuries /

accidents say during a fire tragedy in a complex due to lack of fire exit , when people

park vehicles on pavement in front of a business complex as the complex doesn't have a

parking space of it's own , the pedestrians going that way are forced to come down on

road resulting in accidents , injuries & deaths . is not the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT responsible for those accidents , injuries & deaths ?

17. what is the criteria adopted by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT for out of Turn

allotment of Lands , sites , houses to renowned sports persons , judges , journalists ,

politicians , artists , etc ?

18. how many judges , artists , politicians , journalists , sports persons , etc have benefited

from these out of turn allotments by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT? specific

figures yearwise since 1987 ?

19. what action has been taken against developers , housing societies , who have violated

BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT norms ?

20. when poor scheduled caste , scheduled tribe people , minority people illegally live On

BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT sites building temporary huts , BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT with the help of police razes down those huts & evicts the poor bybrute force. Whereas , when cronies of political bigwigs illegally occupy BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands worth crores of rupees & build big complexes earning

thousands of rupees monthly rent , BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or authorities

not even files police complaint against them instead regularizes the illegal occupation by

levying a pittance as fine. Why this double standard by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /


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GOVERNMENT?

21. HOW MANY CASES OF ILLEGAL OCCUPATIONS are regularized by BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT since 1987 till date ? yearwise figures ?

22. how much of BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT lands , sites , houses are under

illegal occupation ? status report yearwise since 1987 ?

23. how much of those has been recovered ? has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT arecovered the rents earned by illegal occupation ?

24. have you filed police complaints against those criminals tresspassers ? if not why ?

25. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving wide publicity & sufficient time to

bidders about it's auction schedules ?

26. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT giving market value to land loosers ?

27. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT exactly using the acquired lands , for the

same purpose mentioned in the project plan ?

28. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquiring lands at lower rates fromfarmers & selling it at a premium , by way making profits just like a real estate agency ?

29. in villages , there are cattle grazing grounds meant for the usage of whole villagers,

forest for the usage of whole village , lands belonging to village temples. Some villagers

have donated their personal lands to village temples , cattle grazing for the benefit of

whole villagers. All the villagers are stake holders , owners of such lands. When BDA /

BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT acquires such lands to whom does it pay compensation

? what about welfare objectives of those lands ?

30. till date , how many lakes , ponds , how many feeder canals have been closed , filled

with mud , developed , sold as sites , etc by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT or

other land developers ?

31. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT taken alternate steps to create new

lakes , ponds ? how many are created till date ?

32. in & around bangalore city , high tension electric lines are there in busy residential

areas . as per Indian electricity act , no permanent structures should be under the HT lines.

However there are buildings under it. In some places , HT lines runs in the middle of the

road. The authorities Have developed those areas beneath HT lines as parks , rented out

advertisement spaces & built permanent fencing of those areas spending lakhs of

taxpayer's money. This fencing obstructs the movement of service personnel of electricity

board , to service HT line. Are all these structures under & surrounding HT lines legal ?

33. till date how many burial grounds are acquired & sold as sites by BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT or other developers ? specific figures yearwise since 1987

castewise , religionwise ?

34. in & around bangalore city , in how many areas developed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT & private developers , the sewage water generated in those areas is

directly let into lake , ponds ?

35. how many tributaries , lakes , ponds are killed in this fashion by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB

/ GOVERNMENT & other developers , housing societies ?

36. how many business complexes , flats , residential layouts developed by private real

estate developers , housing societies are dumping the sewage , / waste generated in their

buildings , into unauthorized dumping grounds , lakes , etc . thus disturbing the

environment & creating public health hazard ? how the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT is monitoring sewage / waste disposal ? status report yearwise since 1987


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till date .

37. how many unauthorized housing layouts are there in & around bangalore city ? what

action by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT against them ? action taken report

yearwise since 1987 till date .

38. around bangalore city , vast areas of village farm lands , agricultural lands are acquired

by private real estate developers for non agricultural purposes by a single firm or single

owner. Are these actions legal ? some of these real estate agents have sold those lands to

private industries , multinational companies for crores of rupees. Has the BDA / BBMNP /KIADB / GOVERNMENT given alienation of land ie conversion from agricultural to

industrial usage. Has KIADB given consent to it ?

39. can a single individual / firm can purchase such vast tracts of agricultural lands , is it

legal ? is it within the KIADB's comprehensive industrial area development plan ?

40. has the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT given wide publicity , public notice

calling for objections before alienation of such lands ?

41. are all those alienations , strictly in conformance to BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /

GOVERNMENT's industrial area development plan ? violations how many ?

42. is the BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT revising / modifying CDP & INDUSTRIAL

AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN , to suit those real estate developers & Private companies ?

on what legal grounds ?

43.what action has been taken based on mysore district magistrate mr.T.M.Vijaya

Bhaskar's report on land grabbings in mysore ?

44.in mysore city , hebbal-hootagalli industrial area , a lake has been destroyed while

building kaynes hotel , hinkal lake is shrinking , lake in front of BEML Quarters has been

alloted to M/S THRILLER CLOTHING CO, are all these actions legal & in conformance to

MUDA's CDP ? if not why ? what action ?

45. while auctioning off the lands of sick industrial unit M/S IDEAL JAWA LTD , was there

any pre-qualification to bidders that after purchase of lands only it must be used for

industrial use or only industries can participate in the bidding process ?

46.why not it has been clearly mentioned in the tender document that , said land is open

for alienation ?

47. about this issue , our publication has even raised it's objections , in it's newspaper . no

action , why ? as a result , the government , banks , employees were cheated off their dues

& the private firm made huge profits. is this auction & alienation legal ?

48.numerous NGO's , trusts promoted by religious bodies , mutts are allotted prime lands

at preferrential rates , for the reason that they will use it for public / social welfare. however

many of the trusts are using the whole or part of the land for commercial purposes other

than the stated public / social welfare purpose. what action has been taken by BDA /

BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT in such cases ?

49.how many trusts have violated government norms in this way since 1987 till date? what

action taken by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT action taken report yearwise since

1987 till date ?

50.how many such illegalities / violations by trusts are regularized by BDA / BBMNP /

KIADB / GOVERNMENT, on what legal grounds ? ATR since 1987 till date ?

51.before regularizing such violations have you sought public objections & given media

publicity ? if not why ?

52.how you are monitoring the net wealth growth of some BDA / BBMNP / KIADB /
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GOVERNMENT officials & their family members , who have land acquisition / denotifying ,

land usage conversion authorities ?

53.how many trusts , NGOs are allotted prime residential / commercial lands by BDA /

BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT on lease basis , in turn the said trusts , NGOs have sulet

it either partly or wholly to others ?

54.how many such lease allotments are sold by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT

before the expiry of lease period , without public auction ?

55. what are the norms followed by BDA / BBMNP / KIADB / GOVERNMENT for the sale of

leased lands to the lessee before the expiry of lease period ?

56. what is the status of house allotted to sri.chandrashekariah vide BDA allotment letter

no: 310/267/BDA/ADM/KMRSL(H)/78-79 dt 11/08/1978.

57. why BDA didn't file police complaint to evict encroachers?

58. why BDA didn't inform the descendents of original allottee about the cancellation of

their allotment ?

59.what happened to the money deposited by original allottee?

60.is the action of BDA allotting the said house to an illegal encroacher just by theresolution of BDA committee legal ?

61. in case the BDA wished to re-allot the said house , first it must have informed the

original allottee about cancellation of allotment allowing them sufficient time to reply with

public notice in news papers , then they should have allotted the said house to the senior

most in the waiting list. But BDA has just allotted the house to an illegal encroacher by the

resolution of BDA committee. Is it legal ?

62. BDA officials gave half truths to my RTI request & stated that the said file concerning

this issue cann't be found ie lost . is it legal ?

63. has the BDA filed police complaint regarding theft of file from the record room ?

HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER OF BDA PLEASE REFER THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.

NICE Corridor Questions to CHIEF MINISTER .Mr.YediyurappaRead full questionnairehttp://sites.google.com/site/sosevoiceforjustice/nice-corridor-questions-to-chie\f-minister

Illogical land laws fostering mafia, says High Court judge

Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Karnataka, Justice K Sreedhar Rao on Saturday saidlack of logic in several laws, including land reforms and acquisition laws, is encouragingland mafia, especially in urban centres.

The existing Land Acquisition Act is the greatest enemy of the common man. We have onlyencouraged land mafia through legislation, he said, while addressing the National Consultationon Urban Poor and the Law, organised by National Law School of India University (NLSIU)here.

Justice Rao said laws related to land need an overhaul, to ensure owners of the land get a shareof development. The growth of real estate mafias and skyrocketing property prices hindered

average income earners from purchasing property. By creating mega cities, we have done agreat damage to the country, he added.

Justice Rao said various governments have failed to develop district and taluk head quarters asa result of which we are not able to prevent migration to cities. Bangalore has developed as acancerous slum. The urban areas are not having the infrastructure or facilities to deal with this
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ILLUSTRATION: ANAND NAOREM

massive population inflow, he said. The judge also pointed out that the zoning laws often allowarbitrary classifications without taking into account the real situations on ground.

P K Mohanty, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation, said theproposed law for property rights for urban poor, to ensure spaces for street vendors, was underconsideration and it would be soon placed before the Parliament.

A major issue that needs to be addressed is residency rights of urban poor in the context ofvulnerabili ties that they face. Though several governmental programmes, specially JNNURMwere designed for this purpose, there was a lack of sufficient response from the States to availthe funds and use them in time, he said.BMTF proposes, government disposesSiddaiah was brought back to BBMP despite request for his suspension for his role in DLF caseSenior IAS officer H. Siddaiah, who returned as Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)Commissioner for a second stint, has come under the scanner of the Bangalore MetropolitanTask Force (BMTF) as a suspect officer for his alleged role in the DLF case.The BMTF, probing the DLF scam that involved il legal widening of a road to facilitate an increasein the floor area ratio (FAR) of an apartment complex, had named Mr. Siddaiah, his predecessorBharat Lal Meena, besides the former Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) CommissionerPradeep Singh Kharola among the three IAS officers whose role had surfaced during its

investigation based on oral and documentary evidence.BMTF letterIn a letter to Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath, dated November 29, 2012, the BMTF had sought toplace under suspension these three officials, besides 23 others of the BDA and BBMP, tofacilitate fair probe.However, the government chose to ignore the BMTFs recommendation and brought Mr.Siddaiah back to the BBMP from the Higher Education Department where he was serving asPrincipal Secretary, thus replacing Commissioner Rajneesh Goel.The report also names several senior officials of the BBMP and the BDA as suspect officials forhaving allegedly colluded to allow the DLF to up the FAR for its projects, violating BBMP bylawsand BDAs master plan.Charge against ShettarMeanwhile, RTI activist Dinesh Kallahalli accused Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar of trying to

hush up the matter by bringing back the same suspect officials. He plans to seekGovernor H.R.Bhardwajs intervention in the matter as the Chief Minister was involved.Speaking at a press conference here on Saturday, Mr. Kallahalli said Tirakana Goudar, TownPlanning Member (TPM) in the BDA, who was reinstated to his post while he was out on bail,was also being favoured by the Chief Minister.DLF violationsThe BMTF has arrested Mr. Goudar, who was charged with helping DLF Southern Homeslegalise construction beyond what was permitted on a civic amenity (CA) site. He was accused ofapproving the widening of the Hulimavu-Begur Road to legalise DLF Southern Homes illegalconstruction.DLF constructed 1,962 flats instead of the 440 for which they had taken permission. We are noteven able to get documents under the Right to Information Act. We want the Governor to

intervene, Mr. Kallahalli said.LAND SCAM IN TAMILNADU One for my officer, one for my boyLand and property are coveted assets. So why are chief ministers allowed to give these away asfavours? JEEMON JACOB tracks how Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has been usinghis quotasIN NOVEMBER, Chief Minister of Karnataka BSYeddyurappa almost lost his job, due to the uproar overpreferential al lotment of land and property to his sons andclose associates. He has since cancelled the allotments, asked his children to move out of hisofficial residence, and retained his seat through some deft political manoeuvring and muscle-flexing. At the height of the campaign against him, as political opponents paraded on apparent

moral high ground, TEHELKA published details of plots similarly allotted by previous Karnatakachief ministers, both of the Congress and the JD(S), to relatives, servants, drivers, maids andpartymen (LAND SCAM 2.0, 4 December). The purpose was not to make Yeddyurappaswrongdoings look less shocking, but to show that the problem was endemic and needed rootingout. The right given to chief ministers to hand out public land to a favoured few relatives,bureaucrats, judges, police officers and others smacks of nepotism and arbitrary feudal power


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Many of the allottees issued certificates to themselves, while some got letters from Lions and

Rotary Clubs

structures that should have no place in a modern democracy. (Though there is no immediateproof of this, some of these allotments could also be benamitransactions, in which the ultimateownership remains with the distributor of the largesse, camouflaged by a stack of fakedocuments.)This power euphemistically called discretionary quota has even been used to favourallegedly corrupt army officers like General Deepak Kapoor (AT EASE WITH GREASE,TEHELKA, 20 November), who was given a large 500 sq yd plot in Haryana by the Hoodagovernment, which then faced the embarrassment of refusing him permission to sell it off beforefive years had elapsed, as per rules. The plot was given to him by the government as preferentialallotment in recognition for his outstanding achievement.This week, continuing its campaign against out-of-turn allotments of land and property,TEHELKA has an expos on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The Tamil NaduHousing Board (TNHB) which commands a large land bank, has a government discretionaryquota (GDQ) under which 15 percent of all allotments can be recommended by the CM. Eligibilityfor allotment under GDQ is as follows: single/deserted women; widows; social workers;physically handicapped persons; defence personnel; ex-servicemen; eminent persons in the fieldof science, arts, li terature, economics, public administration and sports; freedom fighters;government servants with unblemished service records; employees of PSUs, central governmentundertakings and nationalised banks; PF institutions; journalists; university staff; and employeesof local bodies and municipalities.While some of these categories sound kosher, most of them raise a fundamental question: whyshould the government have the power to give coveted land to select employees and journalists

over others? The only rationale could be proximity which is an untenable reason for being thebeneficiary of political favours, often worth several crores.Setting this aside, even within the legal ambit of the GDQ, TEHELKAs investigation shows thatmany of the allotments in Karunanidhis tenure have violated the rule book. Many bureaucratsand their relatives have been given plots or flats under the category of social worker. Some ofthese last did social work when they were in college; many of them claim to be volunteers in suchroutine activity as helping in blood donation or eye camps. Many have issued certificates tothemselves; some have acquired letters from the Lions and Rotary Clubs with vagueendorsements. In other violations, the rules say that no one who has any other land or property inTamil Nadu or any other capital city, in either their own or spouse or minor childrens name, canapply for GDQ allotments. TEHELKA found this is routinely violated.

The other brazen violation lies in the claim of unblemished service records as a qualification forallotment. When RTI activist V Gopalakrishnan sought a list of such bureaucrats, AdditionalSecretary S Solomon Raj said, As no unblemished government servant certificates are issued,the question of furnishing a list of names does not arise. The additional secretary also clarifiedthat the home department didnt have such a l ist. This is the phantom category under which manypublic servants like Jaffar Sait, 1986 batch IPS officer, now Inspector General of PoliceIntelligence, got large allotments of land in prime locations. Why them more than hundreds ofothers? Thats a democratic question the chief minister will have to [email protected]

Legal Largesse

R BhanumathiServing Judge, Madras High CourtFLAT NOS: MIG 249-250, SHOLINGANALLUR PHASE III, CHENNAIDATE: 30 MARCH 2008SIZE: 120 SQ M & 139 SQ MPRICE: Rs. 27.55 LAKH & Rs. 30.05 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: NAVIOLATIONSThe judge was allotted two adjoining plots on the same day (30 March 2008).According to her Disclosure of Assets statement of 2009, the judge alreadyhad a house in her name, and another plot in her husband, advocate KGanesans name. The house, in the Uthangarai area of Krishnagiri district, wasconstructed in 1985 on a plot purchased in 1982. The plot of land is located in

Saidapet and was purchased in 1993. She however admits in her declarationthat she owns two plots, which she purchased from the TN Housing Board in2008. But this allocation was made under the General Category. Since judgesdo not come under any of the quota categories, the governments way ofallotting land to them differs from the rest. Judges are informed about theavailabi lity of land. And when they apply for the same, the government


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facilitates the allotment.

K Raviraja PandianRetired Justice, Madras High CourtPLOT NO: B2/5, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSIONDATE: 11 NOVEMBER 2009SIZE: 3,117 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 68.54 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.2 CROREVIOLATIONS

Close relative of DMK supremo Karunanidhi and the Chairman of the SchoolFee Determination Committee. Little wonder then he was also the recipient ofspecial favours while he was stil l a serving judge. At the time of the allotment,the judge owned a 50 percent share in an ancestral house atThiruveezhimizhalai village. The judge had also sold a property he owned atPazhavatthankattali village near Kumbakonam. The land was purchased in1991, a house was constructed on it in 1992 and sold in 2009. He had alsosold the landed property of his wife in 2009.

V AmbikaAdvocatePLOT NO: A8, KADAPERY, MADHURANTHAGAMDATE: 16 FEBRUARY 2008SIZE: 2,285 SQ FT

PRICE: Rs. 4.54 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 15 LAKHVIOLATIONSThe advocate owned landed property in more than one location when she wasallotted the plot one vacant house site in Karanai Puducheri vi llage andanother in Katrampakkam village, in Kancheepuram district. Her husband,Justice M Satyanarayanan of the Madras High Court, in his Disclosure ofAssets, stated that he owns a repurchased MIG flat constructed in 1969 at IndraNagar in Chennai. Ambika was allotted land under the GDQ.

Bureaucratic Bonanza

Jaffar SaitIGP-Intelligence

FLAT NOS: 540, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ NAGARDATE: 23 APRIL 2008SIZE: 4,756 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 1.26 CRORECURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 6 CROREVIOLATIONSAllotted under unblemished government servant category. On 6 June 2008,the government transferred the ownership of the plot to his daughter JenniferJaffar, then a student. Jennifer made two payments of Rs. 46.03 lakh andRs.1.73 lakh towards cost of the plot. In February 2009, she paid anotherRs.60 lakh. After having paid Rs.1.07 crore, the ownership of plot wastransferred to her mother Parvin Jaffar. Interestingly, Parvin also made thepayment all over again. In October 2009, she paid Rs. 50.64 lakh and thenagain in November 2009, another Rs. 25 lakh was deposited. A furtherpayment of Rs. 51.5 lakh in the same month was made. Income tax officialsfeel the Sait family made the double payment to avoid an IT investigation onJennifer, who would not have been able to show any source of income. TheTamil Nadu Housing Board then returned the original amount paid by Jennifer.Now, Parvin in collaboration with Durga Sankar, son of an IAS officer, hascommissioned a builder to construct a multi-storey complex in which 12 flatshave already been built. Each flat is expected to fetch an estimated 1 crore. So,by paying Rs. 1.26 crore in 2009, the IGPs family made a profit of more thanRs. 5.7 crore.

G PrakashJoint Secretary, Industries

PLOT NO: S6, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSIONDATE: 6 MAY 2008SIZE: 3,829 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 76.58 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 4 CROREVIOLATIONS


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The former district collector of Tirunelveli issued himself a certificate forunblemished government service.

CK GariyaliRetired IAS, Secretary to Governor at the time of allotmentFLAT NOS: S4, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSIONDATE: 7 MAY 2008SIZE: 6,023 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 1.20 CRORE. PAYMENT WAS MADE IN 33 INSTALMENTSFROM 18 JULY 2008 TO 6 MARCH 2009

CURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 6.8 CRORE (APPROX)VIOLATIONSHer husband Dr S Rajakumar has a house in Chennai.

Sumathi RavichandranFormer Regional Passport Officer, Chennai, and close relative of DMK ministerK AnbazhaganPLOT NO: 1050 HIG, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 28 MARCH 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 59.15 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 1 CROREVIOLATIONSHer husband Dr S Ravichandran owns a plot. Following an RTI probe, the

TNHB issued a show-cause notice and placed the allotment under suspension.Political Perks

L GaneshanFormer MP, who left Vaiko to join DMKFLAT NOS: 1052 HIG, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 27 MARCH 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 79.86 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: NAVIOLATIONSGaneshan is a trade union leader with the DMK and is close to Karunanidhi.He owns property in his as well as his wifes name.

Brinda NedunchezhiyanWife of late Chezhiyan and daughter-in-law of Agriculture Minister VeerapandiArumugamPLOT NO: HIG B 3/14, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 13 MARCH 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 9.82 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 45-50 LAKHVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under Social worker category. The tehsildar of Salem issued her acertificate though he is not empowered to. The certificate says she is a well-known social worker involved in social welfare activities such as president of

Poolavari village panchayat, head of parent-teachers association, participatingin educational programmes of many schools.

S RajalakshmiWife of R Sakkarapani, MLA and DMK chief whipPLOT NO: 1047, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 9 MARCH 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 79.86 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.5 CROREVIOLATIONSShe was allotted the flat under the Social Worker category. The supportingdocument was a letter from a Rotary Club. The letter from PNKVenkatachalapathy, president of the Rotary Club of Oddachatram, dated 31

March 2008, states that she is known to me as a social worker who isparticipating in social service activities of our Rotary Club at blood donationcamps, free health checkup camps and other welfare activities. She has alsobeen helping in providing several other basic amenities for the peoplesurrounding the slum area for the past several years. I wish her every successto do more services to needy people in and around the area.


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D YasodhaCongress MLA, Kancheepuram Congress MLA, KancheepuramFLAT NOS: A5, HIG, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 19 DECEMBER 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 59.56 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3 CROREVIOLATIONSA certificate from the Chennai Municipal Councillor stating she has been anactive social worker for the past 40 years actively involved in helping the poorin the area.

Poochi MuruganMember of a DMK trade unionPLOT NO: A 11, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTENSIONDATE: 6 JUNE 2008SIZE: 2,422 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 58.61 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 2.75 CROREVIOLATIONSThough a member of a DMK trade union, he was allotted land under the SocialWorker category. Has three plots in his name and one in his spouses name. Hehas not produced any supporting document about the social work he has done.

Bharati ThennarasuWidow of Sivagangai politician ThennarasuFLAT NOS: S7, THIRUVANMIYUR EXTNDATE: 26 AUGUST 2008SIZE: 3,879 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 79.13 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.75 CROREVIOLATIONSShe was allotted the plot under the Social Worker category. An RTI applicationrevealed that she had not been engaged in any kind of social work that wouldmake her eligible for this category.

P Moorthy

Madurai MLAFLAT NOS: E2/6, MIG, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 5 DECEMBER 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 72.5 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 4 CROREVIOLATIONSAllotted under the Social Worker category on a certificate issued by the LionsClub. Owns several plots in his and his wifes name.

N SooryaDaughter of Brinda Chezhiyan and grand-daughter of Agriculture MinisterVeerapandi ArumugamFLAT NOS: B3/13, HIG, MOGAPPAIRDATE: 3 JUNE 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 8.99 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 45-50 LAKHVIOLATIONSLike her mother, the 20-year-old was given a certificate of social work anddomicile by the tehsildar of Salem, stating that she is a wellknown socialworker who is involved in many social welfare activities, such as national socialservice, participating in eye camp, blood donation and giving education to poorstudents. The certificate was issued on 27 February 2008, the same day hermother got one. Both got adjoining flats.

Kith and Kin

DeepaDaughter of Devaraj M, Private Secretary to the Chief MinisterFLAT NOS: 543, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ NAGAR (PLOT ADJOININGSAITS AND SHANKARS)DATE: 23 MAY 2008SIZE: 4,466 SQ FT


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PRICE: Rs. 1.08 CRORECURRENT MARKET PRICE: NAVIOLATIONSAllotted plot under the Social Worker category but theres no evidence to backit. Constructing a three-storey building involving a cost beyond the familysknown sources of income. Her husband owns another property in his name. Herplot is adjacent to the plots of IGP-Intelligence Jaffar Sait and Durga Shankar,son of the CMs secretary.

Naveenkumar

Son of P Muthuveeran, IAS, who was District Collector, Theni, and close to theChief MinisterFLAT NOS: 541, HIG, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ NAGARDATE: 27 JULY 2008SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 1.06 CRORECURRENT MARKET PRICE: NAVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under the Social Worker category. He works in a software companyin Chennai and submitted a salary slip of Rs. 20,000 per month at the time ofallotment. Now, he is constructing a fourstorey structure on the plot.

J Naveen IbrahimSon of SI Jaffar Ali , IPS (retd)

FLAT NOS: AI HIG MOGAPPAIRDATE: 31 MARCH 2009SIZE: NAPRICE: Rs. 64.95 LAKHCURRENT MARKET PRICE: Rs. 3.25 CROREVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under the Social Worker category. Certificate issued relates to1983, when he was a student. The college principal says he activelyparticipated in many social activities conducted by us. He continues to evinceinterest in social service activities. Curiously, the EMI of Rs. 74,000 is almostdouble his monthly salary.

Durga Sankar

Son of Rajamanikkam, IAS, Secretary to Chief MinisterFLAT NOS: 538, THIRUVANMIYUR, KAMARAJ NAGAR (PLOT ADJOININGSAITS AND SHANKARS)DATE: 28 MARCH 2008SIZE: 2,450 SQ FTPRICE: Rs. 1.12 CRORECURRENT MARKET PRICE: NAVIOLATIONSHe is a businessman, but allotted the plot under the Social Worker category. Healso submitted an affidavit that the plot would be used for residential purposes.But he violated the conditions and developed the property for commercialpurposes.

The Others

M IlamukilIT Manager, DMK HQ, ChennaiVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under the Social Worker category on a certificate issued by theLions Club. The certificate states that he is participating in social serviceactivities of Lions Club at blood donation camp, free health camps for the pastseveral years.

IlanthendralIlamukils sisterVIOLATIONSAllotted HIG flat under the Social Worker category on the basis of a certificateissued by a panchayat, which is not valid.

N KannabiranJunior attendant at the Supreme CourtVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under the Social Worker category. Kannabiran, a Delhi resident,was issued a salary certificate by the SC registrar for purchasing land in TamilNadu. He was al lotted on the recommendation of his superior, who has close


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C UmashankerPHOTO: JEEMONJACOB

Plots are allottedeven without anyformal applications.There is notransparency at al l

links with the DMK.

C Ganeshan and C VinothanPSOs, CMs SecurityVIOLATIONSAllotted flats under the unblemished government servants category.Documents reveal the Superintendent of Police, Security Branch, Chennai,issued vague conduct certificates after the duo were allotted the flatsprovisionally.

P Meena

W/O P Pandian, PSO, CMs SecurityVIOLATIONSAllotted flat under the Social Worker category. She produced a letter from MSVelu of the Lions Club, who liberally issued certificates for sons and daughtersof bureaucrats to help them avail of prime plots allotted by the TN HousingBoard out of the government discretionary quota.

PHOTOS: THE HINDU, JEEMON JACOB

Reactions to Land Scam 3.0D Yashoda, Congress MLA, KancheepuramI have done a lot of work for Dalits throughout Tamil Nadu, especial ly inSriperumbudur and Chennai. I have helped them in getting pattas for their land,recommending their names for loans from banks, distributing cycles to Dalits onthe birthdays of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.Jaffar Sait, IPS, IG-IntelligenceGovernment agencies have already probed the matter. I am being governed bythe conduct rules, so I should not talk to you about the issue. It is advisable thatyou seek a response from the Tamil Nadu government. I would like to add that ifany defamation or liability arises out of your article, necessary legal action wouldbe taken.P Moorthy, Madurai MLAI dont know much about the certificate, I think I got the plot because Im an MLA.I have done a lot of work in uplifting the people in villages of my constituency.That amounts to social work. I dont need a social work certificate from the LionsClub but my friends, partners and I took the certificate anyway.

GDQ is a way of making you part of the syndicateBY JEEMON JACOBA1990 batch IAS officer, C Umashanker shot to fame during theAIADMK regime when he exposed a scam in the construction of shedsin a cremation ground under the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana when he wasadditional collector in Madurai. His brush with AIADMK supremo JJayalali thaas partymen resulted in his transfer out of the district.Later, when the DMK came to power, he was appointed managing director of the state-runElectronic Corporation of Tamil Nadu and put in charge of procuring colour television sets for freedistribution to the poor in the state, in keeping with an election promise of the DMK. He wastransferred with immediate effect after he exposed corporate fraud committed by the joint venture

promoter ELNET Technologies Ltd.Later, he was posted as managing director of the state-run Arasu Cable TV Corporation. In thiscapacity, he opposed the monopoly of Sumangali Corporation run by Kalanidhi Maran. He alsotook steps to nationalise Sumangali Cable Vision. By that time, Maran had a patch-up with theKarunanidhi family and Umashanker was transferred with immediate effect.Later, the anti-corruption and vigi lance department registered a case against him fordisproportionate assets. The government suspended him for claiming fake caste certificate as aDalit when he is a practising Christian.He lodged a complaint with the National Backward Commission againsthis suspension and got a favourable order from the High Court. Atpresent, he is managing director of Tamil Nadu Small IndustriesCorporation.Umashanker was allotted a plot (under government order 2D 325) on 3

April 2008 at Thiruvanmiyur Extension when he was in charge of thefree colour television for the poor programme. For this, he would have had to pay 55.12 lakh. Hewrote to the chief minister that he could not afford to pay such a huge amount. Later, his allotmentwas cancelled without stating any reason.Umashanker revealed he had an MIG flat in his name when the plot was allotted and he was notaware about the rule of Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) that he cant claim a plot when he


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has another flat in his name.It certainly seems commendable that Umashanker turned down a chance to own a plot inThiruvanmiyur Extension, one of the poshest areas of the city. The plot is just 300 metres fromthe beach.Though the entire colony has been parcelled out to those close to the ruling establishment, it isthe nouveau riche and the industrialists who dream of owning a house in Thiruvanmiyur, wherethey can rub shoulders with former judges, bureaucrats and political power brokers. If and whenthe allottees decide to sell their plots, they can demand extremely high prices.In a frank chat, Umashanker talks about how the government discretionary quota has beenmisused. Excerpts:

Why are bureaucrats, judges, former judges and politicians given housing plots in posh localitiesunder government discretionary quota?Who can refuse a good piece of land in Chennai city? Its a way of rewarding people for goodwork done. No inquiry has been conducted in this matter so far. Discretionary quota is theprerogative of the government. After RTI came into existence, several activists are taking up thematter in court. Basically, there is no control mechanism or checks and balances. There is li ttletransparency while awarding the GDQ the plots are allotted without formal applications.You were also al lotted a plot in 2008 under the unblemished government servant category.What happened to the allotment?Yes, I was allotted a plot in Thiruvanmiyur Extension. Initial payment for the plot was Rs. 25 lakh.I never had that much money. So I requested the government to reduce the price. But there was

no response. I did not want a house to compromise my integrity. So I never took possession.Later, in 2009, the government ordered a vigilance inquiry against me and cancelled theallotment. Frankly, I was not aware about the TNHB rules that bars a person having a plot, a flator a house from claiming another plot.Do you think the GDQ quota is a way of silencing people, buying them out?Yes, it is a way of making you a part of the syndicate. Plots or flats are given to those civilservants, judges or relatives of the bureaucrats or politicians for complying with certainrequirements. There is no procedure for IAS or IPS officers to get a land or plot or flat in atransparent manner. So everybody uses short cuts.Ministers DQ proves judges are more corrupt than civil servantNEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: An investigation by Cobra post and IBN Network has revealedhow former and sitting judges of Orissa, police officers and bureaucrats have received flats fromthe DiscretionaryQuota (DQ) of ministers. As a matter of fact, successive Urban DevelopmentMinisters in the Naveen Patnaik government have misused the discretionary housing quota.According to the revelation, the judges have got the minister quota flats out of turn and atcheaper rates.The IBN Network accessed letters of judges written to the government asking for prime propertyin Cuttack and Bhubaneswar.Prime properties were acquired in Cuttack at concession rates, bypassing the CuttackDevelopment Authority. In fact, Sectors 10, 11 and 13 of Cuttacks Abhinav Bidanasi project haspractically become a judges residential colony.Former Chief Justice G B. P