- Aged couple from Udupi, who lived overseas, alleges usurping of their 5.14-acre land valued at Rs. 50 crore
- Blames former MUDA Commissioner for fraudulent website allotment to eight individuals beneath 50:50 ratio
Mysuru: A relative of an aged couple settled overseas allegedly solid paperwork to say compensation when the Mysuru City Growth Authority (MUDA) acquired their land.
Former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar (now suspended pending a departmental inquiry) has been accused of allotting websites on the identical land to eight unrelated people beneath the contentious 50:50 ratio land allotment scheme.
It has emerged that MUDA officers, with the help of a detailed relative of the Udupi-based aged couple, acquired 5 acres and 14 guntas of land valued at Rs. 50 crore, leaving the unique house owners with none compensation or their land.
The aged couple from Udupi, Subramanya and Devaki, who just lately returned from overseas, held a press convention together with their family members Manjunath and Vicky at Jaladarshini Visitor Home yesterday.
They defined how that they had been cheated and revealed that they’ve filed a criticism towards former MUDA Commissioner, G.T. Dinesh Kumar with the Karnataka Governor, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner and the Metropolis Police Commissioner, looking for justice.
Particulars of the case
Subramanya and Devaki, who have been residing overseas, bought 5.14 acres of land in 1986 in Survey No. 118 of Basavanahalli village, Kasaba Hobli, Mysuru Taluk, by way of Devaki’s brother Ponnappa. A joint Khata was additionally established within the names of Subramanya and Devaki for this land.
The couple entrusted Ponnappa with the duty of farming and constructing upkeep on their land and left for overseas.
MUDA notification
In 1991-92, MUDA issued notifications 4(1) and 6(1) for land acquisition. Throughout this era, Ponnappa allegedly solid a Common Energy of Legal professional (GPA) with a seal and signature from the Gandhinagar Sub-Registrar’s Workplace in Bengaluru and filed a case towards MUDA in Courtroom, reportedly securing Rs. 8,37,451 as compensation for the land, in keeping with the couple’s allegations.
In 2013, when 74-year-old Subramanya and 70-year-old Devaki returned to India, they have been unaware that their land had been acquired by MUDA. Settled in Udupi, the couple had regularly travelled to Mysuru to examine on their property.
Relative commits fraud
In 2017, they found that their land had been acquired by MUDA and that their trusted relative, Ponnappa, had fraudulently claimed compensation utilizing a pretend Common Energy of Legal professional (GPA).
After acquiring information from MUDA beneath the Proper to Info (RTI) Act, they filed a criticism towards Ponnappa on the Udupi Police Station. Subramanya additionally reported that that they had written to each the MUDA Commissioner and the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister’s Workplace subsequently instructed the MUDA Commissioner to research and handle the problem.
Street building
They said that regardless of their relative Ponnappa fraudulently claiming Rs. 8.37 lakh in compensation for his or her land utilizing a pretend GPA and their subsequent criticism to the Udupi Police and notification to the MUDA Commissioner, Dinesh Kumar, who was MUDA Commissioner in June 2023, proceeded to assemble a street on their land.
The asphalted street was constructed in two days of steady work and Dinesh Kumar justified this motion as vital for street growth and allotted eight websites beneath the 50:50 ratio scheme to eight unrelated people who haven’t any affiliation with the aged couple in anyway, the couple alleged.
The couple has filed written complaints with the Governor, Mysuru DC and the Metropolis Police Commissioner looking for justice.