BENGALURU/MYSURU: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah suffered a second judicial setback in as many days when a particular court docket on Wednesday ordered a Lokayukta investigation into his alleged use of “undue affect” to get Mysore City Growth Authority (Muda) to allot his spouse B S Parvathi 14 plots within the coronary heart of the town as a part of a disputed land swap.The order, which got here on a petition from Mysuru activist Snehamayi Krishna, follows Karnataka excessive court docket’s rejection of Siddaramaiah’s authorized problem of governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot’s sanction for a probe into allegations levelled in opposition to him within the case.
Particular decide Gajanana Bhat directed the Lokayukta SP to register a case in opposition to Siddaramaiah, the latter’s spouse and others named within the case. The company is required to file a report inside three months.
The following listening to within the case is slated for Dec 24.Karnataka Lokayukta’s Mysuru workplace mentioned it was nonetheless awaiting communication from the headquarters relating to the Muda case.
It was a Lokayukta probe into unlawful mining that led to B S Yediyurappa resigning as CM in 2011.Krishna’s petition names Siddaramaiah as accused no. 1, adopted by his spouse, brother-in-law Mallikarjun Swamy, Devaraju J (son of the unique proprietor of the land), and others.
The activist has accused the two-time CM, who began his second time period on the helm of a Congress govt 16 months in the past, of misusing his official place to accumulate practically 3.2 acres at Kesare village of Mysuru’s Devanuru Mahedava Format. This tranche of land was then allegedly exchanged for 14 websites in Vijayanagar III stage in Mysuru metropolis by fabricating paperwork.
