The petitioner's counsel asserted it was an important body which was illegally granted as "alternate land" under a 2012 order of the district commissioner to some of the respondents, who had sold it to two other respondents in the case who had then put up construction.
Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath said the state has been witnessing a total collapse of the law-and-order situation after the Congress government was formed.
The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka has put on hold the grant of 35.33 acres of gomala land to the RSS-linked Janaseva Trust in Bengaluru, according to reports.
Case posted for hearing on Apr. 15
Bengaluru: The
Karnataka High Court (HC) has granted a week’s time for the State Government to decide on the leased out 139.39 acres of land owned by Public Works Department (PWD) in Survey No. 4 and 74 at Kurubarahalli in Mysuru to the Mysore Race Club (MRC). Expressing displeasure over the way how time has been sought on the issue, the HC gave the Government a final chance on the issue.
The High Court Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty yesterday granted a week’s time to the Government while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Bengaluru-based advocate S. Umapathi challenging the Government decision to extend the lease of land to the MRC.
Next hearing posted to March 30
Bengaluru: The
Karnataka High Court yesterday directed the State Government to place on record all the Cabinet notes, relevant documents and files regarding the extension of lease of land to Mysore Race Club (MRC). The Court observed that public property cannot be squandered by the Government.
The observation was made by a High Court Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty while hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Government decision to extend the lease of land to the MRC.
On Jan. 17, 2020, the Government extended the lease of 139.39 acres of land owned by Public Works Department in Survey Number 4 and 74 at Kurubarahalli in Mysuru (with retrospective effect) from July 1, 2016 till July 31, 2046 on a rent of merely 2 percent gross annual income of MRC.