<p>Lokayukta Special Court judge N K Sudhindra Rao said he would pass orders in the case, if Lokayukta police failed to submit final report by that date.<br /><br />RTI activist Jayakumar Hiremath had filed a complaint accusing Ashoka of being involved in illegal denotification of government land causing an estimated Rs 50 crore loss to the state exchequer.<br /><br />In his complaint, Hiremath said the minister had allegedly denotified 9.12 guntas and 14 guntas (a gunta is 1/40 of an acre) of land belonging to Bangalore Development Authority in Lottegollahalli when B S Yeddyurappa was the chief minister.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, who is already in judicial custody in connection with an another corruption case, is the second accused in the complaint.<br /><br />On October 21, Lokayukta police had filed an FIR against Ashoka and Yeddyurappa on charges of being involved in illegal denotification of government land.<br /><br />When the case came up, Lokayukta Deputy SP Abdul Ahad sought two months time for examining more than 25 witnesses and documents related to the illegal denotification of government land.<br /><br />Overruling Ahad's request, Justice Rao directed Lokayukta police to submit the final report by November 21 after he was given to understand that a forensic examination of documents was not required in the particular case.<br /><br />Asked why no action has been initiated against two ministers after Lokayukta filed FIR in land scams allegedly involving them, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda told reporters: "The complaints are still pending. I am not going to comment on it now".<br /><br />He was apparently referring to the FIRs filed againt Home Minister R Ashoka and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani.<br /><br />During B S Yeddyurappa's tenure as Chief Minister, Katta Subramanya Naidu stepped down as Minister after Lokayukta police registered an FIR againt him in connection with a land scam.</p>
<p>Lokayukta Special Court judge N K Sudhindra Rao said he would pass orders in the case, if Lokayukta police failed to submit final report by that date.<br /><br />RTI activist Jayakumar Hiremath had filed a complaint accusing Ashoka of being involved in illegal denotification of government land causing an estimated Rs 50 crore loss to the state exchequer.<br /><br />In his complaint, Hiremath said the minister had allegedly denotified 9.12 guntas and 14 guntas (a gunta is 1/40 of an acre) of land belonging to Bangalore Development Authority in Lottegollahalli when B S Yeddyurappa was the chief minister.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa, who is already in judicial custody in connection with an another corruption case, is the second accused in the complaint.<br /><br />On October 21, Lokayukta police had filed an FIR against Ashoka and Yeddyurappa on charges of being involved in illegal denotification of government land.<br /><br />When the case came up, Lokayukta Deputy SP Abdul Ahad sought two months time for examining more than 25 witnesses and documents related to the illegal denotification of government land.<br /><br />Overruling Ahad's request, Justice Rao directed Lokayukta police to submit the final report by November 21 after he was given to understand that a forensic examination of documents was not required in the particular case.<br /><br />Asked why no action has been initiated against two ministers after Lokayukta filed FIR in land scams allegedly involving them, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda told reporters: "The complaints are still pending. I am not going to comment on it now".<br /><br />He was apparently referring to the FIRs filed againt Home Minister R Ashoka and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani.<br /><br />During B S Yeddyurappa's tenure as Chief Minister, Katta Subramanya Naidu stepped down as Minister after Lokayukta police registered an FIR againt him in connection with a land scam.</p>