Bengaluru: A Mysuru resident has filed a complaint before the MP/MLA special court against Chief Minister Siddramaiah, his wife Parvathy BM, her brother BM Mallikarjuna Swamy and others in relation to the alleged MUDA site allotment scam.
Holding Siddaramaiah personally and collectively responsible for the alleged scam, the complainant Snehamayi Krishna has sought a prosecution sanction order from the Governor, which is pending consideration. The special court is expected to take up the private complaint on Friday.
The complaint stated that on August 20, 1997, final notification was issued for Devanuru III phase and compensation award was determined in the name of the original owner Ninga, who had long passed away, for the land at survey number 464 of Kasare village, Kasaba hobli, Mysuru taluk. The compensation amount was also deposited in the jurisdictional court.
On May 18, 1998, the land in question, measuring 3.16 acres, was denotified by the state government when Siddaramaiah was the deputy chief minister as well as Mysuru district in-charge minister. The complaint further stated that notwithstanding this order of denotification, the layout formation had continued in the said land and even sites were formed and allotted.
Under these circumstances, on August 25, 2004, one Devaraju, son of Ninga, sold the entire 3.16 acres of land in favour of BM Mallikarjuna Swamy, who is Siddaramaiah’s brother-in-law. In 2010, Mallikarjuna Swamy transferred the land to his sister Parvathy, wife of Siddaramaiah, by way of a gift deed. The complaint stated that while in the gift deed the land was shown as agricultural land, it had been converted to non-agricultural purposes on July 15, 2005 itself by creating fake site inspection reports, concealing development of sites in the land.
The complaint stated that after Siddaramaiah became the chief minister in 2013, his wife started filing applications to the MUDA requesting allotment of compensatory sites as per the provisions of Karnataka Urban Development Authorities (Allotment of sites in lieu of compensation for the land acquired) Rules 2009 on 50:50 ratio. Subsequently, on November 25, 2021, Parvathy executed a relinquishment deed in favour of MUDA without waiting for the approval from the government.
The complainant stated that on December 30, 2021, Natesh DB, the then commissioner of MUDA, passed an order for allotment of compensatory sites. Further, 14 sites in prime locations of Mysuru city were allotted in favour of Parvathy and sale deeds executed on January 12, 2022 at the government guest house, Mini Vidhana Soudha in Mysuru.
According to the complainant, the acts committed by Siddaramaiah and other accused persons has caused loss to the state exchequer to the tune of several crores. He alleged Siddaramaiah is personally and collectively responsible for the actions, acts and policies involved in the MUDA scam.