The Hindu : Shimoga CMC commissioner warned of gherao

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Tuesday, Mar 04, 2003

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Shimoga CMC commissioner warned of gherao

By Our Special Correspondent

SHIMOGA March 3. The BJP has warned the CMC Commissioner, K.M. Dharmappa, of a gherao if "illegal" construction of houses on a controversial 12 s of acre land at Alkola near Ghadikoppa is not stopped within a week.

At a press conference here on Monday, Ayanur Manjunath, President of the BJP district unit, alleged that Mr. Dharmappa was a party to the illegal land transaction.

The CMC was a party to the judgment of the Lok Adalat which passed a decree in 1998 in favour of the original allottees of sites. Attempts to overrule the judgment were illegal.

He said 289 people were allotted sites on the CMC land. There was no option but to implement the Lok Adalat judgment.

The original allottees were not being allowed to open khatas for their property as some influential persons, who had been allotted land in violation of the judgment, were coming in the way of it with the covert support of the municipal staff.

Taking exception to the bulldozing of the houses constructed on the disputed land, Mr. Manjunath asked the municipal authorities to stop it immediately. The existing structures should not be demolished or new buildings constructed until the matter was settled.

Mr. Manjunath said the High Court had passed an interim order on the petition filed by the original allottees, staying the operation of the resolution passed by the CMC at its meeting held on August 31 last year pending disposal of the case.

In a representation to Mr. Dharmappa, the BJP councillors sought action against the municipal staff who "supported" the "illegal" land transaction.

When they had brought to his notice that sites were being allotted illegally and the decision taken at the CMC meeting on November 8 last year was contrary to the facts of the case, Mr. Dharmappa said he would seek legal opinion on the matter and proceed accordingly.

T.K. Shivakrishna and C.N. Mallesh, legal advisors, who were present at the municipal meeting held on January 28, opined that the decree passed on the original suit was applicable to all the parties concerned and the resolution passed at the municipal meeting held on November 8 last year fell outside the powers of the CMC and needed to be corrected.

The former CMC President, R.K. Siddharamanna, was present.

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