Releasing documents on the ‘exchange deeds’ by BDA under Commissioner Shyam Bhat, Founder-President of Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS) S.R. Hiremath alleged that Mr. Bhat had executed the deeds despite Additional Advocate General’s (AAG) advise against the execution.
The deeds had been executed in the name of one Mr. Nagaraj.
Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Mr. Hiremath pointed out that Mr. Bhat’s predecessor Bharatlal Meena had rejected Mr. Nagaraj’s request for seeking alternate sites (for total 4.13 acres) in Arkavati Layout instead of Kempe Gowda Layout.
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Quoting the legal opinion given to BDA by AAG K.M. Nataraj, Mr. Hiremath said, “A power of attorney is, as is well known, a document of convenience and not document of conveyance. Under GPA no transfer can be affected to create any right of title in favour of the power of Attorney Holder and the power of Attorney holder can only execute the documents for and on behalf of the allottee and no land can be allotted in his name”.
However, despite the clear legal opinion, Mr. Shyam Bhat had not only allotted alternate sites in the name of Mr. Nagaraj instead of the allottees, but also executed as many as four exchange deeds to allot sites with better road connectivity to benefit Mr. Nagaraj, which clearly spoke about the extent of illegalities and irregularities committed by the BDA commissioner, Mr. Hiremath said.
Mr. Hiremath demanded immediate suspension of Mr. Shyam Bhat and urged the Chief Minister to hand over the issue for investigation to Justice Santosh Hegde.
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