Mohammed Mohsin, Principal Secretary to government and Commissioner for Resettlment and Rehabilitation, has directed Hassan district administration to complete the inquiry into allegations of irregularities in granting land for the landlosers in irrigation projects and take action against the erring officers within a month.
Mr. Mohsni conducted a review meeting in Hassan on Thursday. An inquiry has been going into irregularities in granting land for those who lost their land for Hemavathi, Yagachi and Vatehole projects in the district between 2005 and 2019. As many as 977 cases had been taken up for the inquiry. Of them, the grant with respect 535 had been cancelled. The remaining 442 cases had to be settled after consulting the Forest Department.
The officer instructed the district administration to complete the process with regard to remaining 675 cases as well and take action against officers responsible for the irregularities. M.S. Archana, Hassan DC, Special Land Acquisition officer V. Manjunath, Assistant Commissioner of Sakaleshpur Prateek Bayal and other officers were present in the meeting.
There were allegations of large scale corruption in granting land for the landlosers. Many got land sanctioned based on fictitious documents. A few government officials said to have involved in the scam.
