Hours after receiving a letter from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi to surrender the 14 compensatory sites allotted to her, Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has written to the Sub Registrar to cancel the sale deeds of the sites given up voluntarily by her.
MUDA Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan, who was handed over the letter by Ms. Parvathi’s son and MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Tuesday morning (October 1, 2024), told reporters that there was provision in the rules for the Authority to take back the allotted sites “without delay” if surrendered voluntarily.
Hence, after perusing the relevant provisions in the rules and consulting its legal team comprising advocates, a decision was taken by MUDA Commissioner to take back the sites.
The MUDA Commissioner’s order authorising MUDA Secretary Prasanna Kumar to take necessary steps for cancellation of the sale deeds of all the 14 sites has been handed over to the Sub Registrar. “Now, the sites, which stand in the name of Ms. Parvathi, will be transferred back to MUDA. This will be financially beneficial to the MUDA too,” said Mr. Raghunandan.
The decision taken by MUDA will be communicated to Lokayukta Police and the Justice Desai Commission constituted by the State government to probe in the alleged irregularities in MUDA as well as the State government, he said.
Meanwhile, MUDA Secretary Prasanna Kumar said he personally took the MUDA Commissioner’s order on cancellation of the sale deeds to the Sub Registrar’s office to start the process. Even though the owner of the sites was not present, the Sub Registrar informed the MUDA official there was a provision to cancel the sale deeds through “private attendance”.
Mr. Kumar said the process of cancellation of the sale deeds had begun with the Sub Registrar proceeding for the “private attendance.”
Legal provisions
Responding to questions from reporters, Mr. Kumar said Section 8 of the Karnataka Incentive Sites Allotment rules of 1991 provide for taking back sites surrendered voluntarily by the allottees without any delay. Section 13 of the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Act empowers the MUDA Commissioner to exercise the authority to cancel the sale deeds, he added.
Earlier in the day, the Lokayukta Police, which conducted a spot inspection of the land gifted to Ms. Parvathi by her brother Mallikarjunaswamy in Survey number 464 in Kesare on the outskirts of Mysuru, had requested MUDA to spare the services of Special Land Acquisition Officer, Town Planning members and surveyers during the exercise.
It may be mentioned here that MUDA had allotted 14 sites to Ms. Parvathi in 2021 in lieu of 3 acres and 16 guntas of land on Survey number 464 belonging to her in Kesare. that had been used for developing a layout without completing the acquisition formalities.
Published - October 01, 2024 06:02 pm IST
