Bengaluru: The recent promotion of former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner and KAS officer D.B. Natesh to Selection Grade has triggered controversy, with MLC A.H. Vishwanath launching a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The row follows allegations by Mysuru-based social activist Snehamayi Krishna that, bribes were paid to secure Natesh’s promotion. Expressing strong…
Ex-MUDA Commissioner elevated to selection grade
February 14, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government has promoted 20 senior-grade Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officers, including former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) — now Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) — Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh, who has been facing allegations of irregularities in site allotments under the 50:50 ratio scheme. A notification issued yesterday by K.H. Keshava Prasad, Deputy…
MUDA 50:50 sites allotment scam investigation: Lokayukta issues notices to 40 site allottees
February 10, 2026Probe intensified into 1,055 sites; 134 beneficiaries identified so far, says Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh Mysore/Mysuru: After causing sleepless nights for several politicians who faced public allegations, accusations and a series of Court cases in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 sites allotment scam, the investigation has now turned towards other beneficiaries…
Allotment of MUDA sites under 50:50 ratio: BJP leader warns of moving Court if MDA fails to take back sites
January 31, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: Urging the Government to immediately take back all sites allotted by the then MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) under 50:50 ratio scheme, State BJP OBC Morcha President Raghu R. Kautilya has warned of moving the Court if the Government fails to do so. Addressing a press meet at the BJP office in Chamarajapuram here…
MUDA 50:50 sites allotment case: Special Court clears CM, family
January 29, 2026Bengaluru: The Special Court for Elected Representatives in Bengaluru yesterday accepted the B-Report (closure report) filed by the Mysuru Lokayukta Police in connection with the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA, now Mysuru Development Authority – MDA) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi and two others. Lokayukta Police…
MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED net tightens, ex-Chairman’s Rs. 20.85 crore assets attached
January 23, 2026283 MUDA sites worth Rs. 460 cr. seized so far in expanding probe Mysore/Mysuru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth several crores belonging to former MUDA Chairman K. Marigowda, a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in connection with the illegal site allotment scam involving the Mysuru Urban…
Siddaramaiah case: Fate of Lokayukta ‘B’ report on Jan. 28
January 23, 2026Bengaluru: The Special Court for Elected Representatives on Thursday deferred the hearing in the MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) scam case involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Jan. 28. The Special Court for Elected Representatives was earlier expected to pronounce its order on the ‘B’ report filed by Mysuru Lokayukta Police. The Lokayukta Police had submitted…
MUDA site scam: Court reserves order on Lokayukta Cops B-report for Jan. 22
January 14, 2026Bengaluru: The Special Court for Elected Representatives, has reserved the order on Lokayukta Police filing B- report (Closure Report) over the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site scam, in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi, are named as accused, for Jan. 22. The Lokayukta Police had filed the B-report, citing lack of evidences…
MUDA Site Scam: Bengaluru Court adjourns hearing to Jan. 5
December 28, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru has adjourned the hearing of petition filed by Snehamayi Krishna challenging the ‘B’ Report filed by Lokayukta against Chief Minister and three others in MUDA Site Scam to Jan. 5. Snehamayi Krishna, in his written argument submitted to the Court, has alleged that the Lokayukta investigating…
CM’s MUDA 50:50 site case: Court raps Lokayukta Police over delay in final report
December 19, 2025Mysuru Lokayukta SP directed to produce case diary; hearing posted for Dec. 23 Bengaluru: The Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru on Wednesday pulled up the Mysuru Lokayukta Police for failing to submit the final investigation report in the multi-crore Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, which involves allegations that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah illegally…














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