Mysuru: Former City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) Chairman D. Madegowda, popularly known as ‘Mane Madegowda’ for his crucial role in the ‘Asha Mandira’ housing project during his tenure, has written a second letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah regarding the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam. In his first letter, dated Aug. 23, Madegowda —…
High Court posts MUDA case hearing of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Sept. 12
September 10, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday adjourned the further hearing on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s plea, challenging the legality of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction for his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site scam, to Sept. 12 at 12 noon. The Single-Judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna, which is hearing the case, instructed…
Former MUDA Chairman misused powers to release 848 sites: MLA
September 9, 2024Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa alleges former MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev joined Congress from BJP to cover-up his illegal deals Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa has levelled serious allegations against former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman and Jnanaganga House Building Cooperative Society President, H.V. Rajeev, accusing him of disregarding Government orders to release 848 sites,…
Ask MCC, MUDA officials to resume public work: Ex-Mayor to DC
September 9, 2024Mysuru: Amid widespread complaints that public services have been stalled at the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) following the revelation of a massive MUDA scam, former Mayor and BJP leader Sandesh Swamy has urged the Deputy Commissioner to instruct officials to resume public works while adhering to established guidelines….
23,881 sq.ft. MUDA sites approved in seven days
September 8, 2024MUDA’s legal department accuses former Commissioner of illegally exploiting 50:50 ratio site allotment scheme Mysuru: A new controversy has surfaced involving the already suspended former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar, linked to the MUDA site allocation scam. A note from MUDA’s legal department has exposed that properties were allocated to select…
Land registered in applicant’s name even before his birth
September 8, 2024Mysuru: The MUDA legal department’s remarks highlight an unbelievable discrepancy regarding the sites extending to 23,881 sq.ft. approved by former Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar under the 50:50 ratio. The land was registered in the applicant Syed Yusuf’s name on April 16, 1934, yet, according to Aadhaar records, Yusuf was born on April 8, 1935. This…
MUDA allots original owners’ land to others
September 6, 2024Mysuru: A relative of an elderly couple settled abroad allegedly forged documents to claim compensation when the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) acquired their land. Former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar (now suspended pending a departmental inquiry) has been accused of allotting sites on the same land to eight unrelated individuals under the contentious 50:50…
MUDA Site Scam: ‘CM should resign at least now’
September 4, 2024Bengaluru: Urging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to return the 14 sites illegally allotted by MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority) in the name of his wife, BJP MLC N. Ravikumar has demanded the resignation of Siddaramaiah. Addressing a press meet at ‘Jagannatha Bhavan,’ the party office at Malleswaram here yesterday, Ravikumar said that the Government has suspended…
MUDA 50:50 site scam: Former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar suspended
September 3, 2024Mysuru: In a significant development surrounding the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, which has placed the Karnataka Congress Government under the scanner, former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar, appointed Registrar of Haveri University on Aug. 29, has been suspended from service. A Government Order dated Aug. 31, 2024, signed by Umadevi, Under Secretary to…
Former MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh not suspended in ‘Quid Pro Quo’: Social activist
September 3, 2024Mysuru: Social activist Snehamayi Krishna, who petitioned the Karnataka Governor to sanction the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the land allotment scam at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has reacted to the suspension of former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar. Speaking to Star of Mysore, he said, “many prominent individuals dismissed my accusation that…
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