Mysuru: 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 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…
Governor’s sanction to prosecute CM in MUDA site scam: CM’s influence on 14 sites can’t be ruled out, argue Counsels
September 1, 2024High Court adjourns hearing to Sept. 2 afternoon Bengaluru: The Single Judge Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna hearing the petition seeking to quash the Governor’s sanction order (to prosecute the CM) in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site scam, adjourned the hearing to Sept. 2. The Court also refused to allow proceedings in the…
BJP had no role in awarding 14 sites to CM’s wife: MLC
August 31, 2024‘50:50 rule came into effect at MUDA in 2015, during Siddaramaiah’s previous tenure as Chief Minister’ Bengaluru: The BJP has released audio recordings and documents to challenge Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s claim that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) passed a resolution in the BJP rule to allot sites on a 50:50 basis to his wife,…
Ex-MUDA Commr. G.T. Dinesh Kumar appointed as Haveri University Registrar
August 30, 2024Posting exposes Government’s contradictory stance; no action yet after MUDA scam fallout Mysore/Mysuru: In a dramatic turn to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allocation scam, former MUDA Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar, who was abruptly transferred and was made to wait for posting, has now been appointed as the Registrar of Haveri University. The…
The Great MUDA Robbery: Settlement Deeds used to dodge Stamp Duty
August 29, 2024Compensatory sites allotted in Vijayanagar for land lost to road and drainage in Dattagalli private layout Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the One-Man Judicial Commission, led by retired High Court Judge Justice P.N. Desai is investigating corruption at the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), various facets and deeper layers of misconduct are emerging. The Commission is examining…
Settlement Deeds dent Government revenues
August 29, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Cases are emerging where sites allotted by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) are being sold to others through Settlement Deeds, thereby evading the Stamp Duty owed to the State Government. In one instance, N. Manjunath transferred full ownership of a MUDA site (number 11809/A) to S. Shivanna by registering a settlement deed at the…
The Great MUDA Robbery: Audit flags 67 administrative lapses in MUDA for 2022-23
August 28, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: An audit of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has revealed startling findings: In addition to massive corruption through the arbitrary allocation of thousands of sites at 50:50 ratio, disregarding rules and laws, officials have also mismanaged regular operations, exposing their complete disregard for accountability. Auditing various departments is the annual task of Karnataka…
MLC Vishwanath questions sale of Govt. land to JSW Steel
August 26, 2024‘CM Siddaramaiah demanded Rs. 62 crore for his 14 MUDA sites but sold 3,667 acres Govt. land for Rs. 52 crore’ Mysore/Mysuru: Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) A.H. Vishwanath has launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, accusing him of demanding Rs. 62 crore for his 14 sites sanctioned by the Mysuru Urban…
Institution gets 25 sites in lieu of land acquired for Ring Road
August 25, 2024MUDA sanctions 54,994 sq.ft sites to Cathedral Parish Society in R.T. Nagar, Nachanahalli-Kuppaluru Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scam, which has sparked widespread controversy across Karnataka and the entire nation, continues to uncover deeper layers and various aspects of corruption. Using the pretext of land acquisition from several years ago (in…
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