Karnataka's Bill against land grab gets President nod


Bangalore, Oct 12 (DHNS): The government’s efforts to have special courts to try cases of encroachment of government land across the State have yielded results with the President giving his assent for a law in this regard.

The Karnataka Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Bill, 2011, was passed by the legislature in 2011 but it did not get the then governor’s nod.

Later it was sent for the President’s assent. “Law Minister T B Jayachandra has informed me that the President has approved the bill and it would reach the state soon,” said Revenue Minister Srinivas Prasad.

Prasad, said the government would soon hold a meeting with the High Court chief justice to appoint judges to the special courts so that all the cases pertaining to land encroachments as pointed out by the committees of A T Ramaswamy, V Balasubramanian and others.

Referring to reported comments by freedom fighter H S Doreswamy in a TV channel that Prasad should give up his ministerial post as he is unwell and can’t handle the department, Prasad said, “The freedom fighter is being misused and he is not aware as to what I am doing as revenue minister. On Friday, I confronted him in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Law Minister Jayachandra in Vidhana Soudha as to why he was giving statements in the media without even bothering to check with me as to what I am up to.”

Doreswamy, along with others, is on an indefinite protest demanding action by the government against land grabbers. On Friday he had met the CM and Jayachandra to explain the reasons for the on going agitation.

Prasad said Doreswamy has been alleging that the revenue department has failed to act. But he has never bothered to check with the department regarding the efforts made to retrieve the encroached government land.

“We are waiting for the President’s permission to have courts. Doreswamy says the government should just take back the encroached land. But should we not follow the rules to do so?” he said.

  

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  • Keerthikumar, Bangalore

    Mon, Oct 13 2014

    Got the president nod, Govt, will claim back all the land the reason, all political leaders holding land, if any private person rise the issue he will taken care by the land grabbers.

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  • richardhenry, mumbai

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    What about land grab of private land which I have lost when indiragandhi had passed a rule of declaration against zamindari when we had less than 10 acres of land. so Please forget about the government land MR. PRESIDENT.

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  • Hary, Kudla/Dubai

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    Can some one tell me the price of Onion in India, before BJP and after BJP.



    Thank you

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  • Hary, Kudla/Dubai

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    THREE Disagree????

    I only asked for the price.

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  • kuldesh, bangalore

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    during mar 2014, onion price was close to rs 100.
    now it is arround rs 35 in bangalore

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  • homer, bharat

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    nobody is talking about inflation and food prices now...Only speeches are the issue these days..if one can give a good speech then all other issues are non-issues

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  • j.anata, Mangalore / Bangalore

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    Deve Gowda & sons will definately be worried as 90% of land tracts in South Bangalore, Tumkur, Hassan, Ramanagaram, Kengeri, Mandya etc belong to them & benami family members

    Deve Gowda has been a land grabber for decades now. He needs to be probed under this new law

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  • AJ, M'lore

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    At the end of life, everybody will end up either 6 ft below the earth or about 4 ft on a pile of wood. In any case you don't need mor than 3 x 8 ft.

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  • makeMyDay, makeMyDay

    Mon, Oct 13 2014

    garibo ka Robert vardra hai wo....

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE., PERINJE.

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    Bangalore has become a land grabber's heaven.What happened to A.T Rmamaswamy joint legislature House committee on encouragements in Bangalore City and Bangalore urban districts? Govt has no political will power to clip the wings of encounters as real estate 'DHANI' BDA and politicians are culprits.Apart from that Special COURT must reach to every village to identify govt land encroachments as revenue departments in Taluk /village level are main culprits.Certainly a land mark bill which may disturb land grabbers.Under the circumstances Village Panchayth has no govt land for public purpose which shows the gravity of the issue.

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  • ISMAIL K PERINJE., PERINJE.

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    corrections

    please read as encroachers instead of
    encounters.

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  • Peter, Bangalore

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    No entry for Ambani , Adani and Vadra.
    Karnataka model state for others.

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Sun, Oct 12 2014

    Peter Sirji….. Ambani, Adani, ok but not Vadra!!!! You see…present Karnataka Government will form special land acquisition law to facilitate Vadra in due course like Haryana Government did recently!!!!

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