Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Feb 5: Eagleton Resort at Bidadi near here, which had turned into the boiling point of political one-upmanship when the coalition government was ruling the state, was visited by the public accounts committee (PAC) of the state assembly on Tuesday February 4. The committee inspected the current conditions at the resort.
The committee conducted this visit as there are allegations that the resort has failed to clear Rs 980 crore imposed on it as cost of government land encroached by the resort. President of the committee H K Patil, members, and deputy commissioner M S Archana, along with team of officials, scrutinized the government land on which the resort stands and also the adjacent land. Speaking to media persons, committee president H K Patil, said that the resort is spread over 508.33 acres of land out of which 208.33 acres is encroachment of government land, as per records furnished by revenue officials to the high court and Supreme Court. The court had asked the resort to clear 28.33 acres of land encroached by it and to remit market price for the remaining 78 acres of land.
The resort gave back 28.33 acres of land occupied by it in 2015. For the balance 78 acres of land, it was to remit Rs 980 crore. The cabinet sub-committee has also decided that this amount should be recovered, but the resort has filed appeal in the high court against this decision, Patil said.
Patil explained that the committee had come here to check 28.33 acres of land recovered from the resort. He said that the officials have been instructed to display this to be a government property by way of display of a board and those legal steps will be taken for the recovery of balance money. He said that the committee will not allow anyone to violate law.
Committee members K G Bopaiah, K R Ramesh Kumar, A T Ramaswamy, T A Sharanavana, Narayanaswamy, Nagesh and senior officials of revenue department along with tahsildar, Narsimha Murthy and deputy superintendent of police Purushotham, were present.