Bengaluru, Dec 2: The Lokayukta police will soon file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Supreme Court in the case relating to the FIR they had registered against Industries and Tourism Minister R V Deshpande and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa. The High Court had quashed the FIR pertaining to the allotment of land to companies with fake identities.
The case taken up for investigation by the Lokayukta police was filed as a private complaint before the Lokayukta special court. The private complaint was filed by one Vasudeva Reddy in 2013 and the order for investigation passed in 2015. The Lokayukta police had registered the FIR on February 21, 2015.
According to the complaint, three real estate companies privately purchased the lands after the IT corridor’s limits were declared. Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) had issued notification in respect of nearly 500 acres. However, the final notification had only 434 acres, covering prime land in Bellandur, Devarabeesanahalli, Kadabeesanahalli and Kariyammana Agrahara.
The complainant stated that Deshpande, who held the portfolios of Commerce and Industries minister during 1999-2004, had allotted 434 acres of land for the proposed IT corridor to 20 companies. The companies not only failed to set up any industries but also sold and sub-leased the land to other companies. Satya Sai Hospital, Royal Fragrance Ltd and Vikas telecom have come up on a portion of land allotted for IT corridor.
When Lokayukta police issued notice to Deshpande, a writ petition seeking quashing of the case was filed and the investigation was stayed on March 5, 2015.
After hearing, the FIR was quashed on October 9, 2015. The High Court had quashed the proceedings after it was submitted to the court that when the acquisition of the said land was challenged before the High Court and the Supreme Court, the courts upheld the State government’s decision.
Meanwhile, there was a complaint against three businessmen from Delhi, who were involved in transaction pertaining to a portion of the land in the larger case. The case was registered with the HAL police station in 2014, transferred to Central Crime Branch (CCB) and later to Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The case was that three businessmen falsely claiming as farmers and purchased agricultural land.
Later, the same land was sold to a company by name Vikas Telecom Limited, promoted by the same businessmen. Later, the land was got allotted to another company through KIADB.
The petition filed by the businessmen to quash the FIR was rejected by the High Court. “The petition that was dismissed contains part of the crime being probed by the Lokayukta police. Hence, the SLP will be filed soon seeking permission to reverse the order,” an official said.
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