BBMP gets back land worth Rs.400 crore

By Manoj Sharma

Man loses 4 acres near HSR Layout after taking BBMP to court

The proprietor of a four-acre assets who had long gone to court over what he called encroachment by BBMP, which used to be in a position to inaugurate an Indira Canteen “on his land”, has no longer handiest misplaced his case, however likely his entire four acres too. The court – after going via BBMP’s information at some point of the case – observed that his paperwork for the land didn't end up his ownership, no longer handiest over the disputed land, however over his entire four acres.

Meanwhile, the Indira Canteen in question is about to be inaugurated in the first week of May in Mangammanapalya, near HSR Layout.

The BBMP had built the Canteen in Ward No 190 and used to be about to inaugurate when Manohar Raju, who owned the 3 acres adjoining to the 1 acre where the canteen and its street were to come back up, got a keep against the outlet, claiming the land belonged to him.

The BBMP had constructed the canteen on Survey No 18/eight in Yellakunte Village in Bommanahalli Zone as the one acre used to be registered as ‘B Kharab’ land.

Raju have been booked underneath the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court after the Ramaswamy Committee Report alleged that encroachment of presidency land had taken position in the space. Raju, then again, introduced a keep in court, claiming ownership of the land where the Indira Canteen used to be being built.

The BBMP became part of the case and in its submission introduced that the entire four acres (Including his 3 acres) have been encroached, and the court used to be misled.

According to BBMP’s legal mobile, Raju used to be the fourth buyer of the inam land (allocated all the way through the British Raj as a gift) however none of the earlier house owners had taken up the paintings of grant, regrant and other vital procedures to convert this inam land to assert ownership.

The court admitted that the documents submitted by Raju can not end up his ownership over the land and also observed that the documents of the birthday party to be of forgery.

The court on April 5 gave its period in-between order in the topic saying that the keep on the operation of Indira Canteen and building of street can be instantly disregarded and the BBMP may just cross ahead to function the canteen in the stated position.

Head of the Legal Cell TH Avin told BM: “We in fact wish to thank Manohar Raju for claiming the one acre of presidency land to be his assets. If he had no longer introduced the keep against BBMP in this topic, we'd never have come to understand that his 3 acres [were grabbed]. He is the fourth buyer of this land and had no longer executed the vital grant and regrant works of this assets and he has no substantial proof to end up that this assets belongs to him, even if he would possibly possess many sale deeds of the property.”

About the arguments in the topic, he stated: “The birthday party attempted to lie to the court by filing documents that are faux and forged. Also, in lots of pages of the information, the accused had forged the ‘B Kharab land’ as ‘A Kharab land’ to assert that it's his land and he used to be aware of the problem that he has no right over the property. The topic continues to be in court and the trial against the land grabbing will cross on. Currently, the accused is out on bail. The court will pronounce its verdict later. The court itself used to be surprised that it used to be misled by the info submitted by the accused. However, as the problem is already known, the federal government will soon recover the land and hand it over to the BBMP.”

When Bangalore Mirror visited the site, we discovered that the land used to be rented out for inventories of cement, chilly beverages, automobile and heavy automobile garages, and parking.

Amrutha Kumari, spouse of Manohar Raju, who also owns two acres of land in the same assets, didn't reply to BM’s calls.

Raju’s son KM Swaroop spoke to BM. He stated: “The final verdict is but to be pronounced in the topic. As of now, the Land Grabbing Prohibition Special Court has handiest vacated the keep on the operation of Indira Canteen and it hasn’t allowed for the canteen to begin. We will attraction against the order in upper court. The BBMP has misled the court, saying we have now been earning Rs 30 lakh per thirty days for the previous two decades, which is flawed. I wish to clarify that we are the true house owners of this land and feature taken the grants to convert it. Also, this order pertains to only for one acre of land.”

PRIME PROPERTY

Raghavendra, a resident in the space, stated: “These 4 acres are estimated to be value about Rs 400 crore and the accused were earning Rs 20 lakh as hire from it. We had also filed a Public Interest Litigation in the topic. This space is adjoining to 3rd Sector of HSR Layout and simply 1.5 km clear of Hosur Road. We do not need a medical institution, public park, highschool or graveyard in our space. So, we are going to file an utility sooner than the federal government to instantly recover this land to build fundamental amenities.”

Meanwhile, Avin stated: “After the court gave us the green signal to function on the land, we approached the Chief Electoral Officer to allow us to begin the Indira Canteen in the stated position and construct a street. We may be able to get started the canteen soon,” he stated.