In a big relief to CM Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the 🌞MUDA site allotment case to the CBI.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites tཧo his 🧜wife, Parvathi B. M., by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
"The material on record on its perusal nowhere indicates that the investigation condu🍸cted by Lokayukta is partisan, lopsided, or shoddy for this court to refer the m🔴atter to CBI for further investigation or reinvestigation. The petition is dismissed," Justice M. Nagaprasanna said, as quoted by Live Law.
What Is The Scam?
The MUDA scam came to the limelight in June 2024, with RTI activists alleging the involvement of politicians and their relatives, including CM's wife Parvathi and his brother BM Mallikarjunaswamy in the case. M. Siddaramaiah's family has been accused of illegally obtaining 🐭14 sites at a prime locality in Mysuru as compensation from the MUDA over the alleged illegal encroachment of 3.16 acres of land by the local development authority.
The MUDA had allotted plots to 𒁃his wife Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of her land, where MUDA dev🅠eloped a residential layout.
Under the controversi🎉al scheme, MUDA al♏lotted 50 percent of developed land to the land losers instead of undeveloped land acquired from them for forming residential layouts.
