Land irregularity case: Court summons Sadananda Gowda, wife

The Lokayukta court today issued

summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda

Gowda, his wife and another person on a complaint alleging

illegal construction on government land and allotment of site

to them under discretionary quota when they already possessed

land.Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed them to appear on

October 12. On September 10, the Lokayukta court had taken cognisance

of the private complaint filed under various IPC sections and

the Prevention of Corruption Act.In her complaint, Nagalakshmi had alleged that Gowda's

wife purchased 7.5 guntas (one gunta is about 1,086 sq ft) of

'gomala' (place set apart for grazing) land in Bangalore

North, Jala Hobli, Bagalur village without proper documents in

2008 and subsequently, constructed a two-floor building over

8,700 sq ft without licence or even getting the land

converted.The complainant said at the time of declaration of assets

and liabilities, Gowda, then an MP, "showed the purchase of

land but not the illegal building constructed on it". Even after becoming the chief minister, Gowda did not

mention about the building that was constructed on the land.The complainant submitted that no plan was approved or

sanctioned or charges paid or construction norms followed for

the illegal construction on the land. She further pointed out that in 1998 when Gowda was an

MLA from Puttur, he was given 10 cents of grant-in-aid land by

then Deputy Commissioner, on which he had allegedly illegally

constructed another building.On February 2, 2007, Nagalakshmi alleged Gowda as an MP

"got a site allotted in his name by the Bangalore Development

Authority under 'G' category by giving a false affidavit to

the BDA saying, he did not possess any site or land in the

state". The petitioner prayed for a probe under the Prevention of

Corruption Act and the IPC.