Mysuru land ‘scam’ timeline: Details of controversy linked to Siddaramaiah

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday will pronounce its order on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s petition challenging the legality of state Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s approval for investigation against him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case.
The high court completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders, while extending its August 19 interim order directing the special court for people’s representatives that was slated to hear complaints against him in the case, to defer its proceedings till the disposal of the petition.
The case is listed for pronouncement of order before the single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on Tuesday.
In the MUDA site allotment case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah’s wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value as compared to the location of her land which had been “acquired” by the MUDA.
The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme instead of 3.16 acres of her land, where MUDA developed a residential layout.