PIL filed in Karnataka HC on land scam

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Press Trust Of India Chennai/ Bangalore
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 7:32 PM IST

A PIL has been filed in Karnataka High Court, seeking a direction to government to specify whether Lokayukta Santosh Hegde was the competent authority to probe land scams or it was retired Judge Padmaraj heading the judicial probe ordered by the government.

The petition has been filed by retired Col. P T Muthanna and Ravi Channappa, both residents of Kodagu district, in the wake of the “confusion that has been created in the minds of the public in the wake of parallel probes into the issue - the one that is already on by the Lokayukta and another that been ordered by the government recently,” counsel for the petitioner B N Shetty said.

The petitioner has also sought a direction to the government to expedite the inquiry at the earliest, he said, adding that the petition is likely to come up before the court in a day or two.

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First Published: Jan 03 2011 | 12:32 AM IST

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