• MUDA asked to return unused 16 acres land and pay compensation for 78 acres.
• JSS Mahavidyapeetha to lose 15 acres at SJCE campus.
Mysuru :
The Supreme Court (SC) today ruled in favour of the legal heirs of late Sirdar K.B. Ramachandra Raje Urs, who had accused the MUDA of illegally acquiring 94 acres of his property during 1985-88. The 94 acres of land is question is the area next to the Premier Studio and the SJCE campus.
Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning after the judgement, son of late Ramachandra Raje Urs, Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs said that in 1984 the MUDA had acquired their lands by simply sending preliminary notices and never the final notice. He also said that the MUDA did not even pay them any compensation.
Continuing, Kanthraj said that, suddenly they noticed that fencing work had begun on their properties and it was only then they realised that the MUDA had acquired 94 acres of their family land and had allotted 55 acres of it to the JSS Mahavidyapeetha. In the remaining 30 acres, 22 acres was illegally acquired and houses were built by many Government officials and the remaining 16 acres next to the Premier Studio now lies vacant.
Kanthraj added saying that the 16 acres was left vacant because by the time illegal houses cropped up, his father late Ramachandra Raje Urs filed a case in 1994 and brought a stay.
In 2001, a Single Judge Bench passed a ruling in favour of late Ramachandra Raje Urs and his legal heirs. Immediately, MUDA and JSS went in appeal before a Division Bench of the High Court in 2001 and the appeal was allowed.
After this, Kanthraj Urs moved the Supreme Court in 2004.
This morning the Supreme Court ruled that in the 55 acres that MUDA had allotted to JSS on which SJCE is established, the unused 15 acres be taken back by MUDA.
It also ruled that MUDA should pay the legal heirs of late Ramachandra Raje Urs compensation for 78 acres as per the market value that was prevailing on Jan. 1, 2001 and also return the unused 16 acres of vacant land next to the Premier Studio to them.
The legal heirs of Ramachandra Raje Urs are his son Chaduranga Kanthraj Urs, daughters Tripurasundari Devi (biological mother of Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar), Deepa Malini Devi and Kirti Malini Devi.
When Star of Mysore spoke to the MUDA Commissioner in this regard this morning, he also confirmed that the case was ruled in favour of the legal heirs of late Ramachandra Raje Urs.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Wednesday – December 16th, 2015