Government land turned into ₹800-crore private asset, Lokayukta’s plea to prosecute revenue officer pending since 2021
A Karnataka revenue officer is under investigation for allegedly facilitating the illegal transfer of 35 acres of government land to private parties. Despite a 2021 request for prosecution, the state government has failed to grant the necessary sanctions for five years.
Why it matters
This case highlights systemic corruption and bureaucratic delays in land management, where public assets worth ₹800 crore are being privatized through administrative manipulation.
In what was supposed to be an inquiry into the ownership of government land, a Revenue Officer entrusted with examining the dispute allegedly became part of the very chain of events that enabled private parties to secure government land valued at more than ₹800 crore.
The report presents factual allegations from the Lokayukta without taking a partisan stance on the political actors involved.
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