Zilla Panchayat tax collection leaves visiting Bihar MLAs impressed

September 8, 2011

Mangalore, September 9: Members of the Bihar Legislative Committee on Zilla Parishad and Panchayati Raj expressed their happiness over the better state of pachayats in the Karnataka, especially in terms of tax collection system.

As many as 10 members of this 18-member Committee were in Mangalore on Thursday. They are touring different parts of the country to study the panchayat raj system. On Thursday, they met the Chief Executive Officer of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat K.N. Vijay Prakash.

"We want to see the system and suggest changes to our government. We want to imbibe the best practices and strengthen the gram panchayat system in Bihar. Our government wants to reach out to people in villages. We want to reach to the level you have reached," said MLA Anandi Prasad Yadav, who heads the 10-member team.

The members have already visited Bangalore and Mysore. They will be visiting panchayat in Kerala and Goa

Various issues

The MLAs were very curious about tax collection system from the gram panchayats. Mr. Prakash told the MLAs that the 203 gram panchayats in Dakshina Kannada were collecting 93 per cent tax. To this, MLA Bhumendra Narayan Singh said, "This is good. Our tax collection has been poor." Mr. Singh pointed that 42 per cent of Bihar population were below the poverty line.

The MLAs were also happy to know about education status of the panchayat members. "The members here represent in a better way. I found this while interacting with panchayat members in Mysore," Mr. Yadav said. They expressed their satisfaction over the water supply system and roads in the district.

The committee members were informed about the Total Sanitation campaign in all the 203 gram panchayats for which Nirmal Gram Puraskars have been awarded. They were informed about the e-governance at the panchayats and also about the campaign to ban the use of plastics. The members were inquisitive about the education system in the district, especially about deemed universities in the district.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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