MCC raids hotels, PG accommodations

July 14, 2012

Mangalore, July 14: The health officials of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) raided several hotels in city on Friday to expose irregularities and unhygienic conditions.

Four hotels and three Paying Guests accommodations were raided in Hampankatta and M G Road respectively.

Environment Engineer Madhu said that Shanthi Sagar hotel has been asked to close down temporarily and renovate the kitchen within seven days.

The owner was asked to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. “The kitchen in the hotel was in unhygienic condition and was not in a good condition to cook food,” he said.

There was lack of cleanliness in Hotel Sagar and the owner was asked to pay a fine of Rs 2,000. The MCC officials issued a notice to the Hotel Suvarna in Hampankatta, to rectify the problems related to drainage. The drains from the hotel was open.

The owner was asked to rectify the problem within seven days. The officials also raided three PG accommodations and the MCC inspectors did not find any negligence on the managements' part. The PG accommodations had maintained cleanliness.

The raid was carried out under the direction of MCC Commissioner Dr Harish Kumar.

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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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