Bengaluru, Mar 30: After the Supreme Court’s dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Karnataka government, the latter has no option but to place the Anwar Manippady report before the House.
The report allegedly states that some 28,000 acres out of 54,000 acres of Wakf properties has been embezzled worth some Rs 2.3 lakh crore as on 2012 when the report was submitted to the then state government headed by the BJP.
It had recommended that the state government should restore the encroached properties, including three medical colleges, 12 engineering colleges, hundreds of professional colleges, schools, commercial complexes, five star hotels etc.
This is a 7,000-page report, which details the encroachments of Wakf land and property by Muslim politicians, businessmen and prominent leaders of the community. Land was allegedly sold off at throwaway prices in collusion between the real estate mafia, Wakf officials and politicians.
The apex court dismissed the SLP filed by the present state government on March 15. The state had filed the petition challenging a High Court order of March 28, 2016, which directed the government to place the report in both Houses of the legislature.
The privileges committee of the Karnataka State Legislative Council had recommended that the state government place the report before the House. Even the then Council Chairman had ruled that the government table the report.
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