Firoz.T.Totanawala The Bangalore Metro Reporter THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIES S.G.RAVINDRA OF BANGALORE DOORDARSHAN MAKES HEADLINES

By Firoz.T.Totanawala 

The Bangalore Metro Reporter 

THE AFFIDAVIT OF LIES! 

S.G.RAVINDRA OF BANGALORE DOORDARSHAN MAKES HEADLINES 

 S.G. Raveendra, the Director (News) in Bangalore Doordarshana Kendra wears the facade of honest official, for public consumption. But, his procurement of a highly valuable ‘Stray Site’ from BDA by giving false affidavit proves him otherwise. 

S.G. Raveendra started his Bangalore Doordarshan duty as Joint (News) and now is the Director (News). Shockingly, he has procured a highly valuable ‘stray’ site from BDA by submitting false affidavit to the BDA. One can imagine his clout by the fact that a 40x60ft stray site in HSR Layout 6th Sector was allotted by the then Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa under G category. This site is worth more than two crores and Raveendra got it by paying few lakhs to the BDA.

BDA RULES! 

 According to the BDA allotment rules, to get BDA site allotted, one should not own any site/house in Bangalore Metropolitan area either in his or his family member’s name. The applicant has to submit an affidavit to this effect by swearing the affidavit before the competent authority claiming that neither he nor his family members own site/house/lands in Bangalore Metropolitan area. This affidavit should be submitted along with the application for allotment as and when BDA calls for applications. This is the set rule. As Raveendra was allotted a site by the Chief Minister one can say that the applicant need not have to submit the application after BDA calls for the same. Moreover, the site allotted to him is a stray site in the fully developed HSR Layout, and as such, there is no need for the application itself, except a written petition of the CM. But still, the allottee has to submit the affidavit and it is only after this affidavit that the BDA makes the allotment. 

 THE SUBMISSION! 

 Raveendra of course submitted an affidavit to the BDA on 24.5.2010 sworn before the Notary. In this affidavit, he had sworn that (a) he is living separately in BDA limits in Bangalore since 15 years (b) that neither he nor his wife or dependent children own any site or house in Bangalore(c) neither he nor his wife or dependent children have been allotted site/house by BDA or any other authority or Housing Co-operative Societies. 

 The above are the gist and essence of Raveendra’s affidavit, on the basis of which, the BDA allotted a 40x60ft site under the Chief Minister’s discretionary quota. Later Raveendra got the site registered in his name in January 2011. As on now, he is the pride owner of a big site in posh locality of HSR Layout. 

 WHITE LIES! 

 On the face of it, Raveendra has submitted a false affidavit. Take the first point that he was living separately in Bangalore since 15 years. The fact is that he is residing in his father’s house in RT Nagar. Even now, he is still residing in the same house (No.406, 1st Cross, I Block, RT Nagar). He is living in a joint family and this house is in his father S.L.Gangadharappa’s name. Now, the property is being transferred to Raveendra and his brother’s name. So, his sworn affidavit about his living separately is a white lie! 

 Then he swears about himself, his wife or his dependent children not owning any site/house in Bangalore, and that is indeed a “snow white” lie. The family owns many properties in Bangalore. In fact, both Raveendra and his brother S.G.Deepak have purchased 5 acres 12 Guntas of lands in Madanayakanahalli near Widia in 1994 itself. At the time of registration also, they have shown their residential address as 406, I Cross I Block RT Nagar. It is another matter that the same address is also shown in the BDA allottment in 2011. 

 Forget about it. After purchasing the lands in Madanayakanahalli, Raveendra obtained GPA from his brother S.G.Deepak to form the layout, sell sites etc. He then formed an illegal layout and sold a majority of them and made a fortune. This implies that Raveendra did own properties while he was swearing the affidavit to the effect that neither he nor his family members have any site/house in Bangalore. 

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