State BJP President and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa yesterday moved the Karnataka High Court questioning the legality of registration of FIR against him by the ACB based on a complaint that he had allegedly misused his official position as Chief Minister to illegally denotify land acquired for Dr. Shivarama Karanth Layout proposed by BDA (Bangalore Development Authority).
The petition is likely to come up for hearing next week. Claiming that the FIR was registered as a result of a political conspiracy and vendette as the ACB directly comes under the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) which is headed by the Chief Minister, Yeddyurappa said the ACB is being used to falsely implicate Opposition leaders. The petition also contended that the complainant D. Aiyappa is neither a land owner nor a beneficiary to lodge a complaint with regard to the process of denotification.
