Karnataka: Relief for 2011 KAS appointees
Jayachandra said the government would appoint all the 362 candidates as directed.
Bengaluru: The state government has decided not to appeal against the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) order striking down its decision to reject the list of KAS officers selected through the Karnataka Public Service Commission(KPSC) in 2011.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, T B Jayachandra said the government would appoint all the 362 candidates as directed.
"The candidates will be on probation for two years and if there are any aggrieved parties, they can approach the High Court," he added. A CID investigation into the selection process of the 362 candidates had concluded that 46 were irregular.
The Cabinet also decided to put a stop to KIADB leasing land for projects and instead issue a lease- cum- sale deed in the name of the promoters. The new rule will apply to all projects of the Union and state governments, PSUs, and single unit and housing complexes that until now leased land for a period of 99 years from the KIADB.
Defending the decision, the minister said projects like the Metro needed to have sale deeds of the land allotted to them and housing complexes could not be registered, if the title was in the name of KIADB.
"In the past, the government had offered leases of 30 and 99 years for land given to such projects. But now the allotment will be made on a lease cum sale basis and the promoter will be owner of the land," he explained.
In other decisions the Cabinet gave its approval for increasing the fee of students admitted to schools under the Right to Education Act. While the fee of Rs 11,600 will be increased to Rs 16,000, the fee of Rs 5924 will rise to Rs 8000 now. It approved establishment of a Farmer Production Organisations Disaster Management Fund of Rs 34.71 crore.