Bengaluru: State government has to table Anwar Manippady report

Bengaluru: With the Supreme Court dismissing a Special Leave Petition filed by the state government, the government has no option but to place the Anwar Manippady report, which disclosed alleged encroachment of wakf properties in the state, before the House.

The apex court dismissed the SLP filed by the 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.

The Anwar Manippady report had recommended that the state government should restore 28,000-plus acres of wakf properties, including three medical colleges, 12 engineering colleges, hundreds of professional colleges, schools, commercial complexes, five star hotels etc.