Karnataka Govt to File Contempt Case Against Mysore Royals Over Palace Grounds

After the cabinet meeting in Bengaluru, Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs H.K. Patil said the State Government has already served notice on the descendants of the erstwhile Mysore Royal family over the construction of a permanent structure which is in violation of the Supreme Court order of 2001.

Patil said the notice to the descendants of the erstwhile Mysore royal family was on January 1, 2025 and 15-days deadline has been given to raze down the structure. Apart from notice served, Patil said “No more the place will be used for holding programmes/events.”

The other cabinet decision concerning the erstwhile Mysore royal family was to seek early hearing of 1997 appeals by the Supreme Court to decide on the ownership of the Bengaluru Palace Grounds in Bengaluru city.

Patil said the Supreme Court on December 10 last year ordered to pay Rs 3011 crore to the descendants of erstwhile Mysore royal family to use 15 acres and 17.5 guntas of Bengaluru Palace property by the State Government as per Transferable Development Rights (TDR).

Considering the financial burden, the State Government moved the Supreme Court over Rs 3011 crore to the descendants of erstwhile Mysore royal family and the appeal by the State Government was turned down by the Supreme Court, said Patil.

He said “We do not know whether Bengaluru Palace property belongs entirely to the State Government or a portion of it.”

“We want early hearing of appeals regarding the litigation on Bengaluru Palace,” the Minister said and stated the property remained undecided by the Supreme Court while an appeal will be made before the Supreme Court for early hearing of appeals in the litigation.

Patil said the land of the Bengaluru Palace was acquired by the State Government through an Act and the litigation is going on in the Supreme Court (between State Government and descendants of erstwhile Mysore royal family).