Udupi: Dalit Samiti accuses new Land Tribunal President

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 04 November 2011: Udupi Jilla Dalita Sangharsha Samiti made serious accusations that Mary Mathias who was the Special Tashildar of Brahmavara having accusations of illegal land allotment, has been now promoted as the President of Kundapura Land Tribunal and again have given illegal judgment in more than 40 land tribunal cases and have cheated the public and asking for her immediate suspension and action against her, the Dasamsa Jilla Convener Jayan Malpe produced written records on this in the press conference.

 

 
Jayan accused that, in the year 2004, Mary Mathias while she was the Special Tashildar of Brahmavara, has allotted 20 acre land in survey no. 136,92 in Kokkarne of Shiroor Grama, to 6 persons of a single family from Kerala. Enquiry was conducted on this by the department and she was proved of the guilt and the case is pending. But still she has been illegally promoted as the President of the land tribunal, said Jayan Malpe.
 
Now she has given judgments to more than 40 cases which came to the land tribunal. She has even conducted seating on the holidays. The signatures of the members who did not come to the seating has been obtained later. To support all these accusation the records have been obtained as per the right of information act, he said and released the records to the media.
 
Besides this, the land tribunal member Babu Shetty is regularly absent for more than 12 seating. Another member Roopashree is absent for more than 31 seating. But still their membership is not suspended, accused Jayan. In the press conference Sundara Kappettu, Ganesha Nergi, Sundari Puttur and others were present.