Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Mar 2: Minister for food and civil supplies, U T Khader, was in an angry mood on Thursday March 1 at the failure of the revenue department to issue title deeds relating to house sites under section 94c of Karnataka Land Revenue Act to beneficiaries falling under his constituency.

Khader, who was livid, arrived at the office of the tahsildar, Purandar Hegde, on the evening of Thursday March 1 and took Hegde to task. His ire was against the revenue officials in general and the tahsildar in particular for their failure to distribute title deeds to beneficiaries under his constituency during a programme held on Thursday for the purpose of distributing title deeds.

The tahsildar explained to the minister that 12 of the beneficiaries had not deposited the prescribed amount into the treasury as per the government rules and therefore title deeds could not be issued. The minister and his supporters however, were in no mood to give a patient hearing to this explanation or to verify the facts.