In fresh trouble for former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, the special Lokayukta court today issued summons to him and 14 others to appear before it on August 27 in connection with a private complaint against them alleging denotification of lands favouring his family members.

Pronouncing the order on the second complaint by advocate Sirajin Basha, Judge Sudhindra Rao said Yeddyurappa and others have been directed to appear on August 27.

In the complaint, Basha has alleged that Yeddyurappa denotified 2.5 acres in Arakere village, 1.7 acres in Devarachikkanahalli in Bangalore South taluk and 1.21 acres in Gedalahalli village in Bangalore East taluk violating rules.

The High Court had recently dismissed all the five petitions filed by Sohan Kumar, son-in-law of Yeddyurappa, praying for quashing of the lower court order taking cognisance of the offences made out against them, paving the way for the Lokayukta court to proceed on the complaint.

Basha and another advocate K N Balaraj had filed complaints with the court after Governor H R Bhardwaj accorded sanction for prosecution of Yeddyurappa when he was the chief minister.

Yeddyurappa quit recently as chief minister after the Lokayukta report indicted him on illegal mining.

Besides Yeddyurappa, the court issued summons to Akka Mahadevi, Mahabaleshwar, Satya Kumari, Mohan Raj, V Prakash, Kamakshamma, N Manjunath, V Anil Kumar, B Ramesh, Shantabai, Shantadevi, Ismail Sharief, B Manjunath and K Shivappa, who have been allegedly involved in the case.

The judge directed the court to register cases against the accused under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, IPC and Karnataka Land Restriction and Transfer Act.

The court took cognisance of the offences made out against the accused under these sections.

The court also issued summons to former Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and two others to appear before it on August 30 in connection with a complaint against them for alleged illegal grant of mining licence and land to a private housing society.

Special Judge Sudhindra Rao ordered issue of summons to Anita, wife of Kumaraswamy and Jantakkal Enterprises, a mining firm, which Kumaraswamy has been accused of favouring.

Advocate Vinod Kumar had filed the private complaint alleging that Kumaraswamy had recommended grant of mining licence to Jantakkal company violating norms.

The complainant had alleged that following allotment of land by Kumaraswamy in favour of the housing society during his tenure a Chief Minister, his wife was benefitted by a residential site in return.

Kumaraswamy was also named in the Karnataka Lokayukta report on illegal mining which set off a political storm leading to the resignation of B S
Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister following his damning indictment by the anti-corruption watchdog.