BANGALORE: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed against the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike for leasing and renting properties to educational institutions, health centres and private individuals for 99 years, taking meagre amount.S Umesh, advocate and president of the Five Years Law Course Advocates Association, filed a petition against the BBMP alleging that the civic body had not initiated any action against those who had taken the property on lease, and sub-leased the same for higher prices, making huge profits. He stated that some of the lessees have sub-leased the property for a higher rent.Information obtained under RTI Act revealed that a 3,000-square yard property leased out at Rs 100 in 1976 on Miller’s Tank Bund Road, has now been sub-leased for Rs 28 lakh to a third-party.
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