Developments are taking a fast pace in the city of Bengaluru. The Public Accounts Committee of the Karnataka legislature in its report tabled in the assembly on Friday suggested the government to cancel the license given to the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) and says that the premises must be incurred as a lung space like Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh. Directed by senior Congress legislator H K Patil the 21-member committee, including both MLAs and MLCs, asked the government to seek an early hearing to clear the cases pending in the Supreme Court regarding the turf club, after consulting the Advocate General and legal experts.
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It also ordered to professionals to ensure the payment of dues pending as rent by the BTC. To recover Rs 36.68 crore rent dues, the finance department has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, it said. The department has estimated the dues to be paid by the turf club till 2018-19 only and it has now been recommended including the year 2019-20 and necessary action should be taken to recover the same with interest.
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The committee noted that despite the department having the complete authorization to cancel the license given to Bangalore Turf Club as it has breached Mysore Race Course Licensing Act-1952 and Rules, no action has been taken yet. The committee in its report has directed the department officials to bring the breaches to the notice of the Chief Minister and take necessary action to cancel the license immediately. It also noted that investigations have been on since 1968 on transferring the Bangalore Turf Club outside the city limits and no project has been executed in this regard.
