Congress stalwart and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah filed a writ petition with the Karnataka High Court on Friday with regard to a 20-year-old land denotification case.

His petition will be heard by the court on Monday, according to reports.

According to reports, Siddaramaiah was summoned by a special court for the trial of MLAs and MPs to appear before the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) on September 26. It all began in June 2018, when activist A Gangaraju, filed a complaint with a court in Mysuru stating that the former Chief Minister built a house in the city in direct violation of MUDA rules.

Around 30 guntas of land were denotified for a landowner, Papanna.

Lakshmipuram police in Mysuru filed an FIR at the time. The police had filed a ‘B’ report that was rejected by the Special Court, which issued summons to the senior Congress leader.

In another land denotification case, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy too challenged the summons issued by a special court for people’s representatives. The summons requires him to appear before a court in Halagevaderahalli on October 4. He has contended that the ‘B’ report by Lokayukta police exonerates him.

On October 1, 2007, Kumaraswamy passed an order that denotified certain sites in Halagevaderahalli. As part of this, a reported total of 2 acres and 24 guntas were denotified in favour of the landowners who sold the sites to builders. The land which was denotified also included a portion  intended for the formation of Banashankari 5th stage. Rejecting the ‘B’ report filed by the Lokayukta police at the time, the Special Court had issued summons to the former Chief Minister.