HC stays K'taka govt enquiry into previous govt's '40% commission' on contracts

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: The High Court of Karnataka has stayed a Government Order constituting a one-man enquiry commission led by retired High Court judge H N Nagamohan Das to investigate the allegations of the "40 per cent commission" in government contracts alleged by some contractors.

The State Government had issued the said order on August 5, 2023 to probe the alleged commission in works allotted in the Urban Development, Water Resources, Minor Irrigation and Rural Development, Public Works and Panchayat Raj departments between 2019-20 to 2022-23.