Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 14 -- The State Government has promoted 20 senior-grade Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officers, including former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) - now Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) - Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh, who has been facing allegations of irregularities in site allotments under the 50:50 ratio scheme.

A notification issued yesterday by K.H. Keshava Prasad, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, stated that officers of the 1998 batch of KAS have been promoted to the selection grade. However, for administrative convenience, they will continue in their present postings.

Natesh has been accused of allotting 14 prime sites in Vijayanagar 3rd and 4th Sta...