Mysuru, Feb. 5 -- The State Government has extended the tenure of the One-Man Judicial Inquiry Commission, led by retired High Court Judge Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, until May 31, 2025, to probe the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment scam.

Secretary of the Department of Internal Administration (Law and Order), S. Nagaraju, issued the extension order under the Governor's directives.

The inquiry was initially launched through an official notification on July 14, 2024, under Sub-rule (1) of Rule 3 of the Inquiry Commission Act, 1952, following allegations of irregularities in MUDA's land allotments, particularly under the 50:50 ratio scheme.

The Government had constituted the Commission under Justice Desai's...