Raids in DA instances between January 1, 2023 and July 31, 2025
| 150 instances | Recommended additional motion to competent authorities | |
| 113 instances | Under investigation | |
| 67 instances | High Court has stayed proceedings | |
| 34 instances | High Court has quashed FIRs | |
| 4 instances | Got sanction for prosecution in 2 instances, 2 extra pending earlier than govt | |
| 82 officers | Suspended |
However, practically half of those instances are caught in authorized challenges, in accordance with information tabled by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah within the Karnataka Legislative Council in response to 2 questions raised by MLCs C. T. Ravi and D. S. Arun.
Of the 218 DA instances registered by the Lokayukta Police throughout this era, 101 instances (46.3%) have been caught in authorized challenges whereas the High Court of Karnataka has stayed proceedings in 67 instances and quashed FIRs in 34 instances.
A senior Lokayukta Police official mentioned that a lot of the 101 instances have both been stayed or quashed on ‘technical grounds’.
“A Superintendent of Police (SP) rank officer wants to present an order underneath Section 17 of PC Act, 1988 to research the DA case towards a specific officer. The court docket has, in lots of instances, discovered fault in an SP giving an order to lodge an FIR and examine in a single order, and never sequentially. In some instances, they’ve additionally mentioned that the SP has to file intimately within the order as to why a specific case is being assigned to a specific officer,” a senior official mentioned.
The Lokayukta Police have challenged all these orders within the Supreme Court of India.
“We already have beneficial orders in just a few instances, however many instances are but to return up for listening to earlier than the apex court docket. We are assured of clearing these authorized challenges, however it can take time,” the officer mentioned.
Delay in investigation
The information exhibits that of the 218 instances registered since 2023, the Lokayukta Police have accomplished investigation in solely 4 instances and sought Sanction for Prosecution in them, of which the federal government has granted the identical in two instances and the request is pending within the remaining two.
Explaining the delay in investigation, a senior Lokayukta Police official mentioned that they inherited 1,300-plus instances from the ACB in 2022. Investigation into these instances, and the brand new instances had been being executed concurrently, resulting in delay.
Lack of motion by competent authorities
Lokayukta Police have submitted preliminary studies to the competent authorities involved for additional motion in 150 instances. But of them, solely 82 officers have been suspended.
“In many departments, even after raids and our studies, officers will not be even suspended. This has been the case for a few years,” a senior official mentioned.
UDD and RDPR has most variety of instances
Data exhibits that during the last two-and-a-half years, most raids have focused officers from Urban Development Department (39 officers) and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department (36 officers), adopted by Revenue Department (20 officers) and Energy Departments (17 officers).
| Departments | Raids |
| Urban Development Department | 39 |
| Rural Development and Panchayat Raj | 36 |
| Revenue Department | 20 |
| Energy Department | 17 |
| Public Works Department | 12 |
No official from the Muzrai Department and the Municipal Administration Department has been raided throughout this era whereas one official from Women and Child Development Department and two every from Education Department, Horticulture Department and Labour Department have been raided.
This is not any indication of the prevalence or the shortage of corruption in these respective departments, a senior Lokayukta Police official mentioned.
Districts with most variety of DA raids
| Bengaluru City | 45 |
| Belagavi | 11 |
| Tumakuru | 10 |
| Mysuru | 10 |
| Kalaburagi | 10 |
“Our area items, based mostly on the knowledge they obtain, perform preliminary investigations and submit studies on explicit officers, based mostly on which DA instances are booked and raids performed. More raids being performed on officers of a specific division is a perform of give attention to a specific division by our area officers. We have been nudging them to diversify their focus and in addition work on senior officers, as presently the main target is especially on mid-ranking officers. For occasion, within the 218 instances, just one All India Services officer has been raided,” the official mentioned.
The information exhibits that the majority variety of DA instances had been booked in Bengaluru metropolis, the executive capital of Karnataka. This was adopted by Belagavi, Tumakuru, Mysuru and Kalaburagi districts.
