BENGALURU: Upa Lokayukta Justice B Veerappa has registered a suo motu case against a few revenue officials of Hospet taluk for wrongly showing a woman dead in the records, which led to withdrawal of several benefits offered to her by the government.
Taking cognisance of a media report published on April 1, which narrated the hardship of N Hampamma of Dharmasagar village in Hospet taluk of Vijayanagara district because of the mistake committed by the officials, Justice Veerappa registered the complaint against the tahsildar, executive officer of Hospet taluk panchayat and the panchayat development officer of Byluvaddigeri gram panchayat and directed them to submit their explanations in person on May 20, 2026.
Hampamma, wife of N Thimmareddy, who was also residing in Dharmasagar village where the victim, Hampamma, lives, died in 2024.
The officials, without any verification, entered the victim, Hampamma, as dead in the records. This caused severe inconvenience to the victim.
Despite the victim submitting several representations to the officials stating that she is alive and requesting them to rectify the errors in the Aadhaar card so that she could get the benefits of various government schemes, they did nothing.
Treating it as maladministration and dereliction of duty under the Karnataka Lokayukta Act and violation of Article 14, 21 and 300A, Justice Veerappa directed the tahsildar to take steps to rectify the errors in the victim’s Aadhaar card immediately. He also marked a copy of his order to the Vijayanagara district in-charge minister for action.