Bengaluru: Karnataka government has allotted 40 acres of government land in Hoskote taluk of Bengaluru Rural district to the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology for the development of a proposed space, electronics and related industrial park.’
The order was issued by the Revenue department, represented by Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.
The land comprises 25 acres in Survey No. 67/68 of Nagarenahalli village and 15 acres in Survey No. 14 of Kempapura village, both in Sulibele hobli of Hoskote taluk. The allotment has been made free of cost under the Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1969.
The development assumes significance as Hoskote MLA Sharath Bachegowda is also the chairman of Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (KEONICS), the state-owned agency under the Department of Electronics, IT, Biotechnology and Science & Technology.
The government order noted that 30 acres in Survey No. 67 of Nagarenahalli had earlier been leased to the Taluk Development Board for 30 years under a 1979 government order. The lease period has since expired.
The government also noted that the land had not been developed or utilised by the panchayat for the intended purpose. The parcel has around 30 residential houses, an anganwadi centre and an overhead water tank, besides eucalyptus trees.
Following the expiry of the lease, the government cancelled the earlier grant and decided to earmark 25 acres of the land for the proposed industrial park. Another 15 acres from Survey No. 14 of Kempapura, which was originally government gomala land, has also been allotted for the project.
The order, issued by the Revenue Department on September 5, 2026, comes with several conditions. The allotted land must be used for the specified purpose within two years and returned to the Revenue Department if it is found to be no longer required.
The department has also been prohibited from selling, leasing, mortgaging, transferring or otherwise alienating the land without government permission.
The government has further said that all statutory permissions must be obtained before development works begin and applicable fees must be paid. If any portion of the land is required for a public purpose, the government retains the right to resume it without compensation.
Violation of the Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1969, will result in cancellation of the grant and resumption of the land by the government without compensation.
