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Facing a staggering backlog of implicit 1.4 crore postulation usurpation cases and unpaid penalties exceeding ₹642 crore, a 50% concession connected eligible postulation e-challan fines has been announced, offering a limited-time accidental to settee long-pending dues betwixt June 21 and July 10.
The concession applies to postulation e-challan cases registered by the Police Department earlier May 2026, and Transport Department cases booked betwixt 1991 and 2022, Principal District and Sessions Judge Usha Rani said aft presiding implicit a gathering of officials astatine the New Court Complex connected Monday.
According to authoritative data, the Mysuru City Police person 1,04,18,480 pending postulation challan cases, which impact unpaid fines totalling ₹458.04 crore. Additionally, the Mysuru territory constabulary grip different 36,73,737 cases with outstanding dues of ₹184.05 crore. In total, the territory has 1,40,92,217 unresolved cases, with cumulative fines amounting to ₹642.09 crore.
The Regional Transport Office (East) has 792 pending cases involving fines of ₹24.12 lakh, portion the Hunsur RTO part has 864 cases with dues of ₹30.99 lakh, taking the full pending Transport Department cases to 1,656 and unpaid fines to ₹55.11 lakh.
Directing officials to wide publicise the scheme, Ms. Usha Rani said peculiar booths would beryllium opened astatine some the aged and caller tribunal complexes to facilitate outgo of fines during the concession period.
Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi said a akin thrust conducted successful 2025 had resulted successful the postulation of ₹1.43 crore and ₹43.8 lakh successful pending fines. This year, the constabulary program to usage bushed officers and societal media platforms to amended consciousness and collections.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Sundar Raj said arrangements would beryllium made to cod fines astatine each 18 constabulary stations and 5 postulation constabulary stations successful the city. Additional counters volition beryllium opened if required, helium added.
Special Lok Adalat
The District Judge besides announced that the Supreme Court volition organise a Special Lok Adalat from August 21 to 23 for the colony of identified cases. Pre-Lok Adalat proceedings volition beryllium conducted done video conferencing, allowing litigants to enactment either virtually oregon successful person.
The database of cases identified for colony volition beryllium published connected the website of the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority. Litigants whitethorn besides sojourn video-conferencing centres established astatine District Legal Services Authorities to enactment successful the proceedings. A Google signifier has been made disposable for advocates and litigants to registry earlier July 31. Further accusation tin beryllium obtained done the NALSA helpline (15100) oregon the respective District Legal Services Authorities, she added.
