BENGALURU: Wipro czar Azim Premji has been issued a notice by the High Court in connection with an encroachment allegation.

The petitioner has alleged that Premji had been indicted by a state assembly house panel of encroaching 23 guntas of government land near his home on the outskirts of the city.

The A.T.Ramaswamy report had revealed that prominent personalities in the city were involved in land grabbing. Ramaswamy, a former MLA, said Bengaluru had become a safe haven for land sharks and real estate businessmen who enjoyed political patronage.

The petitioner said no action had been taken against Premji despite the report accusing him of encroachment and wanted the government to take back the land allegedly encroached by the Wipro Chairman.

Premji lives in  a farm house, adjacent to the Wipro corporate campus at  Sarjapur road. The land allegedly encroached was used to build palm grove and a guest house.

"I am not saying it has been intentionally encroached. It could be a mistake, but it is still a violation," said Ramaswamy. Wipro has denied the allegation and said it had clarified the matter to the government.

The Ramaswamy report was submitted to the previous coalition government led by Janata Dal Secular leader H.D.Kumaraswamy.

The report had revealed that  leading Swamjis and sons of former Chief Ministers were in the list of those who had grabbed government land.

Another prominent name is that of Jagdish Naidu, son of Information Technology Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu who has been accused of grabbing nearly 16 acres of land on the city's outskirts.