In response, a single-judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the Karnataka Forest Department not to dispossess HMT of the land or act on its June 15 eviction order. “It is HMT and not the forest department that has encroached on forest land that had not been converted (into industrial land). Is it possible to conduct real estate business on forest land declared under Section 64A of the Karnataka Forest Act, 1963?” Story continues below this ad“The forest land in the possession of HMT is the property of seven crore Kannadigas. Under the government of those who promised to turn Bengaluru into Singapore, HMT land was torn apart and devoured like vultures, without the slightest restraint,” Kumaraswamy said earlier this month.