The Karnataka Excessive Court docket on Thursday directed the Bengaluru City deputy commissioner (DC) to conduct an inquiry to find out whether or not the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had verified paperwork earlier than granting permission to assemble residential buildings on authorities land at Kodigehalli in Yelahanka.
The court docket was listening to a public curiosity litigation (PIL) filed by one Ashwathanarayana Gowda in 2007 in opposition to the encroachment of presidency land at Kodigehalli by means of the development of residences and housing society. The court docket has additionally directed the deputy commissioner to establish the officers accountable for a similar and to submit a report in 4 weeks.
A division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Ashok S Kinagi famous that there was an absence of coordination between the federal government departments. “It’s shocking that the state authorities on one hand is earlier than this court docket contending that the development of buildings is an encroachment on authorities land. Alternatively, authorities, significantly BBMP, are unaware that the actual land is authorities property. It had issued a licence and accepted the constructing plan,” the bench noticed.
“Whereas the federal government, performing on the court docket’s earlier instructions, had discovered sure encroachments and eliminated some, the BBMP had granted permission to personal people to assemble buildings. This reveals that the BBMP had not even bothered to establish the authenticity of paperwork whereas granting constructing permission,” the bench noticed.