High Court Karnataka High Court

Sri Thirtha Prasad vs Bangalore Development Authority on 24 November, 2009

Karnataka High Court
Sri Thirtha Prasad vs Bangalore Development Authority on 24 November, 2009
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar
IN THE HIGH coum OF KARNATAKA AT 8AN6A'f.'ORE
DATED THIS THE 24"' DAY OF   _
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THE HONBLE MRJUSTICE Mom

WRIT PETITION NkJ;24e752 2009 

BETWEEN:

E. Thirtha Prasad . V V
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Aged 38 yea_r.s*.._ '_'  3. 
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..Petit1'0ner
{By Sgt; Ra,gm~. _PVr~V::-'xi:-:sa2r:E*  Adv. ,)
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 .Ku'n1ai'2I.'{1'i1p_a1. T. Chowcfaiah Road
' _B2:1r1ga.IO1~"e.' «.R"ep_by its Corzlmissioiler. ..Respondent

H  Ku}na1~, Adv.,}

ifhié' 'W111 Petition is flied =.,:nde1* Articles 226 8: 227 of

 the CQ;}i31.i1L1ti0n of India praying to quash the endorsement
2 V.  by the resporlcient on 1.7.2009 Vida Annexm*ewQ.



This Writ Petition coming on for preliminary hearing
this day, the Court made the following : 

ORDER

The respondent-BDA formed

1975 in Kengeri Sateiiite Tom1′;” «Sri it

who was the applicant, was’.Vis-sijed “ieasev«ci;,rh~:sa]e

agreement and p0ssessionilioertifieate’
respect of site No.1€»’ZO/ situated
in Kengeri Bangalore
City. sale deed was

executed’ 1′, ‘off:.S’uhitaiIi:ai1yaehar by BDA. On

3. :ni3ub«r:an.1_aoy’aChar sold the site in favour

of DEA. The said

DA.Chahdraprabhakar in turn sold the site in favour of

Kumari Roopa and Smt.Rathna on

petitioner purchased the site from the

eai’*]ier:owhers on 29.3.2006.

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In the meanwhile, the State Government declared

the land, wherein the petitioners property isyiiocated,

Sy.No. 191/2 as Slum Area in the

the petitioner filed an application to

allotment of an alternative site iriihisllifavoui’

deprived of his sital area ‘in_’vi.ew of” the deeVlar._a”iio.n”of the

area as slum. Such an_.ap_pl–iCation Wasifi.1ed by the

petitioner on 8.5.2C50l'”/_7;’ ll’Siineellilteheyihapplication of the

petitioner petitioner filed
WP.No. Court, which came to be
dis13:oseVd”l:oJfl a direction to the
the Case of the petitioner in

e1Cc0_rdane’e _vvith’– law.””‘Thereaft.er the impugned order is

1’eUjeCting””‘the prayer of the petitioner on the

groun’di_’tiiat.t_E1e petitioner is a subsequent purchaser.

submitted on behalf of the petitioner that

x the persons who are similarly placed, whose sites were

‘ declared as slum area, are allotted alternative sites;

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that even the subsequent purchasers were allotted
alternative by the BDA. He relies uporl the

documents which Clearly reveal that

subsequent purchasers, viz., N.Anil___u_’Kunj’a1j aimi

B.K.Sril<anth and Srnt. R(:):'Opa–.lLl::.€l.'Cf

alternative sites in lieu of the s'i.tes 1ost»"t'hen1 sliurrir.

area. .

Learned eounse.l_&_ap_pelarir–ngon behalf of the EDA

vehemently opposed the

orderwis bad in the eye of law.

inasrnueh as differentiate between the
o1’igir1a.i~V..La1lott’ee””aiid””–tlie purchaser. The petitioner
purchaser” yvilbste-p “into the shoes of the original

Eve1l’ase«Limi11g that the original allottee is in

:vp.n_5sevs’;;io«n'”at the time of declaration of the area as
original allottee would have definitely got the

alter11atiVe, ‘site. Such an a1ter11ative site Could have

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been sold to the third party. There is no prohibition
under any of the Rules that the subsequent pijrchaser

is not entitled to alternative site. In view_;of’

the BDA is not justified in rejecting

by the petitioner, praying for_ .oI’—aiitle-rnattive

site. As a matter of fact, .as.._cou1Vd,_b’e S€€;f1’lfiTQIIlV the

sheet contained by the l{lnnexu1*e~K. it
is clear that even identified for the
purpose of allotment The Secretary
has which clearly
be allotted alternative
202×40′, EV Phase,

J.P.Nagar’ V_E3Xt.e’11si’on’,’l. as per its resolution dated

A 3l’e!..:7,5.2OO’7, Thlereahfter the BDA has taken ‘U’ turn and

rejectexzlht of the petitioner. The impugned order

is~._11ot>onllyllillegal, but it is arbitrary. The BDA should

is notlhave forced the petitioner to approach the Court

it ‘~_rep’eatiedly.

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In View of the same. the impugned ordefedated

1.7.2009. at Annexurewg is liable to be :.%.1}d

accordingly same is quashed. The

directed to allot an altern§;ttive,.lclAsit4ee»

dimension to the petitiioi1e_r iri”._;;11iy of”i’t’s,layQ§utl

expeditiously as possible, ‘o11’i«1,l;’11ot tlianl} the outer
limit of four month§ff_ro’in of receipt of this

order. H .

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‘JUDGE