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IN THE HIGH comrr or KARNATAKA.
DATEE) THIS THE 24th DA*{"o1«3
BEFORE
TI-IE H()N'BLE MR.JUSTICi%§V:'i2AMv.MQHA§I i®IjDY
'WRIT PE'1'I'I'i():N-.No._472'VA§f':.2§§08. (LERES)
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MR PRAsi~IAN'I'H'=1\: ..
PEFITIONER
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TH'E~.u£')EPUTY COMMISSIONER
~.CEjE_I'I'RADURGA
~ THE TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
' HOSADURGA,
CHITRADURGA
REPRESENTED BY ITS
CHIEF' OFFICER
RESPONDENTS
{By Sri RAMESI-I BANNAPPANAVAR, AGA )
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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER AI~>:.I_’IcL-:~;s ;_
AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION QF INDIA~PI§AYINo To –. ”
QUASH ANNEX.C., THE DIREc’1?Io’Ns. IS.SU_EI_)”V§_3Y -‘.I’E-i§’.*..
FIRST RESPONDENT DT. 20.11.2907:-PASSEIT}…IIw¥ ;sIo.._I,r~:I>.’
(3R.314/ 07-03.
THIS ‘WRIT PETITION ooI{m~:o on I:*oRl:iI>i2EI;1MINARY
HEARING THIS DAY, *I*:~i:’«;_ CC}IJR’i”A3\:ii!-\fiE.TI-IE FOLLOWING:
The? a«_;–3jlce.os’ee”‘l.i3_1tI.der the Telegraph Act
1885, layout on a
p1ivate”gprei1I.i’9=.eS’ coiisent of its owner, was visited
with a Iiotice. AnnexuIe–C of the Deputy
Coi1imi§Isiovnerici.»111ii_1g«.apon him to remove and relocate the
‘ flower iigga other than its present location, and followed
. Aynnexures-E and F, of the Municipal Council,
the petitioner to comply with the directions of
., ‘i1ie4_Devvpluty Commissioner. Hence, this writ petition.
2. In the first place, Section 256 of T he Karnataka
Municipalities Act, 1964, for short ‘Act’, does not empower
the Deyuty Commissioner of the District to exercise the
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power of a Municipal Commissioner. Be that as it
petitioner has been issued with two notices V.
F’ of the Municipal Council, which i_s..no_t mspdnaéa it ” 2
petitioner.
3. In the ci1*cumstani:¢;§;i.the petitiofirr ‘is V
to submit his exp1anatj:511V_to tI:1é'”no.ticos-yvhicftii the”Muni:ipal
Counci} is bound to conéitiér and pass orders
thereon in acooxionce sntrhitime the Municipal
tiiéiitixplanation ofliered by the
petitioner, no cocrcifm-_iactiGn.ca11 be taken.
; ‘ Saibjeoit ‘toitlie aiaotie observation, the writ petition is,
i “I’§jECiIf:(i1H’. iiii it i
Sd/—
Iudge