IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 1571"' DAY OF SE}?'I'EMBER.Q§I_1Q
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK B, E O
WRIT PETITION NOS.215§35--5S9__ 20 :I0..A[LB--RER:S} _
BETWEEN:
1. MHEMAVATI-IY -.
W/O M.CHANDRASHEKARAIAH»._
AGED ABOUT 56 '
DARJI COLONY, 5T¥?,bCROSS.V»
GOPALApuRAROAD"~I: _
cH1'rRADUI2GA--5.77:30'1. "
2. DR.S.O.SHNA'PEASAD'
S/O S'%GURUNATH A
AGED ABOUT 60 'EEARS _
'V.P;.I3ADAVAIsé*E, 2&9' -CROSS
CI{ITRADUR(}I':\?57Z7"5O.1 .
3. _ B.RA;3Y.SHEKi€IARAPPA
'S,/'O LATE GURUBASAPPA
" AGED ABOUES2 YEARS
«_ 2&0 CROSS, J.C.R.EXTENSION
" _ 'C4H1'{RADURGA--577501.
' 44' ?f.Ii;:AGADEEsH
S/~O_.PU'FTASWAMY
AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS
R' '5?" CROSS, J.C.R.EXTENSION
CH1TRADURGA--577'501.
E SMTUSHADEVI
W/O SPRASAD
AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS
SUB--DIVISION, ENGINEER
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
CHIT'RADURGA-- 577501 . ., .PETITIONERS
(BY:SRI D.R.NAGARAJA, ADV., )
AND:
CHITRADURGA URBAN DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY (CUBA)
BY ITS COMMISSIONER
KELAGOTE
cHITRADURGA--5775o 1 . ...RES--I;Ot§if5'v - _
(BY:SRI R.S.RAVI,__,ADY.,} " S 3%
THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE7FIL1E3D:UNDI3I§--AR'151CI:E]:
226 AND 227 01? THE coNS"£fI'mT1oN OF' I1\§Di.A PRAYING '
T0 QUASH THE 1MPUGNED'm.;MAND NO'1;ICB}S~»DA'.i'ED
1.6.2010 AS PER ANNEXURE-P;'=Q"'AND R~--_AND.7.6';.2o1o AS
PER ANNEXURESN TO 0 ISSUEDVBY TI-IE." «-- RESPONDENT
BY DECLARING THEM” AS 1i;LEoAL,.E:RRo:\I13;oUS AND
ARBITRARY, BESIDES I13X.(.’)ESSI\:TE ALND EXORBITANT AND
THESE REIi’n_oN;_S V” FDR PRELIMINARY
HEARING THIS DAY, couafr’ FOLLOWING:
:,_R__,D,_§___P.§
The”v~eDetitionei{s chalienged the demand
notiC!i*j;SV datedn’ ~ (AnneXures–P, Q, R,] and
[Ar1I1.exureS~N, O) demanding the payment of
consideration.
The facts of the case in brief are that the
[respondent formed a layout in Chitradurga town. The
ijettitroners are all the allottees of the Sites. After
O “receiving the pI’€–fiX€d amount, the respondent executed
the leaSe–cum–Sale agreement in their favour. The
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respondent issued the notice, dated 3.12.2001
demanding the revised value of the sites.«j”‘-::’f”TIl’p’I’:e
petitioners and the similarly piaced aliottees’ ”
Petition Nos.43’78~-4414/2002 .l3Q.’?4?3»-.A it
3983 /2002, 9 146/2002, 13339/gm; whic,h~ _
be disposed of by this Court ‘its order, ‘V V
quashing the impugned notices; dated
3.12.2001. This Courtlhasllli-eiid’ ,’l_’E.::?c1’e”V__said notice is
arbitrary, principles of
natural reserved to the
cause notices to
the petitionelrs them an opportunity of
hearing and ~pass,.approVpi’iate orders thereon.
A No-w__ the respondent has again issued the
notices calling upon the petitioners
–V to additional amount of Rs.20/~ per sq.ft., which
l2.jitxseif_a isfllnecessitated by the re«~determination of the
‘ value for the lands acquired.
4. Sri D.R.Naga_raja, the learned counsel for the
petitioners submits that the respondent has even
£891.
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6. On hearing the learned advocates, I find that
the impugned demand notices are not sustainahle.
They are liable to be quashed on the .
their not preceding by the issuan.C.e_of ti”
notice. The respondent has to take a’_”d~ecision only
issuing the show cause._v”notice’- Vconsider_’1’1ig.. ‘the ‘~ ‘
rep1y/ objections of the.petitionle1fS’~ei–fp_ the
issuance of the notices are in
violation of passed in
Writ 3838/2002,
3974–a98’3/Vettnioa,*3;14a{;ioo2,”‘r3ts39/2002.
it would be met by treating
the demand. notices7Vas’~”the show cause notices. The
z?esert}ed”””to the petitioners to furnish their
A.u:re:spondent within an outer iimit of one
“today. Thereafter the respondent shall
3″~’~___V’~».consider3the same and pass appropriate orders thereon.
if the petitioners want any details regarding the
of acquisition, cost of development, the respondent
it shall furnish the same toe
petitioners.