IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT 3ANGA:_oR£ DATED THIS THE 16"' DAY OF OECEMBER 201,9 BEFORE : A THE HON'Bi_E MRJUSTICE MOHAN sHANTAi4isi'AGtt§tii:t.eiii;' wan PET;_T_:_:oN No_5.773;-773:4/'200.9"'(V"'L:té¢'-!§E§"_';_ u Bggwegn : 1. M/s.Baba Deveiopers Pvt. Ltdj",~...V Having its registered office 'A At No.l9~20, Hegganahalti Viilage, __ Kundana Hobli, ' - '- Davanaha|iiTaiuE<, V Bangaiore Rural' District} ' - Bangalore I -. Rep.by its ~i'~'i"ana~g..i:§g"D_iretigort' V P.Sasibhu"s_;Vha:_ri;..V t 2. P.Sashib._hushan, _ " S/0 Late Chandra.sh'ekha'r Rao Re:sI'u'ing at P»§QtiN0.19~2O, H_e§;.g;3__ijiah_a|Ei \/'i'Eia.g_e,«' .iiA_nasuya ' .. W/0 Sasibhushan _Age.d about 50 years, Residing at Plot No.19--2O Hegganahalii Viilage, ---Kundana Hobli, -3- the notification issued by the R2 as per Annexure--M dated 27.1.2009 and Gazette Notification dated 29.1.2009, as per Anne-xure--N as nuii and void and consequentiy to direct the respondents to permit the petitioners to use the said'"--!.ands for residentiai purposes. ~ 7 These Writ Petitions having been heard for orders on 9*" December 2010, pronounced'the»jsame'on 16"' December 2010 : ORDER
Petitioners have sough.t”‘~for aAdeclara.t’i’oAif1″”t.h.a–t the.”
Master Plan, 2021 dated 29..,1.”2€009 vide
Annexures–‘K’ and issued by the
2″” responden.t~a;s:-_ it/I”‘gdateo’ 27.1.2009
and the 9999 “Gnaeette::¢0;.4i9Nejt*i»f;’catie_9ii9″‘heated 29.1.2009 vide
Annexurve-_’ N’, asrii;iii!>2’a*n:cl”void in so far as they relate to
the desig_nati’enertheiieiids, bearing Survey Nos.62, 65,
6499102/1, 103/1, 49, 104/1, 105/1,
9104/3%,”1io’a,,sA’0,i~i”101/1, 2 3 and 102/2, totally measuring
2 241 a’crevs:A.1v’c3; guntas, situated at Hegganahalli village,
‘9VvV””,.:iKuridana” Hoblé, Devanahalli Taluk, belonging to the
Wptetitioners for agricultural use.
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2. The State Government constituted Bangalore
International Airport Area Pianning Authority
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Planning Authori«tyl,’f’for.,_,
short) on 12.1.1996 and the Master Plan
the Planning Authority was provisionally«approvedv the
State Government and the same w:a.s>:publishe.d”on
September 2004. The afore’m:’entioned_V_ “‘la.’r.1d’s;.:’v4VVwere
converted for non–agr:ic.ultu’ra’lV_0*:’p_urp.oses’H'”i.e., for
residential purposes under__Sectvion:: 9’5.:’of’._’jt.h’*e Karnataka
Land Revenue Act4,’«’,;l.i§65v:{,he_réxinaftierreferred to as ‘the
Revenue Actiiffor.short)_j0i’2.on 22.12.2004, 1.2.2005,
23.2.2005 and Objection Certificate was
issued Karnatai<.a:vPollution Controi Board. However,
the application.,""*fi__l_ed by the petitioners for grant of
7',___approval'for formaftion of residential layout was rejected
_j"_'~.._'_pyissuingvvesjdorsements dated 7.10.05 and 20.10.2005.
p:et'i«tioners made another application for grant of
for formation of residential layout on
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25.4.2006. The same aiso came to be rejected on
22.6.2006. Such orders of the rejection of the prayer of
the petitioners for formation of residential |ayout.._’w;er4e
questioned before this Court in
No.7487/2006 and connected matters. ‘_
to be disposed of by observing thus it
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sanction of layout_pEano/-~-in”d.us~tcria| use-..weEre
required to be co’i”iséide’reci.,’i;.n””t–h’e_AIiight of the
final Master._Pian _to«b_e-n’ot’ifi_ed”‘uVn’d.ger the Act
byvi”‘i”t’ia-exit, Ba::iiigai’ore Iinterinational airport
Pia’-nning’ Planning Authority
for theiiavre’a_in. question constituted under
_i;he,Act not on the basis of the
. _ V”o’*F5’ro.viisi”o.nai Outliiine Development Pian.
Learned Advocate General
2′ that the orders impugned require a
V reiookv in accordance with the ‘Master Plan’
‘Tito be notified by the Planning Authority.
According to the iearned Advocate Generai,
the orders impugned are unsustainabie and
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if granted reasonable time, the authorities
would reconsider the petitioners’ applications
and consider the petitioner’s application
W.P.No.2881/2006 in accordance
master pian to be notified on or befOi’i’:e:”
01-2009, and pass orders thereagn. ”
Para-6: Recording of”
the learned Advocategiix[.Qenera_|,V._n-ot’i:ii’n’g”
further survives for con.s’iAd.ei”a_tion” in’__th_eise
petitions and arejfacAc*ord*_i~nglyg»..lAd’is_posed of.
Time for compliatncve months
from 30″§’~v3a««n:i’z–ary5i__200:9.”~.T”.i”–.. 2 *0 0
3.v7–._T|’1e is approved by the 2″”
|’€Si3On_dent”‘~.designaAt~iVng…”7 the lands in question for
“V”a_grie’uiitU._tai..i_purApo’se~s”0n 27.1.2009 as per Annexure–
A was issued on 29″‘ January 2009 to
the»..|§fiaster1;i>’lian making certain clarifications as per
20°’*.__VA»nAnexu’rel3’N’ on 29″‘ Lianuary 2009. As
a..aEo’r’ementioned, the petitioners are aggrieved by the
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action of the respondent in designating the lands in
question in the Master Plan for agricultural purposes,–.__’
4. It is contended by Sri M.S.Bhagwa_t,£’_:”‘lea’rn:e’di.-.:1_”_
counsel appearing for the petitioners…that the’p*~ro’§.risi:oi1ai ”
Master Plan dated 17.9.2004 cannot bee’nfor.ced”in”Vi:;gml;»1._j
inasmuch as, it is not a Master..::P~!.an in’ the_eyes..;’of~la:w.
According to him, only Vt-he Mats*t(}f_:’*pl’an which is’: finally
approved by the State ‘Go_ye’rna:n:en__¢t::l’l:i$’i..én_tit|ed to be
enforced in law, seconclfcoinitelntionj’of the, learned
counsel is’tha*t.V.;tif:e’V’::§§etit’ion’ers”a’i’e”V:discriminated by the
respondents in designating the lands in
questioryfor 4″”agVriicu’–|tu”raV|””‘purposes, inasmuch as, the
I-‘:ad3*oin”i’ng i»–and’is.,are designated for residential purposes.
vS’t*.Vil’cj’;__|V\.’4.vV’S.Bhagwat, learned counsel for the
..il_l,c’_;.,_petitionersu’elaborating the aforementioned contentions
s¢5.aitttd that BIAAPA is constituted on 12.1.1996 and
therefore, the master Plan should have been
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prepared by the Planning Authority i.e., 2″” respondent
herein within two years as mandated under Section 9 of
Karnataka Town Planning & Country Act,
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Planning Act’
that the provisional Master Pian-“was.
published after eight years by theWPla.n.ning:v_~Auth’ori*t’y–;.lvV”
that the Master Plan was fina|ly,.:a’pprovedV_ ‘HState
Government after aboutfour_*°a’nd~:llf_.aVlF..,years°l’rom the
date of publication of theAVV_proyisi_onlal–*M’a*s_tve’r Plan, which
according to belatevdjflwence illegal; that
respondent {certain of the residential
layouts though were formed after
4_p_ub|icat_iongA.of tVh’e_,V:vproyisional Master Plan; that the
the petitioners were designated for
V resid”en’tii’alVpu”r–po=ses and whereas, the lands in question
VT=~..__a’re des”ig.nsa:_ted for agricultural purposes; that the State
.A_G’o_vewrln’ment has not applied its mind while approving
Master Plan proposed by BIAAPA. He further
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submitted that no objection is also issued by the Airport
Authority of India on 5.4.2005.
Per contra, Sri Ashok Haranahalli, |ear’ng*eg:d.._’
Advocate General taking me through ”
provisions of Planning Act opposed”the’w_rit
contending that none of the residential1’i~ayouts.ivv’l
formed after publication of the”*»provision~aIAM-asterWP|an
are approved as aiieged:_b’y the thatmerely
because conversion orde.r.s.:’_a’re’v.pass’e’d V’i’niiv~–favour of the
petitioners “”” “suAbseq’Vu:ei1t’~.tAo- pLi_”t3%i*cVation of provisionai
Master Plan ‘would; entitle the petitioners
to get _approv’alV_:Vfrorn Athe”‘”Planning Authority; that the
fo:__pern*ii’ssion filed by the petitioners is
to:”‘«b»eVV,considered by the Planning Authority as
‘Viper the Ea._w,-then existing at the time of filing of the
that no ma/ice can be attached against the
.res°p.o’ndAents in publishing the Master Plan; that certain
‘piolrtlions of lands which were already developed prior to
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Plan is prepared based on fact situation with application
of mind.
7. Before considering the rival contentions’~Vo’f..b_tnve
parties, it is beneficial to refer to certain p–rovisAion’si of’
the Planning Act and Revenue .wof4.’_Tthe_y A
Planning Act reveals that the Authority”
prepare and publish in the pr”es’cribed ‘mVa’nari’er’V’*aWMaster A
Plan for such area anc:l’~~.,sub_rn”i’t’V’t:he:”Sa.me to the State
Government for provisional.._ai’p_’pfov”a.lV”iaffter carrying out
the surve’y”io*fr.:t:.he ‘a:i1je’a’two”Vyears from the date of
deciaratEo–n’o.f the area. If the Master Plan
is notA.prrepaar’ed:V, rptzblishiésd and submitted to the State
I-fly.V.Gove’rn’m.ent”‘by the””i5lanning Authority within the period
of.twoy”yvears,Vf’the State Government may authorise the
_Director of -Town Planning to prepare and publish such
“”=4’pl:a~n.Pri__n the prescribed manner.
Prior to carrying out the survey of the area for
preparing the Master Plan under Section 9 ofg~”‘–the
Planning Act, the Planning Authority shall
declaration of its intention to prepare such p,|_a’v:i”l~–,,..VS”r11A_1Q~=,~J’_ing’7
the boundaries of the entire
included in the Master Plan.,S.u_ch
sent to State Government. has
to notify of such declaravtgior. _i3ffi’;:lAi.ag’i_C’gazette and in
one or more local.V.n’ew3,.V.p–gipjers*suggestions
from the pu oi
Sectionll «:12 Act deals with the
contentsof the Master”-PVAl”an and the contents include
?’for”i’A.;oninQu llll of the land use, such as for
resti–.den_tialvv,:”:-.._,._’l clornmercial, industrial, agricultural
AV”recreat’ion,.._”‘educational and etc., a complete street
indicating major and minor roads, national
hiigh”wia’ys and State highways etc., It shall also include
reserved for parks, playgrounds and other
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recreational uses, public open spaces, public buildings
and institutions and the area reserved for such other
purposes as may be expedient for nevi!”-»:’c*iv”i’c_’
developments and the areas earmarked
development and expansion.
Section 13 of the Planning”Act-A.A_lreve’a|.s
State Government after maklingisuchh”modificatVi’ovyn’s”‘as it it
deems fit shall return .t’h.e Malster.I’j’PlVan_Atothe Planning
Authority, which shall notification
the Maste”r”‘Pla:r:, within 60 days
from theVV7::lalt.eVofVVV If any member of the
public _commu”ni_cate’s in “writing any comment on the
the Planning llll “Authority, the Planning Authority
shcallvv.ccoiris:Vii§.e”r fsuich comments and re–submit the plan
and the to the State Government. After
itit”Silli=eceivi_ng “the plan and the report, the State Government
4′.’_wi|’i’._VVV”g’i’ve its final approval to the plan with such
=.rn’odifications as the Director may advise under sub-
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section (3) of Section 13 of the Planning Act. Thus, the
final approval of the Master Plan will be accorded under
subsection (3) of Section 13 of the Planning Act.
Section 14 (1) of the Planning Act clarif’_;sV_,:’tha.t
every land use, every change in iand use
development in the area covered bytthie pilani”scu.ojecti’t0″i’._ 3′
Section 14~A, from the date on dle’c.AlAa*rat«i0l,i~.Ali’r.
intention to prepare the Maste*r.’,:.V’l’-‘lan isrpubEVis:hVedMu’n’der 3′
Section 10(1) shall coiira,,rm,iito*tr.éeprovislioinsVor the
Pianning:iAc’t’,”thfe_ the report as finally
approved zbv the under Section 13(3)
of the P,!a.nnin”‘_cj’ A
_ “itisfa|S’o._re|evVa’nt to note the provisions of Section
V(thus:”
of.-_uthe’.’}l<,arnaitaka Land Revenue Act, which reads
A Section 95 : Uses of agricultural land
the procedure for use of
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agricultural land for the other purpose:
(1) xxx xxx xxx
(2) If any occupant of land assessed or held”-T-«b.n”‘~u
for the purpose of agriculture wisheS3V.:’..t”o”~~’.’H:ft4-
divert such land or any part thereof.~~t–o…:a~n:yA–f: .
other purpose he shall (not
anything contained in any Iavéw f’o._r the:_tir.*ie’~ it
being in force) apply 15O’i’..c:[3EnFmi.SSi_§)n._tQ
Deputy Commissioner vyihol”‘may_, subje.C,3t_tfo
the provisions oftt~hi”s_As’ect:{_ioun”‘=«a’vn.d~the rules
made underthis “‘perrn_i..s’sion or
grant it ~.h_e:7may think
¥i5rAoyiic!e_dV;’3.4VVn’ ihrwvithe Deputy
Corvrm*iissionVei’5’fsh’a!lV_:’not..refuse permission for
diyersiion ofnsuch_via«n~’d included in the Master
pnublnished ____ under the Karnataka Town
Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka
1963), if such diversion is in
A»..ryaccord_an’ce with the purpose of land use
specified in respect of the land in such plan;
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under Section 95 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act,
the petitioners cannot claim that the Planning Authiorigty
i.e., BIAAPA should permit them to form tlf’..’.3.’44’_’lV.’l:’_\_’/’t’.’)’VjLl:t’
pursuant to the conversion orders.
Authority has to strictly proceed
the Planning Act and the Master Pla’n..v_”The
provides for regulation of plan:n’ed_ g_vrow’th.tof land use
and development for n9ialz€li’n.g”–ans.;;j;’e$cevcu’tio_n of the town
planning schemes_Aof__the-“State Having felt
it necessary Saree–..to:i’cr’eate”conditions which
are favouv_raE3i~eAVfo’r*p_ljannin:g~~~and replanning of the urban
and rural ar”eas” in with a view to provide full
__.civic social am–en_i_t_ies for the people in the State, to
Vstopl”u–nco_n’trolled_ development of land due to land
speculation asr;d.a1’profiteering in land, to preserve and
.y%_f.y_.irnproveyexisting recreational facilities and other
contributing towards balanced use of land and
. ‘Tl”to_Md_i5rect the future growth of populated areas in the
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approved by the State Government. Thus, it is amply
clear that the every development and every change in
land use made in between the period betwee.n=..b_thve
provisional Master Plan and the final
conform not only to the provisior:s”‘of it
but also to the final Masterg,P|an,f
the change in land use made”i”n:favour”*of”the petwitioners it
is contrary to the conversion
orders cannot be petitioners,
inasmuch as, not allow any
development’ -‘Master Plan finally
approved.
ii$;dnf1i.ttedlyv,’ lllll this matter, the lands in
quest’ioni’__afre’:deV_sigVn.ated for agricultural use not only in
V’.:~,gprovision”a.| iVlast’er Plan, but also in final Master Plan.
,1are._not’.designated for residential use. If it is so,
it”V-4’f:.th-ef=pe’titioners prayer for grant of approval of the layout
ypllanmcannot and will not be granted since the prayer
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runs contrary to the Master Plan. As aforementioned,
the petitioners cannot take shelter under the conversion
orders for getting approval of the residential
the Planning Authority. The conversion
subject to final Master Plan. Since”‘th*e. M’asterifP.i_aVndoes if
not provide for forming any gireside»nti’a_l iay.cb”)V_-of’
lands which are designated fo’ri:VV:agricultu_raAlfpuirposel, the
prayer of the petitionejjj-S.ifor.’g’ra’:n*-5.._g.l?vi’plermisvsion to form
layout cannot beAigrante.d._.fl–.. A
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the provisiornal *Masjtelr’*«I??:l’a.n..~~can be enforced in law and
any d:.e\.:elop”n:entVa.vi’ activity which has taken place after
ii.V.”prov’i”sVioiial jVl’MyasterV”””Pl«an would be subject to the final
Mas-fer elanAs
1’4vl_”:.So also, this Court does not find any ground to
the contention of the petitioners that they are
,cli.scriminated in the matter of designating their lands for
agricultural purposes. The Master Plan could be
prepared based on fact situation. Mala fides cann:ot»,be
alleged against the respondents. It is Cl§i’l”l’fi.€ld.__l:oily
learned Advocate General that certain l«arid:”
over which the development had,’ al,_re’a7d§/_ta.l<en'*pl.ace_AA
prior to the declaration made'~.._by a,utiio'r;vi.jtl»=,:.,.,,under
Section 10(1) of the are ..d'eSi.gn_£§ted for
residential purposes. in those
areas, the residential come up and
are existing be treated as
residential ._ is nothing on record to
controvert l . sag .
1.5.” i<eepii'ig_,Vin rnind the intention with which the
'A'~PlaAn:i'i«i.,n:g –i.sl"*enacted, the Planning Authority prepares
V the 'plan' interest of general public. There will have
'to, be line somewhere, to mark the zones such
,'_aslf,ag*ricultural zone, residential zone etc., The
l"'~Vl..,,b'ouridaries will be fixed on the basis of actual fact
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accordance with law applicable on that day on which
such permission is to be granted. The applicationsigwere
filed by the petitioners after the provisional
which had designated the area in iqiileistidh
agricultural purpose. In view,
permission sought for by the»i’pe.titio’r..ers cozivilld’..;no_tmhiavie
been granted and cannot be
18. The judgment l CHAIRMAN,
moons V1’KAS_”Pf1§4i.DHfi7KARiiN”?:l7$F= mike INDUSTRIAL
COKE & ciHE:4f1:t:ALsi L112; ,fANb”‘o7’HERs ( (2007) 3 sec
705) iaafelied’ learned counsel for the
petitioners also is not a’ppl”[cab|e to the facts of this case,
I-‘i’V’vin’a.s’m”ia.chi;as,”~ the concllusion reached by the Apex Court
ini–theh- was after considering the Madhya
Pradesah |\_iaga”riTatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973.
rnatters in question have to be decided keeping in
4’_’rijin.d”‘the provisions of Karnataka Town & Country
T iilfilanriing Act. In the said matter of Madhya Pradesh
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State, the planning statute does not provide for
enforcement of draft development plan. Whereas, ingthe
matter on hand, as is clear from Section
Planning Act of Karnataka, any conversion”
development made after the
the provisional Master plan shouId'”co’ntorrnh..t:,o’A’the
Master Plan. Which means,l’V””ti?:l_anning’~-AAct*V’sp:ecifically
provides enforcement of_.prov.iVsionvai«..Vi§’iaster Plan.
In view of the above;thi.s.VACoLl’rt”d5oes not find any
ground togrant;that-gVp’ralye.rs oi”‘_’th’ev petitioners. Petitions
fail and
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