{"id":178368,"date":"2009-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-k-somashekar-vs-byatarayanapura-city-municipal-on-26-march-2009"},"modified":"2018-03-15T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:19:07","slug":"dr-k-somashekar-vs-byatarayanapura-city-municipal-on-26-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-k-somashekar-vs-byatarayanapura-city-municipal-on-26-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"Dr.K.Somashekar vs Byatarayanapura City Municipal &#8230; on 26 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.K.Somashekar vs Byatarayanapura City Municipal &#8230; on 26 March, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n<pre>EN THE HIGH CO'UR'1' G? KARNATAKA, BANGALGRE\n\nmag}; THES THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH  . K\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE 1-10N'BL;3 MR. 13.9. DINA1{ARAi\\E\u00ab,. ;:1im4\u00a7Fj%g*1;s\u00a7f:*;::EL%5 A\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUsff1~2E V;  \n\nWRIT AP?EAL.~- P\u00a7o.6S26'f :i:30&lt;;;jLB -5 R193; \nBEFWEEN:        &quot;\n\nDEXK Somashekargg-&#039;V    &quot;  \nS\/&lt;3.1a}:e Sri K 3    &#039;\nAged about 69 3%;e:31fs,&quot; &#039;   \u00ab_ &quot; \nF&#039;I\u00b0e$eI1t1yresiding Viki}; v&#039;N\u00a3}..8&#039;1., &#039;\n4% Cross, 1$\u20acI9ia~i:1.,   ~  _ _\nU A S L3&#039;\u00a7r&#039;0U$, Sanjfayanagar&#039;, M.\n\nBangalore-V560 O94.  _ &quot; &quot; .. Appellant\n\n(By S13&#039; S:&#039;:ir1iv..\u00e9sa,V_&#039;A\u20aclv. for. Aaren Associates)\n\n1&quot;&#039;. ._  &#039;.__ByataIfay.%;ir\u00a3apura City\n&#039;  Muzxi\u00e9iggai Council,\n&quot;&#039;\u00a73ya1\u00a3a1&quot;a&#039;yanap1n&#039;a,\n Bz:mga1ore--56O O92,\n* : Represented by its Commissioner.\n\n.  I \u00abV  The Commissianer,\n\nByatarayzmapura City\n\nMunicipal Council,\n\nByatarayamapura,\n\nBangalore\ufb01\u00e9f} O92. .. Respendents\n\n\n\nIN.)\n\nThis WA. is \ufb01led under Section 4 of  \nHigh Court; Act, 1961, praying to set-aside t\u00a7_1c&quot;1*;d._\u00a3\u00a7I'1'f  Byatarayanapura City Municipal\n\nV.   _V(iL\u00a7;see.._' -jii'\u00a3*iS&lt;V\u00a3;ir;tie:f1\u00e9\n\nVidyaranyapma was i11cIude&#039;\ufb01_.&#039;,,.,*\\ Ieteex&#039;   *\n\nplan was issued on    f\u00e9crtitioxzer\nput up eonstjmctioza of  completed\nthe same in the   completion of\ncenstruetiozg-&#039;t:i3.e  ieesesseci for tax by\nthe  \ufb01em the year 199&#039;}?\n98 and   eaymg the tax regularly. It\n\nis further gisrrg\ufb01ed that  petitioner was issued 3. notice\n\n \ufb01atefft&#039; 1_.&#039;20i}&quot;5&#039; \u00abh3j__ethe Municipal Cjouneil stating that\n\n Sunder Raj had submitted a cempiaint\n\n theLt.&#039;j_ {he petitioner has put up CO\u00a51Sf.I&#039;1IC&#039;[i{}1&#039;l&#039;iI1\n\n  7:;io1a\u00a3;;z&#039;0nV&quot;&#039;o\u00a7&#039; the sanction plan and wherefore the aforesaid\n\n  jbetitien was preferred.\n\n  The lwmed Single Judge by his order dated\n\n \u00bb &#039;4 1.2909 after hearing the ieazned eezmsel appearing for\n\n&#039;x\u00e9\n\n\n\nthe parties held that the Municipal Council has \n\nincluded in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagare.  \n\nshort BBMP&#039;) in the month of March,   ~ \n\nrespondents - Municipal Council having swim:<\/pre>\n<p>the BBB\/&#8217;IF, the Municipal  ishnot in  <\/p>\n<p>despite that the petitioner has&#8230;not_ in:1Lp1e.a&#8217;ded_the BBMP.<br \/>\nAccordingly, the writ ,  rejected. Being<br \/>\naggieved by the.o\u00a7&#8217;der cfi\u00e9-ited&#8217;::23.:1A.:&#8217;2Q{}?9,;the writ petitioner<\/p>\n<p>has preferrer.i&#8221;&#8216;this  1:5 &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>4.  ii::s:1ffei\u00ab for the appellant<\/p>\n<p>and  for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n<p> V&#8217;    easel appearing for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>the Writ petitiotn was \ufb01xed in the year 2006<\/p>\n<p> by the notice issued by the Q\ufb02d respondent<\/p>\n<p>    Counci} dated 25.31.2006. The said Municipal<\/p>\n<p>   has since been merged with the BBMP in the<\/p>\n<p>  month of March,2{)O7 and Wherefore the merger was made<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;  after \ufb01iing of the writ petition, the Muriicipal Council was<\/p>\n<p>in existence when the impugled notice was issued and the<\/p>\n<p>\\\u00a7}.\n<\/p>\n<p>W\ufb01t petition couid not be ciismissed. He submitxed that<br \/>\nthe matter may be remitted by permitting the  to<\/p>\n<p>implea\u00e9 the BBMP.\n<\/p>\n<p>6. We have given careful g&#8217;eenside:7at.ie:ii:&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>ccmtentiens urged by the 1eamed:&#8221;eeu1ise1 <\/p>\n<p>the parties and scrutinized the&#8221;&#8211;n\u00a77a\u00a3exia1  :&#8217;eeer\ufb02&lt;*L  <\/p>\n<p>&#039;7. The scrutiny of  Sh{}W that the<br \/>\nWrit petition Waefiled i11&quot;&#039;ti:e::}gIea4t.&#039;:i3\u00a7{3\u20aci\u00a3\u00a7  aggieved by<br \/>\nthe I1etice   ._2mi: ieepe\ufb01\ufb01ent &#8212; Municipai<br \/>\nCouncilwyiziate\ufb01  fact that the Murlieipai<\/p>\n<p>Councii hae been elefge\ufb01gei\ufb01l the BBMP, the writ p\u20ac1&#039;iti0\u00a31<\/p>\n<p> Jgae    iznpleading the BBMP as one of the<\/p>\n<p>V.&#039;-ree\u00e915e:1de1;te.;&#039;\u00abvffizerefore, we held that the order passed by<\/p>\n<p>   the  Judge rejecting the writ pe\ufb01tiorz on the<\/p>\n<p> gg-oune  fhe BBMP is not made a party, is iiable to be<\/p>\n<p>  eetfieifie by remitting the matter with a direction to<\/p>\n<p> ee&#039;V*izn\u00a7 1ead the BBM? as sought for by the petitioner and<\/p>\n<p>  j\u00e9hereafter dispose off the writ petition in accordance with<\/p>\n<p>law. Aeeerdingly, we pass the following:<\/p>\n<p>\\R&#039;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Dr.K.Somashekar vs Byatarayanapura City Municipal &#8230; on 26 March, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit EN THE HIGH CO&#8217;UR&#8217;1&#8242; G? KARNATAKA, BANGALGRE mag}; THES THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH . K PRESENT THE 1-10N&#8217;BL;3 MR. 13.9. 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