{"id":222277,"date":"2009-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009"},"modified":"2019-01-16T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:49:45","slug":"m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","title":{"rendered":"M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BAE\\lGA\u00e9.ORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 17\"' DAY OF SEPTEMBER,_2__0VfV.3VV'3i:u..\"~...V\"'~.V\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HOi\\\u00a3'8LE MR. 3USTICE A.N;V'Enu(3oPAa.A;rG_QiivDA \n\nWRIT PETETION No.,25187\/zzoio\u00e9 (LB?Vr2AE's.) = \"  \nBETWEEN: 2' V\"   \n\nM. Backthavachaiam, aged 5<3l\u00a7?'ea..r$,VV:"'r~,_\nS\/o.G.3.Murgesh, " O'   \n\n_No.1777, 5"' Cross road, 2%\n\nRobertson Pet, KGVF 56:3'1'22j.f '\n\n ...PETITIONER\n\n(By Sn'.  sjen'i'or counsel and Smt. Mamatha\nG.KullS'V.'l\u00abjss_oc,iate__s\"Advs., )\n\nAND:\n\n 1.V~\u20ac;1om'rnissione~r.,__ _____ \n\n_ 'i'Cit\u00a7<"iMu'i'iTicipa| Council,\n  Rob_e'r.tso,n'*~Pet,\n KG.E*\u00a7\u00a73 19,21.\n\n2.  $.u~n:1a.,rna}'or by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipal Councilor,\n\n O 'O'*'iNard No.2, Robertson Pet,\n"  KGF 563122.\n\nLo... *\n.\n\nN. Paiini, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipal Councilor,\n\nWard No. 15,\n\nRobertson Pet, KGF 563122.\n\n\n\nMuthukumar, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipal Councilor,\n\nWard No.5, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.\n\n8. Somaraj, major by age,\nFather's name not known' \nMunicipal Councilor, '\n\nWard No.6, Robertson Pet,___4_l:"'*- 6\n\nKGF 553122. 7 \n\nA. Shakila, major byage," \n\nFather's name not known'\nMunicipal :Cou_Vnjcilor:.,\n\nWard :\\io..8_. R;o'bert.soni Pet, _ ;.  \n\nKGF s6=t31;_j_._.V r\n\nShaanti, major by age,.,_\nFather'-'s narfi\u00e9j'-~not,kn.oW-n' '\nMunlc\u00a7p'al C'eunc;i'iior,*~..,_  \nWarcl No.9,, Robe'rtso.niPet,\nKGF 553122.\u00bb  i '\n\n M"anga|an,"mrnajor by age,\n _Fathe.r's..,Vn'ame not known\n\n"  Miu..n'i'\u20ac_ipal\u00b0~Co.unci|or,\n\ng 'Warci --!".li;o.b'1:=-=12, Robertson Pet, I\n*--.._KGF-563122.\n\nis\nN.' Ashok, major by age,\n\n'*-Eather's name not known\n\n*  Municipal Councilor,\n\n3.0.\n\nWard No.16, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.\n\nD. Shivakumar, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipal Councilor,\n\n\n\n11.\n\n12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\nWard No.18, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.\n\nJayanthi, major by age,   \n\nFather's name not known\nMunicipai Councilor,\n\nWard No.18, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122. ' _ \n\nPrema Kumari, major by  \nFather's name notknownf 3\nMunicipai Councilor," '  '-\n\nWard No.20, Robertson     R\n\nKGF 563122; \n\nS. Muraii', "rna'\u00a7Q  by we...\nFather'; name not 1<_n'o'iwn  \nMu_nici.pa"i'..Cou--o,\u00a7:iEor,'. ' '\n\nWard No'.=22.,_, Robertson Petbwy\nKG'? 5:r33122'.5:f-._,y4'r    ' '\n\nVanita's\u00a7${1agven'd_ran,"rnajor by age,\nFather's "name fnot*.l<n'"own\n\n. 'E-flunsieipaf Co-uyncilor,\n\n"~---Waird \u00a7\\3ro.23, Robertson Pet,\n\n' * 2 .\u00a7<o,E '5,e3_1~22.\n\n major by age,\n\n\u00bb..,4Fath.er'S;.n1ame not known\n\n""176.\n\n'f='l.1,|h.ia<:ipai Counciior,\nW'a.r_d~ No.30, Robertson Pet,\n\n3 " *=._3\u00a7GF 563122.\n\nA. Ramesh Babu, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipai Counciior,\n\nWard No.31, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.\n\n\n\n17.C.Thangathai, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipai Councilor,\nWard No.32, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.\n\n18.Vijaya, major by age,\nFather's name not known\nMunicipal Counciior, V \nWard No.34, Robertson Pet,\nKGF 563122.  '\n\n19. Rasheed Khan, ma'joz'xby Page,  ~ A '\nFather's name not 3'I~ ON CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCI, ROBERTSON\n PET_,KGF, ON 11.8.09, VIDE ANN--D & TO GRANT SUCH\n* OTHER RELILEF IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE.\n\nTHIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS\n\n\" \"DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:\n\n\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
Petitioner having been d__ecla_red_*’e’l’ecte:l’~a’s.V a_<\/p>\n
Councilor of the City Municipal Cio.unic_’_iii~{‘C’MC”‘ <\/p>\n
Robertson Pet, KGF., was”lsu”.a.sequenti*,z_el!.:ecte~d\u00ab….as <\/p>\n
President. The said ClVl_C, hasAg_3.\u00a3’i:A’wai*~dgs\/ 3S”Co_unc\u00e9lors.<\/p>\n
2. On 3O.7.2Oi}9,’V:_:iv3″ served a
\nnotice on 15′ i’e’s’p.QI%1dent  a resolution of
\nno–confideliceljii\u00e9giaihnlstilgj\u00e9tijvtiuoneir uilgdelr s.47(2) r\/w 342(9)
\nof  1964 (for short ‘the
\nAct’). sa’iil’Aiiot*ice, 15′ respondent convened a<\/p>\n
meegting toabeV_:Vheld’-on~.1?I:8.2OO9 and notices in that regard<\/p>\n
‘C we’r–e:’issue’d._on 3.i8′}};\/;’OO9, i.e., for the purpose of holding a<\/p>\n
 of the Councilors. According to the<\/p>\n
petition,er’,:”lfneeting did take place on 14.8.2009 in which<\/p>\n
13 Councilors attended and 22 Councilors remained<\/p>\n
 Petitioner states that, in the meeting a resolution<\/p>\n
 passed reflecting the fact of their being no quorum,<\/p>\n
meeting having been concluded by recording that no~<\/p>\n
confidence motion was not put through and was rejected.<\/p>\n
i<\/p>\n
-\u00abf ,<\/p>\n
An nexure~C is the copy of the resolution. Acco_r;d’i’ntj.,’_t-oi: _<\/p>\n
petitioner, notice of no confidence motion.~w\u00bbas”.ne–gat.ived”  <\/p>\n
by the resoiution as at Annexure-C.\n<\/p>\n
3. On 11.8.2009, respopndents-.__2*–to <\/p>\n
notice to move restoration of rivopiconfidenceimjotionviwagainst V<\/p>\n
President and Vice-presiden,t””ofn._:’th’e..__Mu nic’i’pai74Councii.<\/p>\n
Request made by respond’entis.f52;:’ Annexure-D<\/p>\n
has been qu’e’s_t_i,c$\ufb01e?;;g_ _w”rit’._:petition. Prayer in the
\nwrit petition.Lips;to.’:Li\u00a7:;:~asi’1.’.Vth.e no’tice”to move the restoration
\nof no~c’o_nfider’ice’rr;’otiori\u00b0se’rv_ed by respondents 2 to 19 on<\/p>\n
the 19′ resgtond,ein_,t’i.a’n’d..”-~”to issue a writ directing 15′<\/p>\n
 ,_ res,p’ci:nde’iit,Vnot to \u00abe.n.te~rtain the move for restoration.<\/p>\n
of writ petition was ordered to the<\/p>\n
resp.ond_ents,i;..’Ai Respondents have entered appearance<\/p>\n
1″”\u00ab__V”‘\u00bbfhroug’ii.,_c’ounse|. Learned counsel on both sides submitted<\/p>\n
A  I’tri~a.t,.’..\u00ab.-‘main matter itself could be heard and disposed of.<\/p>\n
Hence, with consent of the iearned counsel on both sides,<\/p>\n
 matter is taken up for finai disposal.\n<\/p>\n
t<\/p>\n
\/<\/p>\n
  ..,,contentions.\n<\/p>\n
that, in view of the last 3 words contained in”-._the<\/p>\n
proceeding as at Annexure–C to the V.\n<\/p>\n
.i5}i.dri..2~?i!}oi2.i\u00a3.<3 :'.3.'.1…..x3.5…'3:;'.(.'\u00ab't:*i5.v9i'?\u00a5,t.'3,t$.\u00ab'. iiz..i…be:ng to\u00abta:lly:V*'
\nthe request at Annexure–D, was rhade'.~  V
\nno meeting took place on 14V.8.2()iA:CJ9,::'the to <\/p>\n
no– confidence motion wa"s,"i-neither-.'takena\ufb02up for'<\/p>\n
consideration nor any ir'e~s_oiuti~on' 'was 'pa.ssed."'Hence there<\/p>\n
is no iliegaiityi._':\u00a2c'o\u00abi}i.;fiitted  can the meeting
\nto consider:t.hei:_;?3Aoptio'ri'  As the request at
\nAnnexu Vre–_VA_' View of the said part of
\nwriting ircttie  14.8.2009, the request at<\/p>\n
Annexure–D4aw~as'rnade. iisetitioner has no right to question<\/p>\n
it"thVe'i"reqE'i'iest'at Anne\u00a7iure–D and the writ petition is totally<\/p>\n
A'~-not m"avi.n't.ai'riaf';i3,iVe. Learned counsel placed reliance upon a<\/p>\n
dec~i.sion_v'of.this Court: in the case of PRAKASH AND OTHERS<\/p>\n
 ci~:.iiEF OFFICER TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND<\/p>\n
 (ILR 2005 KAR 2010) in support of his<\/p>\n
to<\/p>\n
\/,'.\n<\/p>\n
14<\/span><\/p>\n
being contrary to the earlier part of the proceedings. _i:tse:._f_.<\/p>\n
It is inconceivabie as to how such a recording=\u00a7:ou:|’d5Qh-arve…1″.<\/p>\n
F <\/p>\n
been made as if the subject was_:f.ej\u00bbected’.'”For.i;iian”t..Vo,_ ‘<\/p>\n
quorum, the subject did not Come uipifor’cons’Edera’t\u00a7..on;i_1<\/p>\n
was not considered by the ho_u’s-ex and”-no resio:|’Ljt{i._o\u00abn..’either -. L’<\/p>\n
expressing confidence or wan:____Q}’-..;o’nfiden’ce,Vvwasi passed
\nand in the circumstances iexceptf.\u00bbstatinigseithat, the meeting<\/p>\n
did not take place, no oth’e~.. .fact”;ou’|d..’ha:{fe”heen recorded.\n<\/p>\n
13. In the   P\u00a3.;.NAG:ENVD’i2A*5EiEDDY (supra), the<\/p>\n
matter which ‘feilyifor’consid\u00e9r’atio\u00a7nV” was the one which
\narose Lrnder_A Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 and
\nthe Ruies’ made’theteurjoe”r’\u00ab-Jiz., Karnataka Panchayat Raj<\/p>\n
(Motion. xofu” .’\\\u00a7o”iCon’fidence against Adhyaksha and<\/p>\n
‘ i”‘t:p’a”dny\u00e9’i<sh'a.)\u00ab_ Rulegfissa. By virtue of the statutory<\/p>\n
 i,e., sub–ru|es (5) and (6) or Rule 3, the<\/p>\n
notitze of-~n_o}–Cionfidence shail be deemed to have been<\/p>\n
R""-__V'iapsed; wiiich is not the fact situation herein.<\/p>\n
'H14. In the case of PRAKASH (supra), 15' petitioner<\/p>\n
 the Acfhyaksha and 2'" petitioner was the<\/p>\n
t<\/p>\n
15<\/span><\/p>\n
Uoadhyaksha and others were the noitiinated mei’iiljehr’s-of’<\/p>\n
a Town Municipal Council. They had questionedrthec:Vn”o’t’ilce_”‘_’i V’<\/p>\n
calling for meeting of no~confi=.deneez\u00a7rriotion— <\/p>\n
Adhyaksha and Uoadhyal<:sh.-':i.  An v"e.lV_e"cted  jfiaci <\/p>\n
filed an application for implea4di.n:g,.Vyywhlichsi ivfaliowe\u00e9,
\nsince he was a signatorytyo   to rno\\,i\/e the HOK.
\nco n fl dence motion a g avin.s.t:'_ Ad    pa d nya l<:sha.\n<\/p>\n
A similar    was aciyancecl
\nto the effeglj  is bad in law as it is
\nsecontiiino5_c’oAn’ii.i,Jy’\u00a7’in\u00bb_ce i”i”io’ti’o__ri _m;oy”ed within a period of one
\nyear frorn..V_t:Lhe  Noticing the decision in the<\/p>\n
case o’f’vSAl}’lT.\u00a7A.\\[I’i’P\u00a7I  ESTATE or KARNATAKA {ILR 2003<\/p>\n
  piioyioe that no–confiaenCe motion could<\/p>\n
Iinotjhlave}5ee.Ari~rnoved within one year, the matter with<\/p>\n
Fef\u20ac’i7\u20acr’iC_f3″‘\u00a30.i’tiiE facts situation was examined and it was<\/p>\n
 as ‘follows:\n<\/p>\n
  So far as the first contention urged on
\nbehalf of the getitioners that the litiougned
\nnotice is bad in law as the no confidence
\nmotion is moved within one year from the
\ndate of Anne><ure–A is concerned, this
\ncontention is wholly untenable in law and<\/p>\n
18<\/span><\/p>\n
15. The decision, is a compiete ansvyei’\u00ab..to…_:the42<\/p>\n
contention urged by the iearned Sr. Codnse.i..fo,.r’:peti.tio.rieri'”<\/p>\n
It is unnecessary for me to record\ufb01a  <\/p>\n
the iegaiity or otherwise the”,_’rec;iiest’u’i~  <\/p>\n
respondents 2 to 19 as at  of the
\nsubmission made by  It was
\nsubmitted that in__view  respondents
\n2 to 19 and ‘:_’vu’:o’Lixi’cj…_3;eSent to the 1st
\nrespondent: _a  no~confidence against
\nthe  City Municipai Councii.\n<\/p>\n
There cann\u00e9ott  impediment for such a<\/p>\n
notice’ *b(\u00a71’\ufb02g.Vg’vi,\\.{‘\u20acVi’i’1tO the 15’ respondent. Since notice to<\/p>\n
‘””mo%;\/e nE’o#co’iafideeceinotion requested under Anne><i_ire~A<\/p>\n
Vwtais not.:Vc'o;fi'sid~eried and resoiution passed, the respondents<\/p>\n
2 to_ 1_9*or'.v'Aother members of Mimicioa\u00e9 Coencii can<\/p>\n
K"4"-._V"'approa'cht' the 15' respondent for necessary action.<\/p>\n
 o:."?Veti.ti'.oner cannot take aid i.Ii'idGi" S.-42(9) of the Act and<\/p>\n
 .,,c_dntend that, no resoiwtioe couid be passed against him<\/p>\n
it and the Vicewpresident, for a period of one year with effect<\/p>\n
from }4,8.2009, \u00a5)<\/p>\n
\/4:\n<\/p>\n
19<\/span><\/p>\n
16. In view of the iilegaiity noticed by meVinT\u00bbthe<\/p>\n
proceeding at Annexure–C, extracted supra,at—d.tee_fh’~l’:\u00a7:t<\/p>\n
appropriate to quash that part of Annexure~C;–._:.e., . i’.-‘\u00b0”.,’\u00a7#’.V,.*3h.<\/p>\n
iJ.~’1′:’>5.\u00ab’\u20ac?3.t;:1:fJ_ .x:\u00b0.e3’\/5(}\ufb019\u00a7a.\u00e92\u00bbfDi3\\%2<3'i;I. so  the reco,;d:-._:c\u20ac$oI'd' <\/p>\n
remain straight and the confusion is\u00ab..c3'ear_edI"-~d._<\/p>\n
In the resuit, while quapshiflpgvsDert:,pof."Ann–\u00e9xt}re~C as
\nabove, the writ '_Vbei:ng\u20ac;_devo_\u00a7'd._Vofmerit, stands
\ndismissed. In  and of the case,<\/p>\n
there shail be no_ord'e.t~{as3to co_sts___. . '<\/p>\n
JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 Author: A.N.Venugopala Gowda IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BAE\\lGA\u00e9.ORE DATED THIS THE 17″‘ DAY OF SEPTEMBER,_2__0VfV.3VV’3i:u..”~…V”‘~.V BEFORE THE HOi\\\u00a3’8LE MR. 3USTICE A.N;V’Enu(3oPAa.A;rG_QiivDA WRIT PETETION No.,25187\/zzoio\u00e9 (LB?Vr2AE’s.) = ” BETWEEN: 2’ V” M. Backthavachaiam, aged 5<3l\u00a7?'ea..r$,VV:"'r~,_ S\/o.G.3.Murgesh, " O' _No.1777, 5"' […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nM Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"M Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\"},\"wordCount\":1298,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\",\"name\":\"M Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"M Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"M Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"9 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009","datePublished":"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009"},"wordCount":1298,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009","name":"M Backthavachalam S\/O ... vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-09-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-01-16T15:49:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-backthavachalam-so-vs-commissioner-on-17-september-2009#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"M Backthavachalam S\/O … vs Commissioner on 17 September, 2009"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222277\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}