The Commissioner v. the Chief Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Appeal No. 1144/2024 (LA-BDA); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; decided 01.04.2025; Coram: Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria (author) and Justice K.V. Aravind. Appellants: Commissioner, Bangalore Development Authority and Special Land Acquisition Officer, BDA (counsel: Murugesh V Charati). Respondents: Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Karnataka and Mrs. M.C. Padma. Filed under S. 4, Karnataka High Court Act against learned Single Judge's order dt. 04.04.2024 in W.P. No. 53175/2014 (LA-BDA). Interim Oral Order: three weeks to remove office objections; automatic dismissal on failure; listing on 02.06.2025 if complied with. No cases cited, no quantum, no substantive holding.
What did the court decide?
Interim Oral Order dated 01.04.2025: three weeks' time granted to remove office objections, failing which the writ appeal shall stand dismissed automatically without reference to or order of the Court; if the office objections are complied with, the appeal to be listed on 02.06.2025. No substantive adjudication of the appeal in this order.