Krishna Gardenia Residents Welfare Association v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board
Case brief
What is this about?
Krishna Gardenia Residents Welfare Association v. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and others; WP No. 14448 of 2022 (GM-RES), NC: 2025:KHC:24611-DB, High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 07.07.2025 by V Kameswar Rao, Acting Chief Justice, and C M Joshi, J. Search terms: sewage treatment plant (STP), dysfunctional STP, apartment complex, builder/promoter liability, residents welfare association, maintenance of common facilities, handing over of STP, third-party audit, KSPCB monitoring, Senior Environment Officer Ramanagar, notice under Section 33-A of the Water Act, polluted water, bad smell, solid waste, writ of mandamus, Articles 226 and 227, disputed questions of fact, writ court versus civil court, civil court remedy, Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960, impleadment order dated 19.12.2024, complaint dated 8th March 2022, petition closed.
What did the court decide?
None granted. With the aforesaid observations, the petition is closed; the petitioner-Association is at liberty to seek appropriate remedy before a Civil Court for the prayers made in the writ petition.