Vishwanatha G M v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
TDR notification BBMP; Section 14-B(4)(i) Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act 1961; Notification No.BBMP/CC/PSR(G)/2906/2024-25 dated 08.01.2025; unwilling landowner; development rights certificate in lieu of compensation; RFCTLARR Act 2013 acquisition; demolition dispossession due process; WP No. 15701 of 2025 (LB-BMP); Vishwanatha G M v State of Karnataka, BDA, Commissioner BDA, Commissioner BBMP, Executive Engineer Road Infrastructure Yelahanka; Yelahanka Bengaluru; writ petition allowed; notification quashed and set aside; relied on Co-ordinate Bench W.P.No.13357/2025 c/w 13369/2025, 13385/2025, 13392/2025; W.P.No.1166/2019 dated 10.04.2019 referred; Sachin Shankar Magadum, J.; Articles 226 and 227.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned order/notification dated 08.01.2025 quashed and set aside; BBMP restrained from any demolition or dispossession of the petitioner's property without due process of law; BBMP directed to initiate acquisition proceedings under the RFCTLARR Act 2013 or any other law prevailing.