Janardhan Rao v. the Chief Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; WP No. 20165 of 2025 (LB-BMP); NC: 2025:KHC:25078; decided 08-07-2025 by Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum; BBMP Act 2020 Sections 248(1), 248(2), 248(3) and 253; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution; unauthorised construction; electricity/power disconnection intimation to BESCOM; premature communication; Annexure-J; Annexure-K and L; provisional order; show cause notice; Gram Panchayat licence and sanctioned building plan (year 2007); interim protection; appealability of provisional order under Section 253 left open; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction that the impugned communication (Annexure-J) issued by respondent No.3 to BESCOM shall remain in abeyance until conclusion of the Section 248(3) proceedings; petitioner granted interim protection till finality; provisional order under Sections 248(1) and (2) of the BBMP Act, 2020 left undisturbed; pending interlocatory applications disposed of.