Sri Srikkanth S v. the Chief Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 3524 of 2025 (LB-BMP), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 06-02-2025 by N S Sanjay Gowda J. Petitioner challenged BBMP confirmation order dated 04/01/2025 (No.VA.A.(DHA)PR/18/2024-25) passed under S.248(3) with notice under S.356(1), and a demolition order passed the same day under S.356(2), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act, 2020. Writ disposed of: confirmation order stayed for three weeks on undertaking to appeal within two weeks; upon filing of appeal, no demolition of the structure and demolition order in abeyance till appeal disposal. Keywords: BBMP, demolition, confirmation order, statutory appeal, interim stay, Articles 226/227.
What did the court decide?
Stay of operation of the confirmation order (Annexure G) for three weeks, subject to the petitioner's undertaking to prefer a statutory appeal within two weeks; if the appeal is preferred, the petitioner's structure shall not be demolished till disposal of the appeal and the demolition order shall remain in abeyance until then.