Srinivas v. the State of Karnataka
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Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 3664 of 2025 (LB-BMP); NC: 2025:KHC:13945-DB; decided 02-04-2025; coram: Chief Justice N. V. Anjaria (author) with Justice K. V. Aravind. PIL by ten Nagarabhavi residents (counsel G.T. Kumar) against State of Karnataka and BBMP officials (counsel Niloufer Akbar, AGA; K.S. Mallikarjuna Reddy) and private party Vaibhav S. Jain, seeking mandamus under Articles 226 and 227 to remove encroachment/construction on Civic Amenity Site No.47, PID No.38-10947, Nagarabhavi Main Road, Ward No.127, Mudalapalya, Bengaluru, per 2004 BDA-approved layout of Canara Bank Colony Employees Co-operative Housing Society. Court held plot No.47 was not shown to be earmarked as CA site; map at page 37A indicated otherwise; petition misconceived, meritless, summarily dismissed. Keywords: civic amenity site; CA site; encroachment; BBMP; BDA layout; mandamus; eviction; public purpose; summarily dismissed. No precedents cited; no quantum.