Sri Srinivas Jayaram v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Change of pathway application; 'B' Kharab land; modified building plan sanction; construction in violation of sanctioned plan; building bye-laws; Greater Bengaluru Authority; Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike; Zonal Commissioner; Joint Commissioner Bengaluru North City Corporation; Deputy Commissioner Bangalore Urban District; no precipitative action; bar on additional construction; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; writ petition disposed with directions; WP No. 27047 of 2023; Karnataka High Court; M.I. Arun, J.; 17 March 2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: (i) liberty to the petitioner to submit necessary documents to the jurisdictional Joint Commissioner (Bengaluru North City Corporation) for sanctioning of the modified plan within fifteen days; (ii) the jurisdictional Officer of the Greater Bengaluru Authority to consider the modified plan request and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law; (iii) no precipitative action against the petitioner till such orders; (iv) the petitioner barred from putting up additional construction till an appropriate decision; (v) Respondent No.4 directed to consider the change of pathway request in accordance with law. The prayer to quash the order dated 28.11.2023 was not granted on merits; pending I.As. stand disposed of.