Sri. K.T. Srinivasa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Bengaluru/Karnataka HC writ disposed as nothing survived: BWSSB exchange-deed petition (Board resolution 17.04.2012; communication letter 16.10.2012, Annex-J) settled amicably through petitioner's daughter; claimed property alienated leaving petitioner no subsisting interest; BWSSB compound wall built with her consent, undisputed by petitioner's counsel. Keywords: exchange deed, BWSSB, Kaveri Division-4, Articles 226/227, mootness, amicable settlement, alienation of property, compound wall. Parties: K.T. Srinivasa (petitioner; M B Chandrachooda), State of Karnataka Housing & Urban Development (B.P. Radha AGA), BWSSB Chairman / EE Kaveri Div-4 / CE Kaveri Division / EE Kaveri (Electric) Division (K B Monesh Kumar), Revenue Secretary and Tahasildar Bengaluru South (unnamed AGA).
What did the court decide?
Counsel for Respondent-BWSSB submitted that the matter had been amicably resolved through the intervention of the petitioner's daughter, that the property claimed by the petitioner had been alienated leaving him no subsisting interest, and that BWSSB's construction of the compound wall was with the consent and concurrence of the petitioner's daughter; these aspects were not disputed by the petitioner's counsel.