Talaghattapura Nyayanga Badavane Nivasigala Sangha v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), WP 9608/2025 (GM-BWSSB), decided 16.07.2026 by Suraj Govindaraj J. Residents' society challenged BWSSB Resolution dated 09.07.2024 as ultra-vires the Constitution and the consequent Direction (18.07.2024, BWSSB/CE(P)/ACE(P)1/TA/754/2024-25) and Communication (06.08.2024, BWSSB/KANIAA(Yojane) 3/YOVI/467/2024-25), and sought declaration that ETP fee imposition is unconstitutional; petition dismissed as withdrawn on memo dated 13.07.2026 (members' meeting 12.07.2026); no merits adjudicated, liberty to re-file prayed for. Keywords: BWSSB, ETP fee, Article 226, ultra vires, withdrawal memo, Talaghattapura Judicial Layout, Karnataka Societies Registration Act 1960.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; on acceptance of the withdrawal memo dated 13.07.2026 the petition was dismissed as withdrawn, with no adjudication of any issue.