ORDER :

Conglomeration of these petitions raise a challenge to several imposts/fee imposed by the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike [‘the BBMP’ for short] and the State of Karnataka upon the residents and developers/builders of the city of Bengaluru, all of which come under the precincts of the BBMP.

2. Since these petitions run into several numbers, I deem it appropriate to use the pleadings in W.P.No.36017/2018, W.P.No.4601/2020 and W.P.No.8849/2020, which are the leading petitions for noticing the facts, as all of the actions are challenged in these petitions. All the other petitions raise a common challenge.

FACTUAL SCORE:

W.P.No.36017 of 2018:-

3. The subject petition is filed by M/s Vaswani Estates Developers Private Limited, [‘the Company’ for short] a developer. The Company claims to be a Private Limited Company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 which is in the business of construction/development of several residential and commercial projects in and around the City of Bangalore. It is the claim of the Company that in order to develop certain lands in the property b