2022 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 42234
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR
WRIT PETITION No.25051 OF 2022 (BDA)
BETWEEN:
DR.N.KRISHNAPPA
S/O LATE NASAPPA
AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS
R/AT NO.73, 14TH CROSS ROAD
20TH MAIN ROAD, J.P.NAGAR 2ND PHASE
BANGALORE-560 078
...PETITIONER
(BY SRI.UMESH B.N., ADVOCATE)
AND:
1 .
THE BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SANKEY ROAD
BANGALORE -560 020
BY ITS COMMISSIONER
2 .
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-4
THE BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SANKEY ROAD
BANGALORE -560 020
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI K.KRISHNA, ADVOCATE)
THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE
RESPONDENTS / BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO
ISSUE RECTIFIED SALE DEED, INCORPORATING THE CHANGES
AS SITE NO.36, INSTEAD OF EXISTING SITE NO.37, AND WITH
CORRESPONDING
CHANGES
IN
THE
BOUNDARIES,
IN
SUBSTITUTION TO THE SALE DEED DATED 15.02.2001 VIDE
ANNEXURE-A
ALREADY
ISSUED
FORTHWITH
TO
THE
PETITIONER, BY CONSIDERING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE
PETITIONER DATED 17.12.2019 VIDE AT ANNEXURE-B AND ETC.
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THIS W.P. COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING,
THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
In this petition, petitioner has sought for the following
reliefs:
a. Issue writ in the nature of mandamus or any other writ
directing the Respondents / Bangalore Development
Authority to issue rectified sale deed, incorporating the
changes as Site No:36, Instead of existing Site No:37,
and with corresponding changes in the boundaries, in
substitution to the sale deed dated 15.02.2001 vide
Annexure – A already issued forthwith to the petitioner,
by considering the representation of the Petitioner
dated 17.12.2019 vide Annexure- B.
b. Pass any other order/s or direction as this Hon’ble
Court deems fit and proper under the facts and
circumstances of the case in the interest of justice and
equity.
2.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned counsel for the respondents and perused the
material on record.
3.
In
addition
to
reiterating
the
various
contentions urged in the petition and referring to the
documents produced by the petitioner, learned counsel for
the petitioner submits that the petitioner is allottee of site
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bearing No.37 described as the petition schedule property
carved out of Sy.No.25 of RMV II Stage Further Extension,
Bhoopasandra, Bengaluru, having been allotted the same
by the respondent-BDA in the year 2000 and the said
allotment was made in terms of the original layout plan,
pursuant to which, sale deed in favour of petitioner was
executed by the respondent-BDA. Subsequently, pursuant
to the Resolution No.256/2011 of the respondent-BDA
dated 13.12.2011, the layout plan was modified and
approved on 30.03.2012 by the BDA. As per the modified
layout plan, there were certain changes in the site number
of the site allotted in favour of the petitioner. Under these
circumstances,
petitioner
submitted
repeated
representations to the respondent-BDA from 2019 onwards
up to 09.03.2020 requesting the BDA to execute rectified
sale deed in favour of the petitioner and absolute sale deed
in favour of petitioner in terms of the modified layout plan
dated 30.03.2012.
3.1 It is further submitted that in the meanwhile,
several litigations by the land owners were pending in
relation to Sy.Nos.17, 25 and 28 and the BDA used the
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said litigations as an excuse not to execute the rectified
sale deed / absolute sale deed in favour of the petitioner in
terms of the modified layout plan dated 30.03.2012. It is
the grievance of the petitioner that despite the aforesaid
facts and circumstances and the said litigations having
come to an end on 12.09.2022 upon dismissal of
R.P.No.159/2020 before this Court, the respondent-BDA is
not taking any steps to execute the rectified sale deed /
absolute sale deed in favour of the petitioner in terms of the
modified layout plan dated 30.03.2012 and as such, the
petitioner is before this Court by way of the present petition.
4.
Per
contra,
learned
counsel
for
the
respondent-BDA submits that since the original records
were misplaced and not available, vide resolution
No.62/2022 dated 08.07.2022, the respondent-BDA has
constituted a Committee for the purpose of examining the
available records and execution of rectified sale deed /
absolute sale deed in favour of the petitioner in terms of the
modified layout plan dated 30.03.2012. He further submits
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that there is no merit in the petition and the same is liable to
be dismissed.
5. I have given my anxious consideration to the rival
submissions and perused the material on record.
6. As rightly contended by the learned counsel for the
petitioner, the undisputed material on record clearly
establishes that subsequent to the allotment and execution
of sale deed in favour of the petitioner in terms of the
original layout plan, the layout plan was subsequently
modified on 30.03.2012 pursuant to the resolution
No.256/2011 dated 13.12.2011, on account of which, there
are certain changes in the number of the site allotted in
favour of the petitioner, thereby warranting execution of
rectified sale deed / absolute sale deed in favour of