ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. For the reasons stated in the applications seeking condonation of delay, the same are allowed. The delay in filing the appeals is condoned.

2. The appellant, the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board [hereafter KIADB], has filed the present appeals impugning an order dated 28.10.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in a batch of writ petitions.

3. The writ petitioners had filed their respective petitions being aggrieved by non-implementations of the recommendations of the District Level Single Window Clearance Committee [DLSWCC].

4. In terms of Section 11 of the Karnataka Industries (Facilitation Act) 2002 [the Act], the recommendations made by the DLSWCC is binding on KIADB. Thus, the KIADB was bound to allot industrial plots to all the applicants whose cases were recommended by the DLSWCC.

5. It is necessary to note that KIADB does not question its obligation to comply with the recommendations of the DLSWCC. However, it is KIADB’s contention that the DLSWCC's recommendations had exceeded the 15% quota of land allocation for micro, small and medium enterprises ( MSMEs) as stipulated under the Indus