EX-KARNATAKA MINISTER GETS TO KEEP G-CATEGORY SITE ALLOTTED IN 2006: HC

The Karnataka High Court in a recent decision stated that, former Forest Minister of Karnataka CH Vijayashankar will get to keep the 40 ft x 60 ft site which is allotted to him under the “G Category” by the Bangalore Development Authority in 2006

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Though the High Court had in 2012 declared that sites allotted by BDA under the ‘G Category’ were illegal, the state government amended the Rules in 2022 allowing all allotments made since 2005 to be valid. Considering this, the HC allowed a petition by Vijayashankar and quashed an inquiry order that had cancelled the allotment. The petition filed by the former minister in 2022 came up before the division bench of Justice G Narendar and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil. In their judgment earlier this month, the bench allowed the petition.