Bengaluru South AC, tahsildar misused office for extraneous considerations: HC
The Hindu
Court upholds order on holding inquiry against the officers
The High Court of Karnataka has declared that Bengaluru South sub-division Assistant Commissioner M.G. Shivanna and tahsildar Shivappa Lamani have “misused their offices for extraneous considerations” in demolishing residential buildings by “colluding with the legal heir” of a grantee of government land at Doddathogur near Electronics City. A Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order while dismissing the appeals filed by the two officers and the State government challenging the March 15, 2021, single judge order. “The high-handed action on the part of the authorities [AC and tahsildar] has caused irreparable loss and hardship to the rightful owners. In the sphere of valuable property rights, the State, its instrumentality, public authorities or those whose acts bear insignia of public element are enjoined to act in a manner prescribed under the statues and rules,” the Division Bench observed.More Related News