HC asks BWSSB to settle 25-year-old water bill dispute with BBMP
The Hindu
Criticises Board for allowing arrears to grow without making efforts to recover amount
Criticising the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board for giving rise to an avoidable dispute, the High Court of Karnataka has directed the Board and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to resolve the 25-year-old dispute over payment of arrears of water bill of over ₹2 crore amongst themselves without dragging the firm maintaining BBMP’s Jayanagar swimming pool.
The court, while noticing that many of the officers responsible for such a situation would have retired by now, restrained itself from ordering disciplinary inquiry against officers of the Board to recover the due from them for having let the amount of arrears grow to mountainous proportions over the last 25 years.