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HC directs BDA to upload details of all layouts on website to make process transparent

To bring transparency in the process related to the formation of layouts by the Bangalore Development Authority, the High Court of Karnataka has initiated a suo motu PIL petition and directed the authority to upload on its website a series of documents and details of all the layouts in a phased manner, beginning from Arkavathi Layout. The single judge had issued directions to upload layout details during the hearing on the petitions filed by three allottees of sites in Arkavathi Layout. As the BDA in its appeal had said that the single judge had travelled beyond the scope the petitions in issuing direction to upload the details, the Division Bench said that it would treat the matter as a suo motu PIL petition while pointing out that “the issue raised by the single judge is of seminal importance with regard to transparency in the functioning of the BDA”. Corner site auction Meanwhile, the Division Bench modified the single judge’s May 31, 2022, interim order of staying auctioning of corner sites in Arkavathi Layout, and allowed the BDA to auction the sites after reserving three sites for the petitioners before the single judge.

The Hindu

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