Absence Of Prior Approval By State Government Before Executing The Sale Deed Would Vitiate And Invalidate The Document: Karnataka High Court
Live LawThe Karnataka High Court recently said that not obtaining of previous/prior approval from the State Government by the Karnataka Housing Board before execution of the sale deed dated would invalidate and vitiate the said document. "Absence/lack/want of previous/prior approval by the State Government before executing the impugned Sale Deed dated 23.08.2006 would vitiate and invalidate the said document and mere ex-post facto approval dated 10.04.2013 would not have the effect of ratifying or validating the Sale Deed due to the inherent lacuna / defect in the document at the time of its execution," the Court said. Petitioners Submissions: Senior Advocate Gurudas Kannur appearing for the petitioner contended that since obtaining of prior approval from the State Government is a mandatory pre-condition / condition precedent / statutory requirement under Section 33 of the KHB Act, in the absence of any such prior approval being obtained by the KHB before obtaining the Sale Deed dated 23.08.2006 from the petitioner's father, the said Sale Deed is illegal and invalid and consequently, the impugned Sale Deed also deserves to be quashed." Following which the court held that, "The impugned Sale Deed dated 23.08.2006 executed by the petitioner's father in favour of the respondent- KHB is hereby declared as null and void and directed to be cancelled.