BANGALORE MEDICAL TRUST Vs. B S MUDDAPPA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) I have had the advantage of reading in draft the judgment of my learned Brother Sahai, J. and I am in complete agreement with what he has stated. It is in support of his reasoning and conclusion that I add the following words.

(3.) A site near the Sankey's Tank in Rajmahal Vilas Extension in the City of Bangalore was reserved as an open space in an improvement scheme adopted under the 'City. of Bangalore' Improvement Act, 1945. This Act was repealed by Section 76 of the Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976 (Karnataka Act No. 12 of 1976) (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") which received the assent of the Governor on 2-3-1976 and is deemed to have come into force on 20-12-1975. By a notification issued under Section 3 of the Act, the Government constituted the Bangalore, Development Authority (the "BDA"), thereby attracting Section 76 which, so far as it is material, reads:-