A LAKSHMISAGAR Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The State Government has nullified the order of this Court in the order impugned in these petitions, is the most extraordinary feature disclosed in this case, in that, in the impugned order the State Government has directed that several orders made by the Special Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Rural District under S. 95 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act according permission for conversion of 414 acres of agricultural land for non-agricultural use, to wit, for establishing a housing colony on the banks of Arkavati River near Tippagondanahalli Water Reservoir, one of the sources of supply of drinking water to the City of Bangalore, which were quashed by this Court, in Writ Petitions Nos. 19919 to 19954 and 21172 to 21177/1982 presented by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, which order was confirmed in Writ Appeals Nos. 744 to 785 of 1987, shall continue.

(2.) The above ground urged by the petitioners against the impugned order caused consternation to us, as it was beyond our comprehension that the Government had done so, but after hearing. We are amazed to find that the Government has actually done so.

(3.) The brief and undisputed facts of this case are these :-