Karnataka HC issues notice to government on establishing committees required by BBMP Act

The high court was hearing a PIL that pointed out the need for a heritage conservation committee, metropolitan planning committee and grievance redressal authority as mandated by the BBMP Act.

The Karnataka High Court has issued a four-week notice to the state government based on a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the fact that under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Act, 2020, a heritage conservation committee, metropolitan planning committee and grievance redressal authority should have been in place, but none of them exists. (source: file image)

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The notice was issued by a division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice M G S Kamal.

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The PIL highlighted the need for these committees to respectively take care of actions necessary for the preservation of heritage buildings and framing the needed rules, to deal with the haphazard growth of Bengaluru, and to look into complaints. It was also noted that doing so would reduce the pendency of cases with the police and the Lokayukta, among others, as grievances could instead be brought to the committee.

The bench also took note of the situation within the BBMP which often led to a lack of coordination when dealing with issues such as encroachment.

Issuing a four-week notice, the bench posted the matter for further hearing on July 27.

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