Karnataka HC allows Bengaluru South DC to inspect ‘illegal construction’ on Prestige Falcon City apartment premises

The Karnataka High Court has allowed the deputy commissioner for Bengaluru South to inspect the premises of Prestige Falcon City apartment complex following a writ petition filed against the construction of a temple allegedly in the buffer zone of a stormwater drain or rajakaluve located in the complex.

The court’s direction came on June 16 after a few residents of the apartment complex approached the high court against the alleged move by the Prestige Falcon City Apartment Owners’ Association to allow construction activities in the buffer zone.

The Karnataka High Court issued notices to the Falcon City Apartment Owners’ Association, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bengaluru South taluk deputy commissioner (tahsildar) and allowed the officer “to look into the legality of construction stated to have been put up by respondent No.1” as stated in the petition, including a proposed construction “being put up in the buffer zone of Rajakaluve.”