Karnataka High Court permits BDA to invite applications for sites in Shivarama Karanth layout
The Karnataka High Court has permitted the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to invite applications for site allotments in the Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth layout. While the court allowed the application process to begin, it clarified that actual site allotments remain subject to further judicial directives.
Why it matters
This decision provides the BDA a pathway to generate essential revenue to cover the project's ₹5,300 crore cost and mitigate mounting interest payments on bank loans. It marks a significant step forward for a long-delayed infrastructure project that has been under legal scrutiny since 2008.
The High Court of Karnataka has granted the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) permission to invite applications from the general public for the allotment of sites in Dr. K. Shivarama Karanth layout.
The court, however, clarified only the applications would be called and the allotment would depend upon further directions to be issued by it.
A Division Bench comprising Justice M. Nagaprasanna and Justice Venkatesh Naik T passed the interim order recently while modifying the earlier interim order of January 2024 by which it had allowed the BDA to carry out only development works in the layout and formation of sites by restraining the authority from inviting applications for general public for the allotment of sites.
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