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Court passes interim order on revised CDP

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday, in an interim order, said any sanction or permission for change in land use in the greenbelt area around Bangalore would be subject to the result of the writ petition.

The court passed this order on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by Citizens Action Forum and several other residents of Bangalore challenging the revised Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) notified by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).

The petitioners contended that under the revised CDP of 2007, the Bangalore Development Authority permitted mixed zonal regulations in and around Bangalore apart from reducing the greenbelt area. They said in the 2005 CDP, the greenbelt was over 700 km but that this had been substantially reduced in the revised CDP.

They said the revised CDP gave the go-by to Section 14 (A) of the BDA Act which made it mandatory for users to obtain prior sanction of the Government before they could seek change in the land use.

Moreover, the revised CDP permitted commercial and semi-commercial activity in residential areas.

They urged the court to quash the revised CDP and direct the authorities to ensure that persons seeking change in the lands use did so only after applying under Section 14 (A).

A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice, P.D. Dinakaran and Justice V. Gopala Gowda passed an interim order saying that any change affected in the land use in the greenbelt area would be subject to the result of the writ petition.

The Bench adjourned hearing of the case.

Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh on Wednesday ordered issue of notices to the State and other respondents on two petitions by 35 second year B.Sc nursing students seeking a direction to the authorities to admit them to a college which had Indian Nursing Council (INC) recognition.

The petitioners sought a change in the college, saying that their institutions are not recognised by the INC.

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