Karnataka High Court
Leelavathi vs The Karnataka State Financial ... on 25 September, 2008
Author: D.V.Shylendra Kumar
Bench: D.V.Shylendra Kumar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
AT BANGALORE j
Dated this the 25"} day of September, '
amronm; ._ A _ H V
THE HOWBLE MR JUSTICE Av
Writ Petfifon No 435 6"'af20{?5
BETWEEN
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'}f'HE Ré;.c<3vERY OFFICER'
KA.__RNA'E'AKA SFATE
'T ,NEAR CANTONMENF RAILWAY STATION
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BANGALORE-s6'o. 05 * 1 V' PETITIONER
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T}-IE i{mNATA:;A's'fAr:*¥E
; mzawcm. Acoseromvrxow
_~ '~'.,N(§)_. '1 1 V1 , '1'HIMM_A.i.AH ROAD
NEAR' CANFONMENT RAILWAY STATION
EANGALORE-560 O52
FINANCIAL COR'PO}?A'I'ION
NO.-1/'1, THIMMAIAH ROAD
_:3ANc;ALoRE-560 052
KARNATAKA INDUSTRIAL AREA
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
# 14/3, 2ND FLOOR, R' P BUILENNG
NRUPATHUNGA ROAD
BANGALORE~O1
RERBY ITS CHAERMAN R§;_s':=o'N1::e:~:Ts
[By Sn' Rudragowda, Adv for R-1 65. V "
Sri PVChandrshekar, Adv., £0153-.3}'f, . _
THIS PETITION IS FILED Uwoiséé AErT1c:,£:s :..22e__AN;3,'22? on
THE coNs'I'1*r1.moN 01:' ENDLA, §>RA'v:Nc;*To omse
0129312 DATED 5-122094 1>Assr:.1:> ¥3Y1_'_I'HE ;«*1s2s*;~', R'E;S?OND~EN"'£'u
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THIS PETITION comma oi~i"'o;é1>2%;z:es Tmeoév, TH}; cover
MADE THE FOLLOWING: _
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Writ petition by »__¥;*-ozrowcd certain
amount from first "";res1§:otidefit-Kaznataka State
'- who, according to the
corporatioiy ._ti€.fat1ited in repayment of the loan
it isVthe._is(cz'Tsion of the petitioner that the first
rcs pond.ei1t§coI*poration had tried to recover more amount
thairifi: 11Vé1t.s:--V';:>,{:Vi€?eLnced and that in the process had disposed
'gof the property of the borrower for a price much
A What perhaps it could have commanded in the
Htarkct, in an auction sale held during the year 1994.
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it is the further version of the petitioner thaiflfln this
regard the mtitioner being aggieved had
first respondent-Corporation to make good"
the amount and had also issued? is being no answer from t¥1eV.respo4i1de':1ts, this court for relief. ' V .V 2
3. Sri L S for the petitioner by drewing to the writ petition, whi¢h§;:..o1'an.erder*'es{sse(fi' 'oy...%IflS court in WP No 1344gvev¢)f'sg(;§(:j};:; (;;}4;:.3V31';3§g0O4 'o1iV:the earlier round of writ litigation the @efifi(;ner, points out that While this court '(.hcffii*3t IieSp0§1deflt-COI"p0rati0I1 to respond of t'he"'15epresentation of the petitioner sent Asleygryer, the first respo11dent--corporation has now only in terms of AI1I1exure~H to the writ 1""'~.__ '~petitior1__A end it is a most unreasozlabie reply and not A -sustejnable; that the first respondermcorporation is not 4 positively responding to various contentions raiserifley the petitioner in the legal notice etc. 'V 44
4. it is in this backgound the approached yet again seeking T respondent-corporation to make , the petifioner due to hasty on {he first respondent-coI'poratio;;}1._"':A~ " «,t1_1e Vooerer under Section 29 of the Staf;e.. Act, 1951 [for short, the property at a price
5. respondents ---- KSFC, its recovery of?-icer. Vtiie Karnataka Industrial Areas " «..Devei'opLf3en§ have entered appearance through ..o::s'pate:nLents of objections have been filed. respondents are represented by Sri B '-Rudrafiowda and Sri P V Chandrashekar is appearing for V V' ' '¥',I'1iITCi<'A.'1'CSpOI1£i€flt. »£/% 5
6. it is averred in the statement of objections that the site in question was only a site which belongs to thethird Iespondent--board, which had been leased to and it was only the leasehold rights V':
petitioner which was mortgaged »7 corporation and it is such Ieasehoid L» auctioned, but nevertheless 'of to' the board; that the fiaisie by the petitioner on the V etc.
7. It"is"11otf, for court to examine such aspectsz'iI1' this w;»'it while exercising jurisdiction of judicial review of adniiiiistrative action. The transaction V. a» contraetual, is nevertheless examined by this «:o'z,;:~ts respondent--eorporation is not only a Indiafiut aiso if is exercising statutory power under Vi 29 ofthe Act.
'state' the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution 6
8. But unfortunately, the eiaim itself is basedj:"e;1 the premise that the sale transaction which year 1994 was not vaiici one, resulted.._.irj"«».Ioe.$ to tile» petitioner etc. A matter of this ' 'ee'exe;e1ined '' in writ jurisdiction and that at point"V'ef V
9. While this writ' pe.tition"'ieexatr1ir1ed~1t)r various relief sought for the the petitioner to avaii of available to the petitioner 1'-{Ii file benefit of pendency of ever since the date of filing other respects, this writ Petitjon Sell-
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