Smt. Sunkamma W/O Late vs Sri. C. Madhavan Pillai S/O on 17 December, 2016
18. On going through the above reading of the plaint in
O.S. No. 767 of 1991 it goes to very clear that in the year
1991 itself the suit schedule property lost its agricultural
characteristic. It further discloses that the plaintiff
stopped the payment of land revenue in respect of the
suit schedule property to the Government. Merely
because conversion order is not passed on that sole
ground it cannot be considered as still the suit schedule
property is agricultural land. A private layout has been
formed in the year 1975 itself and number of sites sold in
favour of third parties. There is material to show that
number of residential houses have been constructed in
the house sites. The BBMP has started to collect taxes
from the house owners. At this stage, it is very useful to
refer the judgment of the Division Bench of Hon'ble High
Court of Karnataka in J.M. NARAYANA AND OTHERS
VS. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BANGALORE AND
OTHERS reported in ILR 2005 KAR 60. Para 5 and 6 are
extracted as under.