said section was arbitrary or unguided. It was stated that the statutory authorities have to exercise the power having regard to: (a) the public interest ... unguided. The legislature has prescribed the guidelines to the statutory authorities for the exercise of discretion. Therefore, it cannot be said that the power conferred
undervaluation' in regard to the deeds of conveyance executed by statutory authorities; and therefore the registering authority has no jurisdiction to refer a sale ... regard to Deeds of Conveyance executed by Statutory Authorities.
6. To find an answer, it is necessary to refer S. 45-A of the Karnataka
duties are defined by statue. So
Government departments, local authorities, police
authorities, and statutory undertakings and
corporations, are all 'public authorities'. But there ... certain statutory provisions will
not become a statutory body and the dismissed
employee cannot enforce a contract of personal service
against a non-statutory body
duties are defined by
statue. So Government departments, local
authorities, police authorities, and statutory
undertakings and corporations, are all 'public
authorities'. But there ... duties are defined
by statute. So government departments,
local authorities, police authorities, and
statutory undertakings and
corporations, are all 'public authorities'.
But there
years, and this could not have been
meddled with by the Statutory Authorities at the
instance of the Employee - Union, pacta sunt
servanda being ... years, increase is very marginal i.e.,
3.45%. Neither before the statutory authorities nor
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these were and if ultimately on a proper construction of the respective statutory provisions it was to be declared that quite a good number ... directions issued by the Central Government and the Council, as Statutory Authorities under the Central Act and the assurances given by the State Government
Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta, so that these statutory authorities
can work as real Ombudsmen for ensuring that people's faith in the
working ... these public servants is not shaken. These statutory
authorities are meant to cater to the need of the public at large
with a view
excessive delegation in regard to such functions to the executive or statutory authorities, and, therefore, the Act is void for excessive delegation ... indefinite, vague and ambiguous, that it is open to the statutory authorities under Land Reforms Act to arrive at any arbitrary decision relating to classification
statutory respondents, would submit that the argument for defending the action or rather inaction on the part of the statutory authorities are clearly not supportable ... present case; that the statutory authorities are right in arriving at the conclusion that the condition which operates in respect of lands granted in favour
valid or not is a matter to be decided by the statutory authorities under the KLR Act .
15. It further appears that ... anything further about the manner of functioning of the statutory authorities which, on determination of further facts, may be found to be highly deplorable
