BENGALURU: The high court on Friday permitted the BBMP to issue another public notice as well individual notices to over 2,000 buildings/properties having unlicensed hoardings/structures, and those who have failed to respond to the earlier public notice for voluntary removal of publicity material.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari gave the permission while directing the Palike to complete the said process by September 4.
Earlier, V Sreenidhi, counsel for BBMP, informed the court that the civic body had received responses from 1,800 of the 4,178 owners of unlicensed hoardings/structures to the public notice issued in early August. He further said around 400 applicants responded three days after the August 20 deadline and owners of a little over 2,000 buildings/properties haven’t responded.
Submit details, says court
The bench directed the BBMP to submit details of officials who filed FIR in two cases pertaining to illegal flexes/hoardings, which culminated in filing of B report. The court wondered why the FIR was registered if there was no case. This was after advocate-general Uday Holla informed the court that the accused in 228 cases (pertaining to illegal flexes/hoardings) have pleaded guilty, and in two cases, B report has been filed as the instances date back to 2016 .
The court also directed uploading of details of those pleading guilty in the State Crime Records Bureau.