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The State Government connected January 7 informed the High Court of Karnataka that it has outer images to amusement erstwhile each of the houses astatine the illegally formed Fakir and Wasim colonies were built connected authorities onshore successful Kogilu Layout, successful northbound Bengaluru, portion rejecting the assertion of immoderate residents that they had been residing successful the now-demolished houses from the past 28 years.
State Advocate General K. Shashi Kiran Shetty made these submissions earlier a part seat comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha during the proceeding of a PIL petition filed by Zaiba Tabassum (28), Rehana (25), and Areefa Begaum (49), who were among the persons evicted from the 2 colonies.
When the seat pointed retired that the petitioners assertion that they were residing successful these colonies for the past 28 years, the A-G said that specified a assertion is ‘factually incorrect’ portion stating that the authorities has outer images to amusement erstwhile the houses, which were precocious demolished, were constructed.
Due process
Denying the assertion of the petitioners that they were evicted without pursuing the owed process of instrumentality and the guidelines issued by the apex tribunal connected eviction, the A-G said that the apex court’s judgement is not applicable to the contiguous lawsuit portion besides pointing retired that the onshore connected which the petitioners had built houses was not a slum but was initially utilized for quarrying and aboriginal arsenic landfill for garbage from Bengaluru.
On the bench’s query astir providing impermanent structure to the displaced families, the A-G said that the displaced families were being accommodated successful impermanent rehabilitation centres successful 3 antithetic areas till further orders to beryllium passed by the tribunal successful this petition.
As petitioners’ counsel told that tribunal that astir 300 displaced families comprising astir 3,000 persons request nutrient and blankets, the A-G said that nutrient is being supplied to them done Indira Canteen, and different ground amenities volition besides beryllium provided.
The seat adjourned further proceeding till January 22 portion directing the authorities of Karnataka to record its effect to the petition wrong 1 week, and asking the petitioners to record their reply to the government’s response.
What petitioners sought
The petitioners person sought directions from the tribunal to state that the enactment of demolition of their houses was successful usurpation of the law, and nonstop the authorities to either reconstruct houses for them successful the aforesaid onshore oregon supply equivalent alternate lodging to reconstruct the lives of the affected persons. They person besides sought a survey to place each persons affected owed to demolition of houses successful the 2 colonies and their eligibility for rehabilitation, too capable compensation by declaring that the enactment of demolition was illegal.
On December 20, 2025, the Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) had demolished respective houses built connected the tract of the aged quarry. The authorities had claimed that definite anti-social elements had encroached connected this onshore and allowed families of the petitioners and others to enactment up sheds and reside determination by providing them immoderate documents.
