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The High Court of Karnataka connected Friday ordered contented of announcement to the State authorities connected a PIL petition which has questioned allotment oregon leasing retired the lands wrong the Jnana Bharathi field of Bangalore University (BU) to assorted nationalist and autonomous institutions for establishing their offices.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha passed the bid connected the petition filed by Swayam Jagruti Seva Ttrust, Mudalapalya, Bengaluru.
Various bodies
The petitioner has pointed retired that lands were allocated successful favour of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Inter University Center For Yogic-Science, Central University Of Karnataka, Central Board Of Secondary, Council Of Architecture, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, University Of Visvesvaraya College Of Engineering, and National Law School Of India University.
The petitioner has sought a absorption to the institutions, to whom the lands were allocated, not to chopped immoderate histrion for operation enactment and not to harm the ecological biodiversity connected the campus.
Lay restrictions
A absorption has besides been sought to the State authorities to laic down restrictions connected cutting down trees connected the field and for the operation of multi-storeyed buildings successful spot of existing buildings alternatively of utilising further lands for caller constructions. It has been contended successful the petition that alternatively of utilizing ecologically delicate areas for infrastructure improvement wrong the campus, the authorities should usage astir 35 acres of the land, which was portion of the lands of the field and was precocious recovered from the encroachers, for the BU and different institutions.
The petitioner has besides questioned the caller support granted for felling respective trees for the operation of gathering for UGC’s PM-USHA (Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) project.
