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Autorickshaw drivers' writ petition dismissed

By Our Correspondent

BANGALORE AUG. 25. A Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka comprising the Chief Justice, N.K. Jain, and Justice Mohan Shanatanagoudar on Monday dismissed a public interest writ petition filed by the Karnataka State Auto Drivers' Welfare Joint Action Committee and two others.

The petitioners had prayed that the Minorities Development Corporation Ltd. be directed to disburse loans only to those who were sponsored by the committee.

The petitioners had submitted that the committee was a confederation of autorickshaw drivers comprising various unions, and it was formed primarily for the welfare of autorickshaw drivers.

According to the petitioners, the respondent company, Minorities Development Corporation Ltd. was constituted to process, verify, and grant loans to autorickshaw drivers.

They said that they had recommended 272 persons for loans to the corporation, which processed the applications and issued loans to 118 persons.

On December 11, 2002, the petitioners had submitted 1,228 more applications, but so far only five applications had been cleared.

The petitioners further submitted that they had made several representations, but no action had been taken. The judges dismissed the writ petition after hearing petitioners' counsel.

Ruling on CA site

Mr. Justice Jain and Mr. Justice Shanatanagoudar also dismissed a public interest writ petition filed by Sadashiva Karant and four others of J.P. Nagar VI Phase, Bangalore. The petitioners had prayed that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) be directed to maintain a particular civic amenity site as a playground and park.

The petitioners had submitted that the CA site no. 11, situated at J.P. Nagar VI Phase, was being used as a park and playground for several years. It was the only vacant space for about 20,000 people in the locality. But the BDA had allotted the CA site to the Bangalore Telecom District.

The petitioners contended that the transfer was illegal and the CA site had to be maintained as a park only. In its objections, the Bangalore Telecom District said that the land was meant for constructing a telephone exchange.

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