Date:12/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/12/stories/2006091217960100.htm

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No construction to be allowed on palace premises

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Government has decided not to allow activities at Bangalore Palace that do not comply with the conditions stipulated in the Bangalore Palace Acquisition Act, and the conditions and other norms pointed out in the interim order of the Supreme Court in that context.

Court orders

In a press release issued here on Monday, the Government said that its decision was an effort to implement the Supreme Court's orders issued on April 30, 1997, and the related interim orders issued on September 14, 1998, and January 25, 2001, effectively.

In compliance with the court's orders and observations, no construction, including semi-permanent structures, activity would be allowed on the palace premises, the release said.

Status quo

A meeting presided over by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy recently observed that petitioners in respective cases had violated the court's order in maintaining status quo of the premises by putting up semi-permanent structures and taking up ground levelling work.

The authorities concerned had registered 10 cases of violation of the court order and a case of violation of the Forest Act.

Following that the State Government decided to give permission only for activities that fulfilled the conditions and norms specified in the Bangalore Palace Acquisition Act and the Supreme Court rulings, the release said.