The High Court of Karnataka has said that the appointments of MLA S.R. Vishwanath as the chairman of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and three other individuals as members does not suffer from any infirmity.
However, the Court directed the State government to frame guidelines for appointment to the posts of engineer, finance and town planner members of BDA so that future appointments to these posts are done as per such guidelines.
A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty passed the order while disposing of two PIL petitions filed by Harish A.S., a city-based advocate.
