Court : Karnataka
Reported in : AIR1993Kant121; 1992(2)KarLJ369
..... (ii) the bangalore water supply and sewerage board ('water board'for short) the statutory authority constituted and the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1984 entrusted with the function of ensuring supply of water to the city, filed appeals before the karnataka appellate tribunal against the orders of the deputy commissioner ..... date of commencement of the amendment act and which is disentitled to hold lands under sub-section(1), shall, within ninety days from the said date, furnish to the tahsildar within whose jurisdiction the greater part of such land is situated a declaration containing the paticulars of such land and such other particulars as may be prescribed; and(b) which acquires such land after ..... or indirect entry of sewerage effluents to the reservoir or the river.ii) the septic tank, soak pit, dispersion system of each farm house shall be located farthest from the borders of the reservoir and the river.iii) the design for the septic tanks, soak pits and dispersion system shall be submitted to karnataka state pollution control board and approval obtained ..... respondent to impose those conditions in the documents by which the different plots would be sold to different individuals, the learned counsel submitted that those would be conditions which would be binding interpartes and was not sufficient to protect the interest ..... and commissioned in the year1933 and it is under the control of thebangalore water supply & sewerage boardfrom the year 1964 ..... evident from the records and .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1994KAR2649; 1994(4)KarLJ22
..... as per section 32(3) and regulation 5(2) of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964, and regulation 5(2) which has been referred to in the act as bwssb, the distance between water supply sub-main and the premises should be within 33 metres. ..... the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted before me that the entire order contained in annexure 'g' is based on complete misconstruction of the provisions of section 32(3) of bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964 as well as regulation 5(2). ..... the legislature has enacted bangalore water supply and sewerage act 1964 as its preamble indicates to make provisions for supply for water, sewerage and sewage disposal in bangalore metropolitan area and for matters connected therewith. ..... as regards bangalore or the corporation area of the bangalore city or to say the area over which and in respect of which the provisions have been made by the legislature by the name of bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964, the provisions of act no. ..... so, act 36 of 1964 being applicable in respect of the matters relating to water supply and sewerage relating bangalore metropolitan area as the provisions have already been made for supply of water by act no. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : 1999(4)KarLJ574
..... prabhakar that the 'dominant purpose' being the establishment of the board under the provisions of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964, was not to earn profit yet in the light of the view that i have taken on the first question and held that the board is a 'local authority' within the meaning of section 32(iv). ..... the respondent-board which is constituted under the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964 (hereinafter referred to as 'state act') is not of the nature and character as a municipal committee, district board or body of port commissioners possessing the requisite distinctive characteristics. ..... on the touchstone of the various judgments of the apex court was noted hereinabove it is evident that no member of the board is appointed by election or represents the interests of the inhabitants of the area. 21. re. ..... the plea of the company was resisted on the ground that the levy imposed by the act was a fee relatable to entries 23 and 66 in list ii and its validity is not affected either by entry 54 read with act liii of 1948 or by entry 52 read with act lxv of 1951. ..... grammatically words, may cover a case; but whenever a statute or document is to be construed, it must be construed not according to the mere ordinary gender meaning of the words, but according to the ordinary meaning of the words as applied to the subject-matter with regard to which they are used, unless .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1992KAR1529
..... (ii) the bangalore water supply and sewerage board ('water board' for short) the statutory authority constituted under the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1984 entrusted with the function of ensuring supply of water to the city, filed appeals before the karnataka appellate tribunal against the orders of the deputy commissioner according permission for conversion of the lands for non-agricultural purpose on the ground that establishing of a township ..... be established in the said locality after following the procedure prescribed under the provisions of the land revenue act and also took a decision on the question as to whether the new township should be declared as a local planning area under the karnataka town and country planning act, 1961, the deputy commissioner could not entertain applications under section 95 of the act for according permission for conversion of agricultural land for non-residential purpose in such a scale which would ..... to be taken so that there will not be any direct or indirect entry of sewerage effluents to the reservoir or the river.ii) the septic tank, soak pit, dispersion system of each farm house shall be located farthest from the borders of the reservoir and the river.iii) the design for the septic tanks, soak pits and dispersion system shall be submitted to karnataka state pollution control board and approval obtained before commencement of building activities,iv) the sludge from .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1994KAR2794
..... in the instant case section 16 of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, clearly authorises the board to levy rates, fees, rental and other charges with power to vary such rates, fees, rental and other charges from time to time in order to provide sufficient revenue for the purposes mentioned in the said section including the coverage of operating expenses, taxes and interest payments and to provide for adequate maintenance and depreciation etc. ..... the fact that section 9 sub-section (2) of the 1964 act makes the board a local authority for purposes of the bangalore water supply & sewerage act and the land acquisition act, does not also lead us anywhere for it does not necessarily mean that the board shall be deemed to be local authority even for the purposes of payment of bonus act, merely because it is so for purposes of the land acquisition act or the 1964 act.12. ..... prabhakar in fact suggested that the employees of the board are placed in pay scales which are comparable to those that are admissible to government employees working on similar posts. ..... on receipt of the reference by the tribunal it recorded evidence adduced by the parties and by its award dated 27th december, 1983 held that the employees of the board excepting those engaged at its 4 pumping stations and two treatment plants, were not justified in demanding bonus. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : 1995(1)KarLJ113
..... in the instant case section 16 of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, clearly authorises the board to levy rates, fees, rental and other charges with power to vary such rates, fees, rental and other charges from time to time in order to provide sufficient revenue for the purposes mentioned in the said section including the coverage of operating expenses, taxes and interest payments and to provide for adequate maintenance and depreciation etc. ..... in terms of section 3 of the said act, the government was required to constitute a board by the name of the 'bangalore water supply and sewerage board' consisting of not less than three but not more than 7 members appointed by the state government section 9 of the 1964 act, provides that the board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power subject to the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and can sue or be sued in its ..... prabhakar in fact suggested that the employees of the board are placed in pay scales which are comparable to those that are admissible to government employees working on similar posts. ..... on receipt of the reference by the tribunal it recorded evidence adduced by the parties and by its award dated 27th december, 1983 held that the employees of the board excepting those engaged at its 4 pumping stations and two treatment plants, were not justified in demanding bonus. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1986KAR488
..... regulations are made by b w s s b in-exercise of the power conferred on it by sections 31, 61 and 88 and all other enabling provisions of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964. ..... new regulations are valid in law and are consistent with the provisions of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964, and rules made thereunder. ..... these writ appeals are filed by the bangalore water supply and sewerage board (hereinafter referred to as 'the board') against the common judgment of the learned single judge in writ petition ..... in the writ petitions, the petitioners, who are non-domestic consumers of water supplied by the board in the city of bangalore, questioned the validity of regulation 7-a introduced into the bangalore water supply regulations, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as 'the regulations') by an amendment made on 1st november, ..... to be made for water supplied : notwithstanding anything contained in section 127 or any law, contract or other instrument, for all water supplied under this act, payment shall be made at such rates at such times and under such conditions as may be specified by regulations and differentiates may be prescribed for supply of water for different purposes. ..... the amount is held as security, we indicated to the counsel for the board that security amount should bear the same interest as admissible on fixed deposits of scheduled banks for a term of years and we suggested keeping the present rate of interest in view that it should be enhanced at 10%. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1986KAR1697
..... in support of these submissions, learned counsel has placed reliance on section 32 of the bangalore water supply and sewerage act, 1964 (for short, the 'act') and the definition of the word 'occupier,' found in section 2(13) of the act. ..... section 32 of the act, states that the water supply engineer may, on application by the owner or occupier of any building, arrange, in accordance with the regulations, to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use. ..... the object behind such a wide definition is to enable every occupant to secure water supply because water is so essential to every living being that without that nobody can survive. ..... in the instant case, as stated by the respondents, the slum dwellers who are occupying the plots in question, have represented to the first respondent for installing the water tap since they do not have water supply. ..... 13 and 14 situated in first-cross, sampigehalli extension, normally known as karagappa garden, mission road, bangalore, belong to him and he is the absolute owner of the same; that the respondents without his permission have put up the water tap at point-a marked in the sketch produced as annexure-a; that unless the area covered by the tap is acquired or consented to by the petitioner, the respondents are not in law entitled to put up the water tap.3. ..... as such, it is an undoubted responsibility and duty of the state to ensure supply of water to every one concerned. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Gujarat
Reported in : (2003)4GLR554
..... somasetty, [supra] keeping in view the observations of the constitution bench in bangalore water supply and sewerage board's case and hold that irrigation department is an industry and would be amenable to the jurisdiction of the tribunal under the industrial disputes act.8. ..... bench of the hon'ble apex court in case of bengalore water supply and sewerage board (supra), case of des raj (supra) as well as the earlier decision of the division bench of this court in case of pwd employees' union (supra) wherein also the decision of the hon'ble apex court in case of bengalore water supply and sewerage board (supra) has been considered by the division bench of this court, i am of the opinion that the irrigation department is an industry within the meaning of section 2(j) of the i.d. ..... the labour court has made reference of each and every document and the witnesses from both the sides and after appreciation of the evidence, both documentary and oral, considering the oral evidence of both the parties and the application of the workmen for condonation of delay and reply thereto vide exh. ..... in light of these admitted facts, the labour court has considered important aspect that there was admission of the witness for the petitioner before the labour court that the work which was performed by these workmen respondents was performed by the newly recruited workmen who were engaged by the petitioner after .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1990KAR390; 1990(3)KarLJ520
..... educational, religious, social or cultural activities or for philanthropic service run by a co-operative society registered under the karnataka co-operative societies act, 1959 (karnataka act 11 of 1959) or a society registered under the karnataka societies registration act, 1960 (karnataka act 17 of 1960) or by a trust created wholly for charitable, educational or religious purposes;(v) a police station, an area office or a service station of the corporation or the bangalore water supply and sewerage board or the karnataka electricity board; and(vi) such other amenity as the government may, by notification, specify. ..... in addition to this, sewerage treatment plant has to be treated as part of the work of the bangalore water supply and sewerage board (for short 'bwssb'). ..... he has also emphasised that in the interest of the residents on behalf of whom they are functioning, it will be their self-interest to see that both water supply and sewerage treatment plants are run as efficiently as possible.in order to further improve the environment in this area it is also desirable that the treated effluent after it is discharged into tank, which is immediately below could be harnessed for developing ..... the contention of the petitioner that civic amenity site cannot at all be used for installation of sewerage treatment plant is based on the definition of the expression 'civic amenity' occurring in section 2(bb) of the act. ..... aeration in each section. .....
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