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 according permission for conversion of the lands for non-agricultural purpose on the ground that establishing of a township ..... , association, body or co-operativesociety,-(a) which holds lands on the 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 the said date shall also furnish a similar ..... this reservoir wasconstructed and commissioned in the year1933 and it is under the control of thebangalore water supply & sewerage boardfrom the year 1964 after formation of theboard. .....
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
..... '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 ..... of the arguments addressed before him, the learned single judge formulated the following questions of law requiring his determination: '(1) whether the bangalore water supply and sewerage board, hereinafter referred to as the board is a 'local authority' within the meaning of section 32(iv) of the payment of bonus act and if so, whether it is exempt from the payment of bonus under the said act to all its employees? ..... 70, dated 16th august, 1979, referred the following points of disputes to the tribunal: '(1) are the workmen justified in demanding bonus from the management of bangalore water supply and sewerage board? ..... state act has been enacted to make provision for water supply, sewerage and sewage disposal in bangalore metropolitan area and for matters ..... the act applicable in the case indicate that it has been entrusted with a specified task of water supply, sewerage and sewage disposal in the bangalore metropolitan area .....
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 ..... impugned order the state government has directed that several orders made by the special deputy commissioner, bangalore rural district under section 95 of the karnataka land revenue act according permission for conversion of 414 acres of agricultural land for non-agricultural use, to wit, for establishing a housing colony on the banks of arkavati river near thippagondanahalli water reservoir, one of the sources of supply of drinking water to the city of bangalore, which were quashed by this court, in writ petitions nos. ..... 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 .....
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 that the 'dominant purpose' behind the establishment of the board under the provisions of the bangalore water supply & 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), i consider it unnecessary to go into the merits of the rival submissions made before me on this point. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : 1995(1)KarLJ113
..... 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 ..... 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 that the 'dominant purpose' behind the establishment of the board under the provisions of the bangalore water supply & 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). .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Karnataka
Reported in : ILR1986KAR488
..... 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. ..... power to cut off water supply :(1) the board may cut off the supply of water from any premises :(c) if any charges or any other sum due for water or for the cost of making a connection or the hire of a meter or the cost of carrying out any work or test connected with the water supply which is chargeable to any person by or under this act is not paid within fifteen days after a bill for such charges or sums has been presented or served.xxx xxx ..... xxxprovided that the board shall not cut off the supply of water ..... unless notice of not less than three days has been given to the owner or occupier of the premises. .....
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. ..... , i am of the opinion that the earlier decision of the division bench of this court in case of pwd employees union (supra) as well as the the decision of the constitutional bench of the hon'ble apex court in case of bengalore water supply and sewerage board (supra), case of des raj (supra) would hold the field and therefore, i am holding that the irrigation department of the petitioner state is an industry within the meaning of section 2(j) of the industrial disputes act, 1947.54. .....
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 ..... to grow tall trees all around the treatment plant to serve as a divider and also to grow special types of fish, which will prevent mosquito larva and also to provide a stand by captive power to run an essential units of effluent treatment plant, so that the plant is always in operation.it was assured by the vice-president of the housing society that they will be running and maintaining the plant till they hand it over the entire premises to the bangalore development authority. ..... 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. ..... in each section. .....
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