- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:1070 WP No. 44447 of 2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N S SANJAY GOWDA WRIT PETITION NO. 44447 OF 2014 (LB-BMP) BETWEEN: ASTRA ZENECA PHARMA INDIA LIMITED HAVING REGISTERED OFFICE AT BLOCK N1, 12TH FLOOR MANYATA EMBASSY BUSINESS PARK RACHENAHALLI, OUTER RING ROAD BANGALORE-560 045 REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED PERSON MR. PANKAJ JAIN. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. UDAYA HOLLA, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. N J KUMAR, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE-560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. 2. BRUHATH BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE BANGALORE-560 001 REPESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER. 3. ASSISTANT REVENUE OFFICER BYATARAYANAPURA SUB-DIVISION YALAHANKA REGION BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PLIKE BANGALORE-560 092. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. BOPANNA BELLIAPPA, AGA FOR R1; SRI. B S SATHYANAND, ADVOCATE FOR R2 & R3) Digitally signed by KIRAN KUMAR R Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:1070 WP No. 44447 of 2014 THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED CIRCULAR DTD.1.7.2014 PASSED BY THE R-2 VIDE ANNEX-A AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N S SANJAY GOWDA ORAL ORDER 1. The prayer in this writ petition is to quash the Circular dated 01.07.2014 on the basis of which the Corporation seeks to collect improvement charges. 2. Learned counsel for the BBMP points out that this Court in the order dated 26.08.2016 passed in W.P.No.56465 & 56724-734/2014 has upheld the Circular and dismissed a batch of writ petitions. 3. Since the Circular which is impugned in this writ petition has already been upheld by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the aforesaid writ petitions, the relief sought for by the petitioner cannot be granted. The petition is - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:1070 WP No. 44447 of 2014 accordingly dismissed in terms of the order dated 26.08.2016. which is referred to above. Sd/- (N S SANJAY GOWDA) JUDGE PKS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 64