The court said that the fresh petition should have all the details pertaining to the ongoing investigation into the Beggars' Colony affairs. It gave one month's time to file the fresh petition in view of the ongoing investigation.
The Karnataka high court, during its hearing on a public interest litigation involving the Beggars' Colony affairs on Tuesday, observed that the petition lacked details and directed that a fresh one be filed after a month.
The court said that the fresh petition should have all the details pertaining to the ongoing investigation into the colony’s affairs. The court gave one month's time to file the fresh petition in view of the ongoing investigation.
A division bench, headed by chief justice JS Khehar and justice Manjula Chellur was hearing the petition filed by AV Amarnathan.
The petition had alleged that the state government had ignored the inhuman condition in the Beggars’ Colony.
Epidemics are raging in the colony and hundreds of inmates were fleeing the place for their lives, said the petition.
This was disgusting and shameful. The incident happened because of the state government which was collecting crores of rupees as tax for the rehabilitation of beggars had failed to utilise the amount properly, Amarnathan stated in the PIL.
The petitioner also submitted that the history of beggars' rehabilitation goes back to the days of the Mysore Maharaja, when nearly 300 acres of land on the outskirts of the city was reserved for beggars rehabilitation centre.
With the city growing in all the directions, several people had encroached upon the colony land. Several builders were eyeing the 120 acres of land that remained with the colony. A PIL on encroachment of this land was pending with the high court, Amarnathan pointed out.
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