The much-awaited Bench of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) is likely to be temporarily housed within the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha complex at Halga-Bastwad till a permanent structure is built for it.
High Court of Karnataka Judge and KAT chairman K. Bhakthavatsala, who inspected the premises of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on Monday, is said to have been convinced of the need to house the KAT Bench at the basement of the complex so that it could start functioning without any further delay. However, a final decision is yet to be taken.
Later, Regional Commissioner N. Jayaram told presspersons that a Zilla Adalita Bhavan would be constructed within the Deputy Commissioner’s office compound in the city, where the KAT Bench could be provided with a permanent structure.
Cabinet decision
In response to a long-drawn struggle by members of the Belagavi Bar Association, the State Cabinet in June last cleared setting up KAT Benches both in Belagavi and Kalaburagi. The establishment of the Bench will go a long way in bringing down the pendency of litigation before the principal KAT Bench and also be convenient to litigants in all the seven districts under the Belagavi Revenue division — Bagalkot, Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Uttara Kannada and Vijayapura.
