SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT AND ANR. FINANCE DEPARTMENT vs SRI MARUTHI B. PUJAR AND ORS. — C.A. No. 8722/2017

Summary: The Supreme Court set aside the High Court and Tribunal orders that had classified Sirsi Urban Agglomeration as Group 'C' Category City for HRA purposes retroactively. The Court found merit in the State's submission that there was valid basis for classifying it as Category 'D' (excluding outgrowth population) and no compulsion to include outgrowth population. The Court directed that from 2012 onwards, Sirsi shall be treated as a 'C' class city for HRA, disposed of the appeal without costs. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.