Bengaluru: Terming it a “commercial interest litigation,” the Karnataka High Court yesterday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions from the court to order the government to complete the Gold Leafing work at Mysore Palace. The PIL was filed by K. Basavaraje Urs, a resident of Kuvempunagar in Mysuru and he had sought speedy completion of works as per the proposal made in 2014. The work was being done by artist Ganjifa Raghupathi Bhat, a National Award winner. Basavaraje Urs had alleged that there was total inaction on the part of the authorities in carrying out the gold leafing work, a project with an estimated cost of Rs. 4.98 crore. He said the work started in 2013 has not been completed due to a ‘false and frivolous’ complaint filed by a private person against Raghupathi Bhat.
