Orders inquiry against Director of Health and Family Welfare and recovery of advertisement tax from private companies
In an embarrassment to the State government, the Karnataka High Court on Friday revoked the permission to put up temporary hoardings across the city for public awareness messages about COVID-19 for “misusing” the court’s order by including advertisements of private companies in the hoardings.
The court ordered an inquiry against the Director, Health & Family Welfare Services, who had authorised a private advertisement agency to put up the temporary hoardings, and allowed private advertisements on the hoardings about COVID-19 awareness.
As some private companies were benefited from the advertisements illegally put up on the hoardings, the court directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to assess the advertisement tax to be paid for such…