Deemed completion certificate under municipal law allowed electricity supply where no refusal was issued within the statutory period.

Where a completion certificate application under Section 310(2) of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act is not expressly refused within 30 days, clause (b) operates to create a deemed completion certificate. On the facts stated, the building was completed, the application had been made, and the municipal corporation did not file a counter-affidavit to dispute those foundational facts. As a result, the electricity board could not insist on an express certificate as the sole basis to withhold supply to the commercial complex, provided the other statutory requirements were met.

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Issues: Whether, in the absence of an express refusal within 30 days under Section 310(2) of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, the petitioner was entitled to a deemed completion certificate and consequential supply of electricity to the commercial complex.

Analysis: The building was stated to have been completed, and an application for the completion certificate had been made to the municipal authority. Since no order of refusal was shown to have been passed within the statutory period, clause (b) of sub-section (2) operated to create a deemed grant. The municipal corporation did not controvert the foundational facts by filing a counter-affidavit. On that basis, the electricity board could not withhold supply merely for want of an express certificate, once the other statutory requirements were satisfied.

Conclusion: The petitioner was held entitled to the benefit of deemed completion certificate under Section 310(2), and the electricity board was directed to supply power to the complex, subject to compliance with the other statutory requirements.

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