https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307354 The Kerala High Court held that the Lok Ayukta lacked jurisdiction to entertain a complaint against proceedings under Section 45B of the Kerala Stamp Act concerning undervaluation of property and demand for deficit duty, because those proceedings were quasi-judicial and subject to a statutory appellate remedy. It further held that the complaint did not disclose a "grievance" or "allegation" under the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999, since an erroneous or allegedly without-jurisdiction quasi-judicial order does not by itself amount to maladministration. The writ appeal succeeded, the writ petition was allowed, and the Lok Ayukta report was set aside, leaving the aggrieved party to pursue the statutory remedy. en-us Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 15:25:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307354 The Kerala High Court held that the Lok Ayukta lacked jurisdiction to entertain a complaint against proceedings under Section 45B of the Kerala Stamp Act concerning undervaluation of property and demand for deficit duty, because those proceedings were quasi-judicial and subject to a statutory appellate remedy. It further held that the complaint did not disclose a "grievance" or "allegation" under the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999, since an erroneous or allegedly without-jurisdiction quasi-judicial order does not by itself amount to maladministration. The writ appeal succeeded, the writ petition was allowed, and the Lok Ayukta report was set aside, leaving the aggrieved party to pursue the statutory remedy. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307354