<p>The red taluk court building is a heritage building nearly a hundred years old.<br /></p>.<p>The building was built in 1917 and before Independence it served as a taluk administrative building during the British regime. After Independence, a part of the building became the police station, while the rest of the building was taluk office.<br />The police station was shifted to a new building. With the construction of the mini soudha, the taluk administration also moved into it. The building then came into the hands of the legal fraternity. The pro-environment members of the Advocates Association have created a garden in the middle of the court premises. <br />However, this old heritage building, which reminds one of past, is in peril. There is a proposal to demolish this builiding and come up with a Rs 3 crore court building complex. This has been announced by none other than legislator V Muniyappa.<br />“Shidlaghatta has been identified a backward taluk in Nanjundappa Committee Report and as a step towards development works in the district, this court building complex has been proposed. <br /><br />The tender process will begin soon after the grant is released”, he said. Already a residential quarters for the judges have been constructed near Santosh Nagar on Dibburahalli Road. After the completion of the Court building complex, the present court will be shifted there.<br /><br />“A sum of Rs 10 crore has been released for the taluk development. <br />The taluk administration will be accomodated in a new building in the place where the present court building stands. The idea is to have all the government offices in one place”, says Taluk Advocates President M Papireddy.<br />Papireddy feels that the old court building needs to retained as a relic of the British times. The gallows and jail are seen even today. A part of the building should be converted into a museum, he added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The red taluk court building is a heritage building nearly a hundred years old.<br /></p>.<p>The building was built in 1917 and before Independence it served as a taluk administrative building during the British regime. After Independence, a part of the building became the police station, while the rest of the building was taluk office.<br />The police station was shifted to a new building. With the construction of the mini soudha, the taluk administration also moved into it. The building then came into the hands of the legal fraternity. The pro-environment members of the Advocates Association have created a garden in the middle of the court premises. <br />However, this old heritage building, which reminds one of past, is in peril. There is a proposal to demolish this builiding and come up with a Rs 3 crore court building complex. This has been announced by none other than legislator V Muniyappa.<br />“Shidlaghatta has been identified a backward taluk in Nanjundappa Committee Report and as a step towards development works in the district, this court building complex has been proposed. <br /><br />The tender process will begin soon after the grant is released”, he said. Already a residential quarters for the judges have been constructed near Santosh Nagar on Dibburahalli Road. After the completion of the Court building complex, the present court will be shifted there.<br /><br />“A sum of Rs 10 crore has been released for the taluk development. <br />The taluk administration will be accomodated in a new building in the place where the present court building stands. The idea is to have all the government offices in one place”, says Taluk Advocates President M Papireddy.<br />Papireddy feels that the old court building needs to retained as a relic of the British times. The gallows and jail are seen even today. A part of the building should be converted into a museum, he added.<br /><br /></p>
