The Supreme Court noted that both structures are part of the ensemble of Mysuru's civic architecture. (File Photo) The Supreme Court has ordered the preservation and restoration of two of Mysuru’s most historically significant civic structures—the Devaraja Market and the Lansdowne Building— rejecting the Karnataka government’s stance that the buildings should be demolished and rebuilt. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi, relying on the findings of an expert committee constituted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, directed the Mysuru City Corporation and the Mysore Urban Development Authority on Monday to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan in line with the committee’s recommendations. The IIT Roorkee committee, constituted on the Supreme Court’s direction, stated in its report that roughly 70 per cent of the vertical load-bearing elements —walls and columns—in both structures fall in the mild-to-moderate distress category and are repairable.…