Smt Devamma v. the Tahasildar
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petitions concerned delayed consideration of representations to implement a land grant order. The Court accepted an endorsement denying the grant order's existence as compliance, disposed of the petitions, and imposed costs on the State for gross delay, leaving the complainants free to challenge the endorsement.
What did the court decide?
State Government directed to pay costs to each complainant within two months; liberty preserved to challenge the endorsement.