Sri Shashidhara Guruvina S/O Late Sanna Durgappa Guruvina v. the State of Karnataka
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WP No. 100151 of 2025 (GM-RES), High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, decided 08-04-2025 by Jyoti Mulimani J. Petitioner Shashidhara Guruvina, a businessman from Bankapur Village, Gangavathi Taluk, Koppal District, sought mandamus against respondents (State of Karnataka, Dept. of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj; Chief Officer, Town Panchayath, Kanakagiri) to prevent demolition of his commercial shop, contending he ran the business for years with permission letters and oral permission, and that respondents orally ordered removal without notice for road widening. Court held the demolition threat was mere apprehension, no demolition notice issued, reliefs could not be granted at that stage; petition rejected as pre-mature. Keywords: writ of mandamus; apprehension of demolition; premature writ petition; road widening; Town Panchayath Kanakagiri; Koppal; Articles 226 and 227.