Sri Mohammed Gouse S/O Murtujasab Naykodi v. the Chief Engineer
Case brief
What is this about?
Bagalkot Town Development Authority; fresh site allotment; Site Allotment Rules 1993; application dated 16.05.2024 (Annexure-B) left unconsidered; withdrawal of endorsement dated 19.12.2024 (Annexure-E); writ of certiorari; writ of mandamus; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; WP No. 100233 of 2025 (GM-RES); High Court of Karnataka Dharwad Bench; Justice Suraj Govindaraj; decided 22 August 2025; partly allowed; legal representatives of deceased petitioner Mohammed Gouse; advocates Pruthvi K S and Sanjay S. Chanal.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus issued directing the respondents to consider the petitioner's application dated 16.05.2024 (Annexure-B) in accordance with law and, upon the petitioner complying with the requirements thereof, to allot a site of the requisite category; the certiorari prayer against the endorsement dated 19.12.2024 became infructuous due to its withdrawal by the respondents.