Smt. Shantabai W/O Manohar @ Monappa Zende v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench; WP No. 101972 of 2018 (LR); NC: 2025:KHC-D:14274; Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde; decided 27 October 2025. Writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking certiorari to quash Land Tribunal Belagavi order dated 01.12.2016 in KRA-KHASBAG-SR-19 (Annexure-E). Petitioners: Shantabai Zende (since dead, LR Mahendra Zende; counsel B.M. Patil). Respondents: State of Karnataka and Land Tribunal Belagavi (Mala B. Bhute, AGA), Bharati Zende (B.S. Sangati), LRs of Nagoji/Rama/Subhash/Chintamani/Manohar/Devapa Zende (Shivaraj S. Balloli; Nagaraj Appannanavar for R4A) and of Ramachandra and Krishnaji Kulkarni (Vitthal S. Teli). Outcome: memo for withdrawal accepted; petition dismissed as withdrawn; no merits decided, no quantum, no precedents. Keywords: certiorari, withdrawal, Land Tribunal, Belagavi, Zende, Kulkarni, 2018, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Leave to withdraw the petition was granted (memo accepted); petition dismissed as withdrawn with no adjudication of, and no relief against, the impugned Land Tribunal order.