Prashanth P N v. State of Karnataka
Constitution of India, Articles 226 and 227 – Writ Petition (GM-FOR)
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), WP No. 10234 of 2021 (GM-FOR), decided 09.01.2025 by Jyoti Mulimani, J. Writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 challenging a forest department Final Notice (Annexure-A) requiring personal appearance before the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Hassan. Held: an appearance notice is not justiciable in writ jurisdiction; petitioner must appear and contest; petition dismissed. Keywords: maintainability, appearance notice, forest mobile squad Sakleshpur, Hassan Division, preliminary hearing 'B' group.
What did the court decide?
The impugned Final Notice is only a notice for appearance and therefore cannot be questioned in the writ petition; the petitioner's remedy is to appear before the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Hassan and contest the matter, and this Court declines to exercise its writ jurisdiction.