Beerappa Lokappa Naik v. the Land Tribunal
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of a writ petition as abated following the death of the sole petitioner and failure to implead his legal representatives; High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, 2025; petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking mandamus for entry of the petitioner's name in the Record of Rights (Form No.7 dated 17.08.1974; application dated 04.10.2016) in respect of 0-3-0 acres out of 0-7-0 acres, Block No.36, Shirakuli village, Ankola taluk, Uttara Kannada; parties: Beerappa Lokappa Naik (deceased petitioner), Land Tribunal Karwar, Tahasildar Ankola, Dingu Tippa Naik, Mallikarjun Rudrayya Kalmath; petitioner's counsel absent at the final hearing. Relevant to abatement of writ petitions on the proprietor's death, impleading of legal representatives, and KLR record-of-rights/mutation disputes.
What did the court decide?
No steps were taken to implead the legal representatives of the deceased sole petitioner; the writ petition had therefore already abated long back.