Chandrashekarayya Kalyanmath S.O Veerabhadrayya v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition dismissed; Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench; WP No. 103563 of 2025 (LB-UC); Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; certiorari and mandamus; endorsement dated 18.11.2023 Annexure-E; stop-construction and encroachment notices Annexures F, G, H, K; Bankapur Town Municipality; Chief Officer; boundary and identity dispute; survey sketch by competent Surveyor; jurisdictional Surveyor to measure property within 3 months; survey report with title deeds; approval for construction; property bearing No.337 Bankapur; Shiggaon Taluk; Haveri District; Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde; decision dated 30.10.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition dismissed; however, the jurisdictional Surveyor is directed to measure the property on the petitioner's application (survey to be completed within 3 months of such application); the petitioner is to produce the survey report with requisite title deeds before the competent officer of the Municipality and thereafter seek necessary approval for construction; the Municipality is to consider the same in accordance with law.