Sri.Shankar S/O Laxman Tore v. the State of Karnataka
Land Records – Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, S.136
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No.105934 of 2018 (KLR-RR/SUR), High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, NC: 2025:KHC-D:15434, decided 12.11.2025 by Anant Ramanath Hegde J. Shankar Tore (since deceased) through LRs and Suresh Tore v State of Karnataka, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, Belagavi, and LRs of Basavant Tore. Challenge to orders under S.136 Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 dated 12.01.2016 (RTS:AP:104/2012-13, Annexure-M) and 26.06.2018 (No.RB:RTA-89/2016-17, Annexure-N); grievances on condonation of 10-year delay without reasons or separate order and notice by endorsement on appeal memo; record of rights/mutation entries maintained subject to pending suit O.S.No.282 of 2018 before Senior Civil Judge, Belagavi; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: (b) observations in the Assistant Commissioner's and Deputy Commissioner's orders shall not influence the Trial Court; (c) the suit to be decided on the evidence led by the parties; (d) mutation entries to be changed as per the Trial Court's decree; entries in the record of right to be maintained as they now stand subject to the result of O.S.No.282 of 2018.