Dalalaru Sagathu Fruits and Vegetables Marukatte Prangana v. the State of Karnataka
APMC site allotment – omission of site preference in merit list – Scheduled Tribes category
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Keywords: APMC market site allotment; Agricultural Produce Market Committee Bandipalya Mysuru; notification 02.02.2021; shops sites godowns allotment; Scheduled Tribes category reservation; physically handicapped category; merit list Annexure-D; merit marks 140 versus 66; omission of site no.C-12 preference; allotment order 22.07.2021 Annexure-E bearing No.KRUMAE/ABHIVE2/LIKUM.SE/224/2021; Director of Agricultural Marketing; site B-419 allotted though not opted; respondent no.6 opted only C-1; single EMD for five preferences not defective; writ of mandamus; quashing insofar as Sl.no.64 and Sl.no.101; direction to allot site C-12 within one month; refund liberty to respondent no.6; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; allotment of site Rules. Parties: Dalalaru Sagathu Fruits and Vegetables Marukatte Prangana (proprietor Hemanth Kumar B) v. State of Karnataka Dept. of APMC, Director of Agricultural Marketing, APMC Bandipalya, Dalalaru Sagathu (Imran Pasha), Global Trader (Kuntharunam Praveen), Yashwant Traders (Mahadevaiah). Counsel: Mahamad Tahir A (petitioner); Bhoje Gouda T. Koller AGA (R1-R2); A.C. Balaraj (R3); Shilpa Rani (R4, R6). Neutral citation: NC: 2025:KHC:38369.