D. M. Shankare Gowda v. the State of Karnataka
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Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 20195 of 2022 (S-RES); decided 17 October 2025; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:41565; single-judge bench of Ashok S. Kinagi. Writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying for mandamus against respondents 1 to 3 (State of Karnataka through Chief Secretary; Commissioner for Cane Development and Director of Sugar Undertaking; Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Karnataka State) to consider representations dated 09.11.2021 and 08.02.2022 and to implement the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore order dated 03.04.2017 in Appeal No.298/2012 without alteration, and to initiate action against respondent No.4 (Managing Director, Hemavathi Sahakari Sakkare Karakhane Niyamita) for misconduct. Dismissed as infructuous: respondents had already complied with the Tribunal's order (Annexures-K and M per respondent No.4's statement of objections). Keywords: mandamus; implementation of tribunal order; compliance; infructuous writ petition; sugar co-operative; Hassan district; Chamundeshwari Sugar Factory.