Smt. S Gayathri, v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Site purchasers challenged the Endowments Department's endorsement claiming a 1939 gift over about 1,198 acres and consequent PDO refusals of e-khatha. Declining to follow an earlier similar order wholesale, the Court directed each petitioner to seek consideration before the Special Deputy Commissioner on occupancy rights under the Inams Abolition Act.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to file representations before the Special Deputy Commissioner within four weeks; Commissioner to decide within eight weeks; PDO and Sub-Registrar to comply with final decision.