Sri. Rangaswamy v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru; single judge R Devdas; WP No. 27398 of 2025 (KLR-RES); decided 10.09.2025; land grant of 4 acres 10 guntas in Sy.No.79/1, Kirehalli Village, Kasaba Hobli, Sakaleshpura Taluk, Hassan District; grant order by SLAO, Hemavathi Reservoir Project, Hassan, Annexure-K dated 24.05.2018; non-issuance of Saguvali Chit and absence of revenue entries/mutation; petitioner's representation dated 06.11.2023, Annexure-L; direction (mandamus-type) to Tahsildar to verify records, issue Saguvali Chit and mutate records; two-month compliance timeline; Articles 226 and 227; petition disposed of; no precedent cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.4 - Tahsildar, Sakaleshapura Taluk, Hassan District, to consider the petitioner's representation dated 06.11.2023 (Annexure-L), verify the records and, if the petitioner was indeed granted the land, pass necessary orders for issuance of Saguvali Chit and enter his name in the land revenue records; the entire exercise to be completed within two months from receipt of a copy of the order. Learned HCGP permitted to file memo of appearance within four weeks.