Manjunath Shivanagouda Patil v. State of Karnataka
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Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), WP No. 27434 of 2024 (LB-RES-PIL), decided 07-01-2025; coram N. V. Anjaria CJ (author/per) and M.I. Arun J. Petitioner: Manjunath Shivanagouda Patil (Muttagi village, Vijayapura); respondents: State of Karnataka, DC Vijayapura, CEO Zilla Panchayath, PDO Muttagi, SP Vijayapura. Subject: PIL seeking demolition of construction on bus stand land (survey no.1257, property no.150700102800201569, Muttagi Grama Panchayath, Basavana Bagewadi, Vijayapura) and construction of a new bus stand; mandamus under Articles 226 and 227. Held: site selection for a bus station is exclusively an executive function, outside the Court's domain; determination whether ongoing construction is lawful needs fact-finding incapable of being undertaken in an Article 226 petition; petition not entertained and disposed of, with directions that authorities examine legality of the construction and act per law if illegal. Search uses: scope of Article 226 review; PIL refusals; executive domain over siting of public infrastructure; illegal construction/demolition grievances requiring fact-finding inquiry.