D Rangappa v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court; WP 31130/2025 (KLR-RR/SUR); Madhugiri Taluk, Tumkuru District; Tahsildar notice N.C.R.C.R.67/25-26 dated 28.07.2025 (Annexure-E); encroachment of pathway; denial of encroachment; representation dated 29.08.2025 for grant of land; regularisation sought; reply to notice before Tahsildar; appearance fixed 12.01.2026 without further notice; interim bar on dispossession pending Tahsildar's order; contentions kept open; notice to Grama Panchayat (R3) waived; writ petition disposed of; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India.
What did the court decide?
No quashing of the Annexure-E notice; petitioners directed to appear before the Tahsildar without further notice on 12.01.2026, file a reply and seek regularisation; the Tahsildar to hear them and pass orders in accordance with law with contentions kept open; interim protection that no precipitative action of dispossessing the petitioners be taken until such order is passed; issuance of notice to respondent No.3 waived.