Sri U D Chandrashekar v. the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Rule 16 Karnataka Land Grant Rules; grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops; fifty hectare ceiling; ten hectare first-instance limit for cardamom, coffee, tea and rubber; five hectare limit for pepper; consultation with Indian Coffee Board; Section 94(a)(4) Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964; excess land possession; Karnataka Appellate Tribunal Appeal No.455/2009 dated 11.03.2016; R.A.No.13/2008-09 dated 02.03.2009 Deputy Commissioner Hassan; Sy No.98 measuring 4.35 acres, Udayavara village, Belagodu hobli, Sakaleshpura taluk, Hassan district; writ of certiorari Articles 226 and 227; no dispossession pending fresh enquiry; WP No. 31187 of 2016 (KLR-LG); NC: 2025:KHC:45180; Justice Rajesh Rai K.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations that the Deputy Commissioner shall consider the petitioner's claim under Rule 16 of the Karnataka Land Grant Rules after verifying the extent of his land holdings in accordance with law, as directed by the Tribunal; the petitioner is protected from dispossession from the subject land till the conclusion of such enquiry.