Smt Hanumakka v. State of Karnataka
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Karnataka HC, Bengaluru; WP No. 33219 of 2016 (KLR-RES); decided 10-11-2025 by Justice Rajesh Rai K; NC 2025:KHC:45412. Petitioners: LRs (Sri G. Srinivas; G. Padmanabha) of late Smt. Hanumakka; Respondents: State of Karnataka (Principal Secretary, Revenue), Special Deputy Commissioner Bangalore Urban, Assistant Commissioner Bangalore North Sub Division, Committee for Regularization of Unauthorized Cultivation (Tahsildar, Bangalore North Taluk), and Smt. Gundamma (R5). Dispute over 1.20 acres in Survey No.59, Kadathanamale Village, Hesarghatta Hobli, Bangalore North Taluk. Settled by compromise petition under Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC r/w Article 226; orders in Case No. LND CR 78/2007-08 dated 04.02.2008 (R-3, Annexure-A) and Case No. LND (A) 11/2007-08 dated 25.04.2009 (R-2, Annexure-D) set aside; Committee's regularization order dated 09.05.2005 (1 acre 20 guntas, Sy.No.59) restored and upheld. Petition disposed of; advocates: Mallikarjun N.K. and Sampath (petitioners), Neelakantappa K. Pujar HCGP (R1-R4), K.R. Krishnamurthy (R5).