Syed Shabeer Ahmed v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, WP No. 33504 of 2025 (GM-MM-S), NC: 2025:KHC:45699-DB, oral order dated 11.11.2025 by Vibhu Bakhru, Chief Justice (author) with C.M. Poonacha, J. Petitioner Syed Shabeer Ahmed challenged, under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the rejection of his quarry lease application by respondent No.2 (Director, Department of Mines and Geology) vide order dated 23.12.2024/24.12.2024 (Annexure-A). Petition dismissed on the ground of available alternate remedy (revision under Rule 53 of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rule, 1994), with clarification that alternate remedies remain open. No precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
The court declined to entertain the writ petition because the petitioner concededly has an alternate remedy of filing a revision under Rule 53 of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rule, 1994.