Sri. A.C Raghavendra v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 3473 of 2024 (GM-RES-PIL), High Court of Karnataka, decided 16.06.2025 by V Kameswar Rao, Acting Chief Justice, and C M Joshi, J. Keywords: writ of mandamus; change of names of living personalities; WP No.2201/2012 direction; representations dated 25.07.2023; Annexures G, H, J; competent authority to hear petitioner and respondent Nos. 5 and 6; disposal within four weeks after hearing; contentions left open; Davanagere City Corporation; Zilla Panchayat Davanagere; Deputy Commissioner Davanagere; MLAs Davangere South and Davangere North; disposed of without adjudicating merits.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the competent authority to consider the petitioner's representations dated 25.07.2023 after giving a hearing to the petitioner and respondent Nos. 5 and 6, and to dispose of the same within four weeks after culmination of the hearing; all contentions of the petitioner and respondent Nos. 5 and 6 left open.