Krishnappa v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Krishnappa v. State of Karnataka and others; WP No. 50992 of 2019 (KLR-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (NC: 2025:KHC:45177), decided 07.11.2025 by Justice Rajesh Rai K (single judge). Subject: land revenue records for Sy.No.25 (1 acre out of 4 acres 29 guntas karab), Chikka Chemanahalli Village, Kasaba Hobli, Devanahalli Taluk, Bengaluru Rural District; challenge to revision order R.P.No.155/2018-19 dated 20.07.2019 and Tahsildar's mutation orders M.R.No.2/2002-03 (dated 2.9.2002) and M.R.No.10/2002-03 (dated 10.4.2003); restoration sought of entries as per MR No.5/1983-84. Outcome: petition DISMISSED AS NOT PRESSED on memo recording death of sole petitioner on 10.07.2021; no merits decided; no case law cited; no costs or quantum. Advocates: Raghavendra N R for petitioner; Neelakantappa K Pujar, HCGP for State/R1-4.
What did the court decide?
On a memo recording that the sole petitioner had expired on 10.07.2021, the Court placed the memo on record and dismissed the writ petition as not pressed; no aspect of the challenge to the 2002-03 mutation orders or the 2019 revision order was adjudicated on merits.