The State of Karnataka v. Shri Ranjitsinh Ghorpade S/O Vijaysinh Ghorpade
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WA No. 100484 of 2024 (LA-RES), High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, decided 03.02.2026; coram M.I. Arun (author) and B. Muralidhara Pai. Appellants: State of Karnataka (Finance and Revenue Department Secretaries), Commissioner, Special Deputy Commissioner and Special Land Acquisition Officer, Upper Krishna Project (counsel: Sri Gangadhar J.M., Addl. Advocate General, and Sri Sharad V. Magadum, Addl. Govt. Advocate). Respondents: Ranjitsinh, Rajendrasingh, Bhairavsinga, Sangram and Kumar Ghorpade (landowners, Jamkhandi/Bagalkote and Pune) and the General Manager, Krisna Bhagya Jala Nigam (served but unrepresented). Challenge to Single Judge order dated 16.04.2024 in W.P. No. 102039/2024 concerning compensation for acquired lands; appeal dismissed as infructuous because a Consent Award was later passed and the amount deposited; pending IAs disposed as not surviving. Statute: Section 4, Karnataka High Court Act, 1961. No case citations; no monetary figures stated.