Smt. Govindamma v. State of Karnataka

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Consent/withdrawal disposal of two connected Karnataka writ appeals; no merits adjudication. Bench: Justice D K Singh (author) with Justice T.M.Nadaf; decided 15 April 2026. Appeals under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act against Single-Judge orders dated 21.12.2023 in WP No.18962/2019 (LR) and WP No.20245/2019. Subject land: Survey No.11/14 (old No.11/8, earlier 11/4), Konadasapura Village, Bidarahalli Hobli, Bangalore East Taluk, about 3 acres. Recited background: Land Tribunal rejection of Munivenkatappa's occupancy-rights claim in LRF No.201/74-75 by order dated 24.03.1982 (finality, no writ filed); Form No.7 claim confined to Survey Nos.5 and 17; order dated 24.03.2016 in LRF No.05/2003-04 to be quashed with pre-order RTC records restored per joint memo dated 24.03.2026; memo recites Schedule Property is private, not tenanted, and Karnataka Land Reforms Act 1961 inapplicable. Dispositions: WA 223/2024 dismissed as withdrawn (memo dated 24.03.2026); WA 85/2024 withdrawn qua respondent Nos.5(a)-(e) and 6(a), dismissed as not pressed qua other respondents; joint memo expressly not binding on other respondents or third-party claimants; pending interlocutory applications rejected. Parties: Smt. Iqbal Basith (appellant WA 85/2024; R7 in WA 223/2024); Muni Hanumappa (R6(a)); Munivenkatappa; Motappa/Nagaraja; B.S. Venkataramu; Hanumappa/Venkatamma; Govindamma LRs (Srinivas, Nagaraj, Chandrappa, Yashodha, Venkatesh); State of Karnataka; Land Tribunal Bangalore East; Special Tahsildar K.R. Puram. Counsel: Shankare Gowda V N.; Syed Kashif Ali; Mohammed Akhil; Mateen Khan; Karthik V; V.N. Shankare Gowda; Mohammed Jaffar Shah (AGA); A. Keshav Bhat; K. Vijaya Kumar. No precedent cited.