Sri B N Tejas v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: writ of mandamus; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; land regularization; grant of plantation land; Government circular dated 25.10.2024 bearing No.RD 07 LGP 2023 (Annexure-C); Commissioner of Revenue Department letter dated 11.11.2024 (Annexure-D); application dated 28.11.2024; Sy.No.85, 19 acres, Kuniganahalli Village, Belagodu Hobli, Sakaleshpura Taluk, Hassan District; Tahsildar Sakaleshpura; Deputy Commissioner Hassan; Asst. Commissioner Sakaleshpura; verification of application and eligibility; disposal with directions to pass orders within two months; memo of appearance within four weeks; Karnataka High Court; KLR-RES; NC: 2026:KHC:11482.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by directing respondent No.4-Tahsildar, Sakaleshpura Taluk, to verify from the records whether the petitioner filed the application dated 28.11.2024 and is eligible for the grant under the circular dated 25.10.2024, and if so, to pass necessary orders as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within two months from receipt of a copy of the order; the learned Additional Government Advocate was permitted to file a memo of appearance within four weeks.