Sri Raghu M T v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
e-Katha EKhata; Channapattana City Municipal Council; Mangalavarapete Municipal New Extension; I.D.S.M.T. Layout; sale deeds dated 21.10.2006 and 21.04.2009; earlier title deed prevails; rival title claims; Karnataka Lokayuktha Act 1984 inquiry; Article 226 Constitution of India; LB-RES; W.P.No.8311/2024; NC: 2026:KHC:27020; Justice B M Shyam Prasad; eight-week and six-week timelines; municipal site allotment; Bengaluru/Ramanagar.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued: (i) petitioners other than the twelfth to file a certified copy of the order; the second respondent to consider all records filed with the writ petition and communicate the EKhata decision to each petitioner individually in writing within eight weeks; (ii) the twelfth petitioner may file a representation for E-Katha; the second respondent to examine, after hearing both rival claimants, why the benefit of the first sale deed (the earlier title deed prevailing) should not be extended, within six weeks; civil remedies left open to the concerned parties thereafter.