Ganapatiyappa @ Ganapathi v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Sharavathi Hydro-electric Project; Badra Reservoir Project; displaced persons; rehabilitation scheme; land grant; Grant Order Annexure-E; kimmat paid; phodi/podi work; revenue sketch; mutation entries; RTC extracts; mutation registers; Annexure-H series; file No.SMGDCLND(1) MIS.CR/318/2021.22(E108416); Article 226 mandamus; Shivamogga; Deputy Commissioner; Tahsildar; similarly situated grantees; non-discrimination by State; WP No. 28104 of 2023 (KLR-RES); WP No. 18847 of 2022 (KLR-RR/SUR); Justice E.S. Indiresh; High Court of Karnataka; disposed of with four-month compliance timeline.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions disposed of with directions to the Deputy Commissioner, Shivamogga District, and the Tahsildar, Shivamogga Taluk, to consider the petitioners' case, prepare the revenue sketch, carry out the phodi work, effect mutation entries and enter the petitioners' names in the RTC extracts and mutation registers in respect of the lands granted to them, if not already done, in accordance with law, within four months from receipt of a certified copy of the order.