Sri Venkataswamy Reddy v. the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: regularization of unauthorised occupation; Form No.53; Committee for Regularization of Unauthorized Occupation; Tahasildar/Tahasildar Bangalore South Taluk; Deputy Commissioner Bengaluru Urban District; Sy.No.2 Doddanagamangala Village; 10 guntas; representations Annexure-B (30.04.1999), Annexure-C (25.02.2010), Annexure-D (06.03.2025); writ of mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; KLR-RES; non-consideration/delay of long-pending application; two-month compliance timelines; peaceful possession pending consideration. Relevant to advocates seeking directions to land-revenue authorities to process decades-old Form 53 regularization applications in Karnataka.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a specific direction to respondent No.2-Tahsildar, Bangalore South Taluk, to verify from the records whether the petitioner's application at Annexure-A dated 30.04.1999 is pending; if found filed and still unconsidered, to place it before the Committee for regularisation of unauthorised occupation with his recommendation within two months, whereupon the Committee to consider the application and pass necessary orders in accordance with law within two months.