Sri Sanne Gowda v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Regularization of unauthorised occupation; Form No.50 application of 1992 left undecided for decades; duty of Tahsildar to forward application to Committee for Regularization of Unauthorized Occupation / Land Grant Committee; bar on eviction without consideration of pending regularization application; time-bound mandamus (four weeks + two months) under Articles 226 and 227; Hassan District, Arakalgudu Taluk, Survey No.75 Lakkanahalli Village; neutral citation NC: 2026:KHC:11645; single-judge bench (R Devdas J).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with time-bound directions: respondent No.5-Tahsildar to verify pendency of the petitioner's 1992 Form No.50 application and, if pending, place it before respondent No.4-Committee with his recommendation within four weeks; the Committee to consider the application and pass orders in accordance with law within two months thereafter. Learned Additional Government Advocate permitted to file memo of appearance within four weeks.