Sri Venkatesh G v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Venkatesh.G and seven co-petitioners v. State of Karnataka, Deputy Commissioner Bangalore Urban, Assistant Commissioner Bangalore South and Tahsildar Bangalore South Taluk; WP No. 38468 of 2025 (KLR-RES), decided 22.01.2026. Encroachment notice dated 12.11.2025 (Annexure-A) regarding tank area of Survey No.39, Gollahalli Village, Uttarahalli Hobli, Bangalore South Taluk; notice treated as show cause notice; reply within fifteen days; hearing and decision in accordance with law; joint survey if necessary; interim bar on precipitative/coercive action; pending representations of 12.02.2013 and 06.06.2017 for podi and hadbasth; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; writ petition disposed of, not quashed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: Annexure-A to be treated as a Show Cause Notice; fifteen days to the petitioners to file a reply with all required documents before the Tahsildar; Tahsildar to give sufficient opportunity of hearing, consider the reply and documents, conduct a joint survey in the petitioner's presence if necessary, and proceed only in accordance with law; no precipitative action pursuant to the impugned notice until the Tahsildar's final decision; HCGP permitted to file memo of appearance within four weeks. The prayer to direct consideration of the pending representations dated 12.02.2013 and 06.06.2017 and conduct of podi and hadbasth was not adjudicated.