Sri Narayanappa Gowda v. the Deputy Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2026:KHC:782; WP No. 52210 of 2019 (LB-UC); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; decided 07-01-2026 by Suraj Govindaraj J (single judge); writ petition dismissed as infructuous on petitioner's own submission; reliefs sought: mandamus to Deputy Commissioner to restrain construction of commercial building in schedule property at Karaya Village, Belthangady Taluk, D.K. District, and mandamus to Tahsildar to consider objection to land conversion application by Panchayath Development Officer and President of Thannirupantha Grama Panchayath; filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India; no ruling on merits; no case law discussed; no costs awarded.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the relief sought in the writ petition had been rendered infructuous, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous. No ruling was made on the merits of the reliefs sought.