Sri Manjunath B v. the Principal Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Manjunath B v. Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue (Food) and others, WP No. 7967 of 2023 (GM-PDS), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 02.06.2026 by M.G.S. Kamal J. (single judge). Public distribution system / fair price shop matter: petitioner challenged order dated 28.03.2023 (No. INR/DRA/A24/2021-22, Annexure-V) of respondent No.3 and sought mandamus against respondent No.4's interference with ration supply to his fair price shop. Petitioner unrepresented on 01.06.2026 and 02.06.2026; respondent No.5's counsel pointed to an Official Memorandum dated 31.03.2023 left unchallenged. Petition DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS; no merits adjudication. Keywords: fair price shop, ration supply, PDS, infructuous, dismissed, Karnataka Food Civil Supplies.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous (operative phrase completed in ¶39: 'infructuous'), there being no representation for the petitioner on 01.06.2026 or 02.06.2026; no substantive adjudication of the prayers.