Sri B Panduranga Pai Vs the Land Tribunal — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

Sri B Panduranga Pai Vs the Land Tribunal — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to respondent No.1-Land Tribunal, Karkala to take up Proceedings No. TRL 540/1978-79 in terms of the directions in W.P.No.266/2010 dated 27.05.2013 and the orders in R.P.No.601/2024 dated 11.07.2025, and dispose of the proceedings in terms of the compromise petition to be filed by the parties, in accordance with law, at any rate within eight weeks; HCGP permitted to file memo of appearance within four weeks.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Land Tribunal, Karkala should be directed to take up and conclude Proceedings No. TRL 540/1978-79 in terms of the compromise petition to be filed by the parties, within a time frame, pursuant to the orders in W.P.No.266/2010 and R.P.No.601/2024.

Court's answer

The writ petition stands disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1-Land Tribunal, Karkala to take up Proceedings No. TRL 540/1978-79 in terms of the directions issued in W.P.No.266/2010 dated 27.05.2013 and the orders passed by the Co-ordinate Bench in R.P.No.601/2024 dated 11.07.2025, and to dispose of the proceedings in terms of the compromise petition to be filed by the parties, in accordance with law.

Ratio / Principle

The Land Tribunal is to dispose of the proceedings as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

Key takeaways

Notice was directed to be taken for respondent No.1 only; notice to the other respondents was held unnecessary, and the Learned High Court Government Pleader was permitted to file memo of appearance within four weeks.ratio¶46

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Karnataka High Court (R Devdas, J.) disposed of a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution seeking time-bound conclusion of Land Tribunal Proceedings No. TRL 540/1978-79, Karkala. Counsel pointed out that the Co-ordinate Bench in R.P.No.601/2024 (order dated 11.07.2025) had recorded the rival parties' settlement but left the recording of the compromise to the Land Tribunal — before whom the matter stood remanded by this Court's order dated 27.05.2013 in W.P.No.266/2010 — without fixing any time frame. Directing respondent No.1-Land Tribunal, Karkala to take up the proceedings, the Court ordered it to dispose of them in terms of the compromise petition to be filed by the parties, in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within eight weeks of receipt of a copy of the order. Notice was taken for respondent No.1 only; notice to the other respondents was dispensed with, and the HCGP was permitted to file a memo of appearance within four weeks. The six petitioners acted through their GPA holder, Mr. Ibrahim Saheb.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 2^ND DAY OF APRIL, 2026

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 9515 OF 2026 (LR-)

BETWEEN:

SRI. B.PANDURANGA PAI S/O. NARASIMHA PAI, AGED ABOUT 86 YEARS, R/AT ANEKERE, KARKALA, UDUPI DISTRICT-574 104.

MRS. SAMEERA RIYAZ ASSADI, D/O. LATE KARKALA ABDUL GANI AND LATE SMT. MEHARUNNISA, W/O. MR. RIYAZ AHAMED ASSADI, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, R/AT FLAT NO.306, PRESIDENCY FLOORA, KAPRIGUDDA, FALNIR, MANGALURU, D.K. DISTRICT - 575 002, PRESENTLY R/AT AL NAHADA, Digitally signed SHARJAH, UAE. by JUANITA THEJESWINI

Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

MR. MOHAMMAD SIRAJ, S/O. LATE KARKALA ABDUL GANI LATE SMT. MEHARUNNISA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/AT FLAT NO.401, PRESIDENCY VINTAGE, KANKANADY BYE PASS ROAD, KANKANADY, MANGALURU TALUK, D.K. DISTRICT - 575 002, PRESENTLY R/AT AL NAHADA, SHARJAH, UAE.

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MR. MOHAMMAD SHOAIB, S/O. LATE KARKALA ABDUL GANI AND LATE SMT. MEHARUNNISA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, R/AT HOUSE NO.1-81, HANIFA MANZIL, NEAR TALUK OFFICE, KUKKANDOOR, KARKALA KASABA VILLAGE, KARKALA TALUK, UDUPI DISTRICT 574 101. PRESENTLY R/AT AL NAHADA, SHARJAH, UAE.

MRS. SHAHINA SHAFEEK AHMED MULLA, D/O. LATE KARKALA ABDUL GANI AND LATE SMT. MEHARUNNISA, W/O. MR. SHAFEEKNAHMED MULLA, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, R/AT HOUSE NO.8384, LIGHT HOUSE, UKT HILLS LAYOUT, NEAR LUCKY HALL, OLD HUBLI, GUDIHAL ROAD, HUBLI, DHARWAD DISTRICT-580 024

MRS. SEEMA ABID HUSSAIN, D/O. LATE KARKALA ABDUL GANI AND LATE SMT. MEHARUNNISA, W/O. MR. MOHAMMAD ABID ZAHIR HUSSAIN, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/AT HOUSE NO.11-1041/122/3/5, MEHAR MANSION, 1^ST CROSS, RING ROAD, MISBAH NAGAR, BEHIND MASJID E ANAS BIN MALLIK GULBARGA, G B BAHAMANIPURA, KALABURGI-585 105,

PRESENTLY R/AT KIND SAUD HOSPITAL HOUSING, S 13 VILLA, UNAIZAH, SADI ARABIA-56437 THE PETITIONERS ARE ALL REP. BY THEIR GPA HOLDER, MR. IBRAHIM SAHEB, S/O. LATE BABU SAHEB, AGET ABOUT 67 YEARS, R/AT HUSAINABI COMPOUND,

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NEAR TALUK OFFICE, KUKKUNDOOR, KARKALA TALLUK, UDUPI-574 104.

&PETITIONERS

(BY SRI. PRASANNA V.R., ADVOCATE)

AND:

THE LAND TRIBUNAL, KARKALA, UDUPI DISTRICT-574 104, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN.

SMT. PRABHA V. SHENOY, W/O. LATE VITHOBA SHENOY, AGED ABOUT 84 YEARS, R/AT NEAR MARKET ROAD, KARKALA KASABA, UDUPI DISTRICT 574 104.

SMT. KIRAN RAS, D/O. LATE VITHOBA SHENOY, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, REPRESENTED BY HER GPA HOLDER, SMT. PRABHA V. SHENOY, W/O. LATE VITHOBA SHENOY, AGED ABOUT 82 YEARS, R/AT NEAR MARKET ROAD, KARKALA KASABA, UDUPI DISTRICT - 574 104.

&RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI.SESHU V., HCGP)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE R-1 LAND TRIBUNAL TO CONCLUDE THE PROCEEDINGS NO. TRL NO.540/1978-79 VIDE ANNX-B IN TERMS OF AN ORDER DTD 11.07.2025 IN REVIEW PETITION NO.601/2024 PASSED BY THIS HONBLE COURT VIDE ANNX-A WITHIN A TIME FRAME AND ETC.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS

ORAL ORDER

Learned High Court Government Pleader is directed to take notice for respondent No.1. Notice to the other respondents is not necessary for the following reasons.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that Annexure-A is an order passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in R.P.No.601/2024 dated 11.07.2025 wherein this Court recorded the submissions of both rival parties that they have arrived at a settlement and sought for disposal of the writ petition and review petition in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties. However the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court was of the opinion that the settlement can be recorded by the Land Tribunal before whom the matter has already been remanded at the hands of this Court in W.P.No.266/2010. However learned counsel submits that no time frame has been fixed in the order in the review petition. Therefore the prayer in

this petition is to issue necessary directions to the Land Tribunal, Karkala to take up the matter and dispose of the

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same in terms of the compromise petition that would be filed by the parties.

Having regard to the above, writ petition stands disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1-Land Tribunal, Karkala to take up the matter in proceedings bearing No.TRL. 540/1978-79, in terms of the directions issued by this Court in W.P.No.266/2010 dated 27.05.2013 and the orders passed by the Co-ordinate Bench in R.P.No.601/2024 dated 11.07.2025 and dispose of the proceedings in terms of the compromise petition that would be filed by the parties in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

Ordered accordingly.

Learned High Court Government Pleader is permitted to file memo of appearance within a period of four weeks from today.

Sd/(R DEVDAS) JUDGE

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