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IN THE HIGH COURT OF AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY 2015

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK B. HINCHIGERI

WRIT PETITION NOs.54687*-54689 OF 2014 (KLR-REG)

BETWEEN :

1. Sri M.R.Mallegowda, S/o.Sri Ramegowda, Aged about 58 years.

2. Smt.Manjula, W/o.Sri Thimmegowda, Aged about 55 years.

3. Sri Lavanyakumar, S/o. Sri M.P.Ramegowda, Aged about 36 years.

All are residents of Malur Village, Hobli, Belur Taluk, Hassan District Pin – 573 101. ... Petitioners

(By Sri K.M.Somashekara, Advocate for Sri C.R.Gopalaswamy, Advocate)

AND:

1. Government of Karnataka, Department of Revenue, Rep. by its Secretary, Vidhana Soudha, – 560 001.

2. The Committee for Regularisation Of unauthorised occupation,

* Corrected vide Chamber order dated:19.01.2015

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Belur Taluk, Represented by its Secretary/ Tahsildar, Belur Taluk, Belur – 573 115.

3. The Deputy Commissioner, Hassan District, Hassan – 573 201.

4. The Tahsildar, Belur Taluk, Belur – 573 115. .. Respondents

(By Sri H.Venkatesha , AGA)

These writ petitions are filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the constitution of praying to direct the R1 to constitute the Committee for Regularisation of unauthrosied cultivation of land for Belur Taluk, Hassan District, etc.

These writ petitions, coming on for preliminary hearing, this day, the Court made the following:

O R D E R

These petitions are filed seeking a direction to the

respondents to constitute the Committee for Regularisation of

the Unauthorised Cultivation of land, Belur Taluk, Hassan

District.

2. Sri H.Venkatesha Dodderi, learned Additional

Government Advocate submits that the said Committee is already constituted vide notification, dated 14.08.2014.

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3. In view of the subsequent development, nothing survives for any consideration of the first prayer of the petitioners.

4. These petitions are disposed of with a direction to the said Committee to consider the petitioners’ applications, if any, for the regularisation of the unauthorised cultivation, in accordance with law and as expeditiously as possible and in any case within an outer limit of six months from the date of the production of the certified copy of today’s order.

5. It is made clear that no opinion whatsoever is expressed on the merits of the claims of the petitioners.

Further, the respondents are directed not to dispossess the petitioners from the lands in question until the said

Committee disposes of the petitioners’ applications, if they are already not dispossessed. If the petitioners have not filed the applications or if they have filed the applications and if they are disposed off, the respondent authorities shall issue an endorsement to the petitioners in that regard forthwith and thereafter proceed to act in accordance with law.

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6. No order as to costs.

Sd/- JUDGE

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