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IN THE HIGH COURT OF AT BANGALORE

DATED THIS THE 4 TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2013

BEFORE

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN .M. SHANTANAGOUDAR

WRIT PETITION No.5922 OF 2013 (GM-R/C)

BETWEEN:

1. Sri K.N. Gopal Krishna Adiga S/o late Subraya Adiga K.N. Aged about 57 years Ex-Committee Member R/o Kollur, Kundapura Taluk .

2. Sri Harikrishna Punaroor S/o late Vasudeva Rao Aged about 70 years Subhavagali Punaroor Post Taluk D.K. District Punnaroor-578179.

3. Sri Somashekar Shetty S/o V.K. Ramama Shetty Aged about 54 years R/o Mavinakaru Taluk .

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4. Sri Chandrashekar Bhat S/o Padmansha Bhat Aged about 41 years R/a Katebelthur Village Udupi District.

5. Sri Appanna Hegde B S/o Ramanna Hegde Aged about 77 years Basaroor Village Kundapura Taluk & District.

6. Sri Ramanna S/o Narayanan Jadkal, Kundapura Taluk Udupi District. ..Petitioners

(By Sri Jayakumar S. Patil, Sr. Counsel)

AND :

1. The State of Karnataka Department of Revenue & Religious & Charitable Endowments, M.S. Building Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi Road Bangalore.

2. The Karnataka State Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Parishad Chamarajpet, Bangalore Represented by its President & Mujurahi Minister.

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3. Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments in Karnataka, Chamarajpet Bangalore, Rep by its Member Secretary & Commissioner.

4. Deputy Commissioner Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Udupi District Udupi-576101.

5. Assistant Commissioner Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments, Udupi District Udupi-576101.

6. Mookambika Temple Kollur Kundapur Taluk Udupi District-576220 Rep by its Executive Officer.

7. Rajesh K.M. S/o Mahabala Age 45 years Parvathi Nilaya Kote Bagilu Thalluru Kundapur Taluk Udupi District-576201.

8. Smt. Savitha U. Devadiga W/o Umanath Devadiga Age 40 years Manganese Road Gangoli Kundapura Taluk-576201.

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9. Smt. Kalpana Bhaskar W/o Bhaskar N. Poojary Age 42 years ‘MATHA’ National Highway No.66, Gopadi, Koteshwar Kundapura Taluk-576201.

10. Srinivas Kalluraya S/o K.G. Kalluraya Age 50 years Sri Manjunatha Nilaya Kolluru Kundapur Taluk-576201.

11. Sri Annappa Karvi S/o Narayana Karvi Baigamane, Karkihalli P.O Tharapathi Upanda Kundapura Taluk-576201.

12. Sri Krishnaprasad Adyanthaya S/o late Sankappa Adyanthaya Age 60 years Zaladi,Kattabelthur Kundapur Taluk-576201.

13. Sri Jayananda Hoblidaar S/o Narasimha Hoblidaar Yadthare Grama Kundapura Taluk-576201.

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14. Dr. Athul Kumar Shetty S/o late Bhujanga Shetty Mookambika Clinic

Mookambika Pharma Belthoor Kundapur Taluk-576201. ..Respondents

(By Sri G.B. Shastry, Adv. for Sri G. Ravishankar Shastry, Adv. for C/R-10; Sri E.S. Indresh, HCGP for R-1)

This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of praying to quash Annexure-D dated 22.1.2013 passed by the R3 and Annexure-E dated 10.1.2013 passed by the R2.

This Writ Petition coming on for preliminary hearing this day, the Court made the following :

O R D E R

In view of availability of alternative remedy of appeal under Section 63-A of the Karnataka Hindu Religious

Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, this

Court declines to entertain this writ petition.

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Accordingly, this writ petition stands dismissed . It is open for the petitioners to file the appeal as contemplated under Section 63-A of the Karnataka Hindu Religious

Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997

SD/- JUDGE

Gss/-