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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CIRCUIT BENCH AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 16 th DAY OF AUGUST, 2012

BEFORE

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND BYRAREDDY

WRIT PETITION No.65175/2012(LR)

BETWEEN:

Shri.Narayan S/o Maruti Mayekar, Age: 47 years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o Vidyanagar, , Dist: . ..…PETITIONER

(By Shri. Jagadish Patil, Advocate)

AND:

1. The State of Karnataka, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to the Revenue Department, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore.

2. Land Tribunal, Khanapur, Dist.Belgaum.

3. Sri.Imam Hussain Hussainsab , Since deceased by his LRs 2

3(a) Sri.Allauddin Imam Hussain S/o. Imam Tigadi, Age: 55 Years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Khanapur, Dist: Belgaum.

3(b) Sri.Niyaz Ahmed Imamsab Tigadi, Age: 53 Years, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Khanapur Taluk, Dist: Belgaum.

3(c) Sri.Shamshuddin Imamsab Tigadi, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Khanapur Taluk, Dist: Belgaum.

4. Sri.Balakrishna Giddu Kumbar, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Nagurda, Tq: Khanapur, Dist: Belgaum.

5. Sri.Vitthal Giddu Kumbar, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Nagurda, Tq: Khanapur, Dist: Belgaum.

6. Sri.Mahadev Giddu Kumbar, Occ: Agriculture, R/o. Nagurda, Tq: Khanapur, Dist: Belgaum. …..RESPONDENTS

This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of ., praying to quash the impugned order passed by the respondent No.2 vide Annexure-D to the writ petition.

This petition coming on for preliminary hearing, this day, the court made the following: 3

ORDER

The petitioner is said to be the purchaser of land, which was the subject matter of the proceedings before the Land

Tribunal. The petitioner was not a party to those proceedings.

The occupancy rights in respect of the land in question having been conferred on a person other than the vendor of the petitioner, the petitioner is before this court.

The petitioner’s remedy would be against his vendor and the petitioner cannot be permitted to question the proceedings of the Land Tribunal when he was not a party to those proceedings. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of.

Sd/- JUDGE

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