1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 23 rd DAY OF JULY 2012 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN SHANTANAGOUDAR WRIT PETITION NO.185 OF 2008 (GM-FOR) BETWEEN: J. Halappa S/o Jader Mallappa Aged about 70 years Occ : Saw Mill Business & Agriculture R/o Surahonne Honnalli Taluk Davanagere District. ..Petitioner (By Sri I.G. Gachchinamath, Adv.,) AND : 1. The State of Karnataka By its Secretary to Forest Department M.S. Building, Vidhana Veedhi Bangalore-1. 2. The Director of Mines & Geology, No.49 Kanija Bhavan, Race Course Road, Bangalore-1. 2 3. The Deputy Conservator of Forest, Davanagere Davanagere District. 4. The Range Forest Officer Nyamathi, Honnali Taluk Davangere District. 5. Mahadevappa S/o Jader Mallappa R/o Surahonne Honnali Taluk Davanagere District. Since dead by his LRs., Rukmanamma by her LRs., a) J. Gyanashappa S/o Jader Mahadevappa Aged about 48 years Occ : Agriculture R/o Surahonne Cross Surahonne, Taluk Honnalli Davangere District. b) J. Harendrappa S/o Jader Mahadevappa Aged about 46 years Occ : Agriculture R/o Near Bevinakatte Surahonne, Taluk Honnalli Davangere District. ..Respondents (By Sri Narendra Prasad, HCGP., for R1 to R4) 3 This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the impugned order dated 19.10.2005 vide Annexure-H passed by R3. This writ petition coming on for hearing this day, the Court made the following. O R D E R The order at Annexure-H passed by the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Davangere by which the petitioner’s application for grant of licence to establish and run the saw- mill came to be rejected, is called in question in this writ petition. 2. The order at Anenxure-H is based on the order passed by the Apex Court in S.L.P. No.202/95. Even otherwise, the impugned order can be questioned before the Appellate Authority under Rule-163(6) read with Rule 163(10) of the Karnataka Forest Rules, 1969. Hence this Court declines to entertain this writ petition. If the petitioner is still aggrieved by the impugned order, it is open for him to approach the Appellate Authority within one 4 month from this date. If such an appeal is filed within the said period, the same shall be considered by the Appellate Authority without raising the question of delay. But the Appellate Authority should keep in mind the judgment of the Apex Court cited supra. Writ Petition is disposed of accordingly. Sd/- JUDGE Gss/nk-.