Take notes as you read a judgment using our Virtual Legal Assistant and get email alerts whenever a new judgment matches your query (Query Alert Service). Try out our Premium Member services -- Free for one month.\n\nKarnataka High Court\nThe Malnad Progressive vs The Deputy Commissioner on 1 March, 2021Author: Hemant Chandangoudar\n                                1\n\n\n\n\n          IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\n                  DHARWAD BENCH\n\n       DATED THIS THE 1ST DAY OF MARCH 2021\n\n                             BEFORE\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT CHANDANGOUDAR\n\n          Writ Petition No.100690/2021 (KLR RR/SUR)\n\nBetween\n\nThe Malnad Progressive\nEducation Society, (R)\nHonnavar, Dist: Uttarakannada\nRepresented by its General\nSecretary.                                  ...Petitioner\n\n(By Sri Dinesh M Kulkarni, Advocate)\n\n\nAnd\n\n1.    The Deputy Commissioner\n      Uttara Kannada District\n      Karwar - 403728.\n\n2.    The Assistant Commissioner\n      Karwar - 403728.\n\n3.    The Tahashildar\n      Honnavar Taluka\n      Honnavar - 581334\n      Dist: Uttarakannada.               ... Respondents\n\n(By Sri Vinayak S Kulkarni, AGA)\n                                             2\n\n\n\n\n      This writ petition is filed under Articles 226 & 227 of the\nConstitution of India praying to issue a writ in the nature of\nmandamus directing respondent No.1 to 3 to consider\nrepresentation dated 4.8.2020 application bearing No.MPES/71/\n2020-21 vide Annexure-N and pass appropriate orders regarding\nrevenue entries in favour of petitioner lands are concerned.\n\n      This writ petition coming on for preliminary hearing                      this\nday, the Court made the following:\n\n                                       ORDER\n\n      Sri Vinayak S Kulkarni, learned AGA accepts notice for\n\nrespondents.\n\n\n      2.      Petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction under\n\nArticles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking for a\n\ndirection    to    respondents         to   consider       representation   dated\n\n4.8.2020.\n\n\n      3.      Petitioner states that it was granted 40 acres and 10\n\nacres of land respectively in Sy.Nos.236-A1 of Honavar village\n\nand 38 of Kulkod village. Thereafter, the possession of land was\n\nhanded      over       to   the    petitioner.         Petitioner   submitted    an\n\napplication to respondent No.1 - Deputy Commissioner vide\n\nAnnexure-N to effect sub-division the land in question. The 1st\n\nrespondent        in    turn      forwarded      the    said   representation    to\n                                 3\n\n\n\n\nrespondent No.3 for effecting sub-division of the land in\n\nquestion.   However, sub-division of land in question is not\n\neffected in accordance with law even to this day.\n\n\n      4.    Respondents who are under an obligation, without\n\nany valid reason     have   not considered the      representation\n\nsubmitted by the petitioner and pass appropriate order even to\n\nthis day. Accordingly, I pass the following:\n\n                             ORDER\n\n      Writ petition stands disposed of directing the respondents\n\nto effect sub-division of lands in Sy.Nos.236/A of Honavar village\n\nand 38 of Kulkod Village, U K District in accordance with law\n\nwithin a period of four months from the date of receipt of copy of\n\nthis order and thereafter to carryout corrections in revenue\n\nrecords pertaining to the lands in question.\n\n\n\n                                           Sd/-\n                                          JUDGE\n\n\n\nbkm