IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE»
DATED THIS THE 9"' DAY OF NOVEMBER , 2r:>Ec";é,:AE'L
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MR.P.D.DINAKAR}3N, X 7
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THE HON'BLE MR.:msTf::cE MAO?-'QM S.igfAf\iTAE§.JA6éUDAR
WRIT PETITION :§o.1*8ooTri'22ob;L{EME~:2Es-PIL)
BETWEEN:
1. 'V
S/o.K.Shamam_1a " '
Agedvnifivyears
I3hr:1mar_ "1b_a Extexxsicn
Chamaraj an agai -~ T0"s.>vn;--._ " --- '
2. S.Suresh__' %
Major "
}?:'fEsident _ V
B-rah-maria Yuva Védike
~ ' ' Sujatha Saw Mill
V E2.0a_d_'_.
2 A Clrxaxrxalfajaggagar Town
H 3. £i'.s.EénEé'sh
s/o.1a1.e H.S.Subba Rae
'A .Aged '29 years
-- _ . _Bf_ahmir1 Street, Haradanahaiiy
Chamarajanagar Taluk 63: Dist.
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4. H.1V;E.Lakshminarayana
(By _Sri T' V '
AND: ' V A A
1.
S/olate Mannar
H.V. Krishna Murthy
Aged 49 years
Brahrnin Street, Haradanahally
Chamarajanagar Taluk 8: Dist.
I-I.R.Venkatachalaiah
S/0.1ate Rangappa
Aged 65 years
Brahrnin Street, Haradanahally
Chamarajanagar Taluk 8: Dist."
H.B.Shanth.a Murthy .
S/o.1ate H.S.Bheema .Rao E
Brahrnin Street " 'A = '
Haradanahally H V _ V ._
Chamarajangar' T_a1u1<:'& . ' PHITIONERS
The E)<=:p:L1'£,y C'emm'issi'oner. '
And District Ma'g:$:ra:e_
Chamarajan agar Dist»rVi'é't.
Chamarajan2iga;'v--. ' ' "
T8§1s:i_1darA ' ..... .. v
' VtCha.1na.r;aLj'éi13.:agar Taluk
Cha1ma_ra_i anagar
Piittafineii Nfiika
_S;fo.B_a1iep'ukkanna Ranga Naika
Majar
.. R/0.1%-aradanahally Village
V Chamarajanagar Taluk 8: District
4. C.B.Sugreeva
Major
S/o.late Balakrishna Raju
Devanga 3rd Street
Chamaraj anagar Town--57 1 3 I 3
5. Raghava, major
S/o.late Balakrishna Raju
Byadaxnudlu Village : '
Haradanahally Hobli
Chamarajanagar Taluk 8: Dist.
6. Jamee1Ahrned. major
S / o.1\/Iohammed Hameed
R/ollaradanahally . . * '
Chamaraj anagar Taluk AD--_ist;_ ' V : :~ RESPONDEZNTS
(BY S1'iB.VeeraPDa, AG1}.~f0%.t.Ri '¢1rA}.?/2
Sri N.Y.Gum'prakasl1, A.d_vocate.'fQrVV R3'
R4 &R6g's:eyve+d" , g _
R5--held'sufficieI1t} b
"lThIs_wr1t' pet1t1on'is"f11ed. under Articles 226 and 227 of
the Coristitution lof'"ind»ia,'2'rpraying to direct R1 & R2 to hold
and completerthe*en'quir'y"arid further to remove the unlawful
obstructionaand en_.c1'o_ac:hment Immediately and to remove
public ~m,1isance Caused by R3 to R6 hereln, etc.
'writ ;H3et'i'ti'oVn coming on for hearing, this day
SIEANTANAGOUDAR, J., delivered the following-
JUDGMENT
lpublic interest litigation is filed for a direction
to: respondents 1 and 2 to remove unlawful obstruction
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and encroachment and to remove public nuisance
caused by respondents herein, after holding
The petitioners have also sought for ~
respondents 3 to 6 from causing .an},r_laWful’v”obst.ruc4tio1’2,_ ll’
and/ or public nuisance in
including unlawful crem_atioIlr0If burial it as ” it
the case may be.
2. According Sy.No.8 of
Bandigere j1__(rn.%Qj¢}€ Hobli. and
measuring 5 acres
12 gun_tas_ dmeant for Grave Yard since
time immemorial _.”fl*i’he”.»isaid Grave Yard is being used
by niembersof Brahmin Community of 5 Villages,
»n:a;rr_1VeiyV, *A.,gBasavapura, Venkataiahana Chatra,
V V S Ankanashettypura Village and
There is no other place available for
A C_*p:eri’orI1iai’1ce of the said religious obsequies ceremonies
‘ of the community in the said villages. A bore well is
to
also dug in the said property to provide water for
performing the obsequies ceremonies on the
3. Respondents are the owners
adjoining the said Sy.No.8
According to the petitioners,’ respondents 3:..i;o’:6
encroaching Sy.No.8 though’V’Vit»V.:._i’s rrreant for
Grave Yard; that Hhandedly
and illegally sought a gate to
obstruct diet. 4′ ‘~./grave Yard. The
petitioners jurisdictional police
and “dead bodies had to be
crernatedzp Cvopiesilpofcomplaints are produced at
Anrierrures-Oi.’ 8., dated 20.7.1998 and 12.8.1998
‘reenectiv.el,.”~–. So also re resentations as er
1’ and U, dated 20.7.1998, 12.8.1998 and
respectively are filed by the petitioners before
A lthe~._concerned authorities. Ultimately, the second
responderit appointed a Surveyor to make spot survey
be
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and to report. The copy of the survey sketch is
produced at Annexure–V. In spite of the complaints and
the representations, no action is taken. Hence,
petition is filed.
4. Having regard to the material record, is, it
clear that the grievance of the peatitionetrs
that the representations/ conipiaintsvh are not considered ‘V
by the concerned authoritieseffectively. Itfthey land in
question is reserved as a Grave” tiiié ‘Syame will have
to be protected’so’_.’– ‘.3-. if they have no
right, title -‘the property in question,
cannot tsvhaii not eiicroach upon the property in
question’. The’–Grays Yard has to be maintained for
‘p,1ii;~1ic Therefore, the 181 respondent-Deputy
Coriiniissiojner shall consider the representations filed
by petitioners and initiate action in accordance with
A ‘~:df”1ai3v”against the concerned. Hence, the following order is
n:;.ade:-
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First respondent–Deputy Commissioner is di-rested
to consider the representations filed by the
and initiate action against erring peop1ei_r1″”accordaneei_
with law as expeditiously, but riot
limit of three months from the of reeeipt
order. It is also open for the_V’.%petitio’IrerVs’Vto ‘file fresh
representations, if they:.’;fi5=o. e_hoose: ._ _’ » ‘ ” « _ _
Writ petirioriis aVeeordingly.
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