High Court Karnataka High Court

Sri Gopalappa vs The Deputy Commissioner … on 11 August, 2009

Karnataka High Court
Sri Gopalappa vs The Deputy Commissioner … on 11 August, 2009
Author: A.S.Bopanna
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE

DAT ED THIS T HE 11'?" DAY OF AUGUST 2009 

BEFORE

THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE A 3 BoPA:§N£§T:'V@    é '

WRIT PE'I'I'E'ION NO. 15888/;1{§€)'?"* {KLR 
BETWEEN:  Z   A'

1 SR1 GOPALAPPA S/O ANNEPRA
AGED ABOUT '?2 "YEARS  _ '
R/OF' DODDA GOL.LAHAL:;i*-'-.RL:,AGE
A. D. HALL1 10051', 'I»;U"'NDANA. H'e.81,1"~«.%
DEVANAHALLI TALU";{P '   AA 

BANGALORE__RURAL_ §:s;%r;:]__1t:%_r  y ;A 

2 SR1 MANJ1:z,NA";r;~;  GG¥~'.'ALA?PA
ACiED-- ABOU*'f"32 YEARS ' '
R] €331' DODDA"3TQJLLAH;A;LLI VILLAGE
A.I}. MLLA; P'c>_sq:. KUBTDANA HOBLI
I'}EVANA;I~{_ALLI.'--TA'£,U¥{
.. QBANGALORAE. RURAL SISTRICT  PE1'I'¥'§'¥ONERS

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 THEtDEPU'f'Y CQMMISSEONER

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_ "'%f§SHWESHWARAi HTOWER
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2 THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
DODDABALLAPURA SUB DIVISION
VISHWESHWARAIAH TOWER
BAN GALGRE~{} 3.

3 THE DEPUTY TAHSILDAR
NADA KACHERI, KUNDANA
DEVANAHALLI TALUK
BANGALORE RURAL DIS'I'RIC?'I'~  

4 SR1 V RAJA GOPAL

S/O 'VENKATA RAMANAPFA

AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS   , I .

R/O DODDA G{)LLAHALLi "VILLAGE " ~.

A 9 HALLI POST, KUNDANAHOBLI

EEVANAHALLI 'i'AL{_JK_ I _  _ _ 

BANGALORE RURAL DI-S1'-RI???   
--  i  ';.».:'I?E'SPQN{)ENTS

(By S K r;AG.a:é;¢ITf§'i%.%;:;,  'F't>'2-2%?
R KEJMAR, 'r~:s:§<3,_P.poR_ R.jL__ '}'_O_' 3)

THIS WRIT.PI§§Ti;Fi.OH:_IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226
55 227.052 THE £1ONEa'TI'I'-UTION op mma, wrm A PRAYER

.-.Tc2: QIIASH ANN-"ix ORDE D'I'.16.ES.1995, PASSED BY

THE F23, '»?ID§33..§N I.H.R. 33/95-96 AND ANN~B, THE ORDER

"2uD=T,3--3_,3.C1§2G03V,""VPASSED BY THE R2, VIDE m CASE

N.C}.ii_'A.1S9[98--979}~AND ANI'«I~C THE ORDER I)T.28.5.20G7,
PASSED BYTHE R1, VIDE IN CASE I\I().REVISION PEYFFION

   

,  I  TI§i$':Writ Petition coming on for hearing, this day,
 I ~f_;i1<::V Cficuxt made: the following :

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ORDER

The petitioner is before this Court seeIdng'”1’et’_’;§::1f§t:_.v _

of certiorari to quash the ordere date~:E~ u

31.10.2003 and 28.5.2007 whieh tin;j3ug:ieed;»…,§.~t.;gt

AI1r1eXures-A to C respectifizely. 2 dflatedyt

16.5.1995 is the order passedV_bujfit.ifl1e effecting
the mutation order my fI’:3.;JQ11i”. respondent

herein in [me NQ,*33_/1995#€?{‘;. M K

The f7§)rofi.etties3.:” in qiiestion in the present

petition are 36 guntas, sy.No.me I

meastuing ._:V’ae1i*’e guntas and Sy.No.107/ 1

2’ Aaficrest ‘ge tas situate at Doddagoilahafii

‘2v’i.l.iageV,’ Devanahalli Taluk. The case of

t _ thetpetitiailefstis that the said properties belong to the

H ” ‘T 0f the petitioners. The fourth respondent

e.eC-ziterids that he has the absoiute right in respect of the

Vt 53.23 premrty _ and it is in that context, the fourth

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respondent had secureci title mutation ently in IHR

No.33/1995-96.

3. The petitioner While claiming right to the said

properties would contend that the said pI’Op€I’ti€§.

granted in favour of his father _

it is in that Context the petitionegf ,g:o_1f1te1′}.d’S’ is ” ”

also entitled to a share in the ‘b§i;1:g £’:::t1éi1i_:

of the sons 0f Eanumantfiaflayafipfi. ._

respondent is the g1’and_s;>n of and

c:1a}’II1s ~1:{:}1.4isivé ‘i:*ji’Vg}’:;M'{;T. fi’fe “said property as having

acquired t.h€:…Sa:;né -_13.1i;1er_17éa11 oral partition wherein his

v nfiotlgéif acqtii1’e:i…:ight to the same.

~ .4. fieveral C()I1t€:I”1ti0I}S haw: been

addfessefii respective learned counsel appearing

_ {(1}: the spétitionerfi as Wei} as the fourth rmspondant with

to the nature of right to the said property, in my

.__ *v’ié”j:;v, the same neeé noébe admitted to at this stage

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since in the present circumstance, it would amount to

putting the cart before the horse in as much as the

parties are already before the Civil Court in

O.S.No.}256/2096. The said suit is a paI’titiOI1V~.:§.’fL1i_ii~V.vV

said to have been filed by the second ~

who is the piaintifi’. The fourth gfespondeiif i’1e;re’iI1,’_’is

said to be impieaded as the 731 d{éfe1é_.dai:i1ti1vi–:

suit. The contesting parties peti1_:io.I;i

to the said suit and among ot31er:pro;*3ertieS’ine11_2i§1eci in

the eehe§’i;iie”toiv5the iifoperties which are the
subject o’f..Vi:Liiis.i’E5;’i}it<.19etition are also included.

The Civil .ijAe;sed on {fie evidence to be tendered by

would to decide the rights of the parties

Court would do well not to refer to

V V' _those"««aspectsz:""sinee any obsexvations made during the

H of~ihjs order may affect the contentions of the

the Civii Court am} therefore the said aspect

T –:'..:is'fiot aéverted to.

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5. In this background, the only q1.1estio:s1V_i”

consideration is with regard to the mutation .

ZHR No.33] 1995-96 which is assa_j1ed__by the 9″‘ it

herein. As against the order pas:sed1’_’_by’; if

the petitioners were before tI1e_”Assist’;5.rit £3o}3:;1Ii.issio:’ier

in RA No. 189/ 199s–99t,, Theo–A-ssistiarzt Commissioner,
on considering the rival 4eor1te13§ior1s,:”ié§;isi fact come to
ari appropriate; tooxielusiorii neeizre of dispute
between theijiefirties ‘i3,fou3.(_i._ ‘iiliat the same would
have 1;o:’v.}:’;>e –.reso1%:.e;d:’ir§’afiivii -‘Court and therefore, the

Assistant “E’ommis_sioner”‘_.’eV had rightly dismissed the

e.pP§€.-xi. ‘W1V1er1V.i ti-“1eV___pe::itioner herein had assaiied the

._or%cier:’../iefiated 31.10.2603 before the Deputy

Revision Petition No.38/2005-O6

were filed under Section 186(3) of the Kariistaka

«Revenue Act, the Deputy Commissioner also has

_.__”°dismissed the revision by noticing these facts. Even to

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the extent of the contention put forth by the learned

counsel for the petitioner to assajl the said orders,:’;ihe

same also does not arise for consideration a¥3”’;3re$e1′:t._ ”

since the suit is still pending as already e, l

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6. Based on the rights tl1at:’w0£i_ldT1Ve.:

in the suit, the revenue ent1ies_’¥v.ou1d’have_to.Vbe._jaltered

if need be. To the extent of m«:lli%r.a1:s:1dar ‘ effecting the

mutation order in {HR appellate as

Well as “correctly noticing the
position of VlawVt}1z;f’Vt§ne’ would have to be decided

before, -the have come to their conclusion.

‘1’his”‘e'{‘Qoi;*£’rt does nrjfllsee any reason to jrltezfere with

“le¥e1§%eVer, the only elarif1ea1:ion that requires

‘ _ to mime. this order is to indicate that since the

e gaxties Z before the em Court and the rights are

e.eiaimed, the present revenue entries will no: form the

VT “baeis for considering the rights of the parties and the

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Civil Court would have to consider the right of the

parties independent of the said entries, on the o~:her

evidence that would be tendered before the V K

It is also made clear that any of the obser\fatio::1eiV’_11iVz§,”§!e

during the course of the order cf fifie fe?eni.3_.e -iautfiorifiee

or by this Court shall not prejudiee file Cixéfle,

any ;manner while coming to “er3nci1isieo§1.–v-I After the
Civil Court decides t.11e;._iSsi,1ei; it:v¢0’L11V€1*-.be epen for the
parties to re-approach__ “the v’tfe{zer1’ue”fialsithoritjes for
appropriatev enfzfies t:hisé’.regardV.”

in teI;iI3§ 0f the the peiition stands disposed

V. I}Iv§,<)1:§T1V:e:'Vv_e.fs"td'cQ.Sts. Sd/_

JUDGE