{"id":140596,"date":"2009-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/manjunatha-m-n-vs-the-director-of-municipal-on-2-december-2009-2"},"modified":"2016-06-23T05:13:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T23:43:32","slug":"manjunatha-m-n-vs-the-director-of-municipal-on-2-december-2009-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/manjunatha-m-n-vs-the-director-of-municipal-on-2-december-2009-2","title":{"rendered":"Manjunatha M N vs The Director Of Municipal … on 2 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Manjunatha M N vs The Director Of Municipal … on 2 December, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n
IN TPIIC HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT i'3\/XNGALORE\n\n[')A'E'\u00a3\u00a7Ii) TITTTIIS 'I'I\"iE 02\"\" DAY OI' I)IS(f\u00a3i}\\\/IISER 2009 \n\nB I5 I' O R 13\n\nTH 12 HOE\\3'Bl.I\u00a3 E\\\/1R.JUS'I\"1C{S RAM M01--iAm2j\u00a31;i:>YF' %\n\nwrm' PETITION N0.336O\u00e9vJ'\/2009. (S --R-;E%3{}}\"   \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nShri Manjunatha. MN. \n\nS\/0. Lam Nag:-zraj KN.     \nAged about 20 years. R\/0. Meiekdtcj, 1).)\" CI'GE3.S V\nTLIUEKUI\" 'I'umkur I)isfj1V\"i<'(:1j..  =   "'~..;E'eE'ili<me1'\n\n{By Sri B.B.Bajent'1'i4 ACi\\;()J(i?_'c_3.:[\u20ac')!  \n\nI . The Di1*\u00e9:L?t.0j)~'<)f' 1\\\/EL1nf";ij:)2?d Ac1_I1i'itii:5t1'a1,i():1\nVisxregsh~.ir.211'\u00a31.ia:i7 'l'c)_w._\u00a2r".._ "  H '\nD1".A1T:1bei\u00a7i_k;ar \\\/'P'\u20ac':(,fiVIVi'\u00a7.,"_'B&iI'1g,{a\u00a7QI'\u00e9'~560 00 E .\n\n2. he __I)ti;511%;'-Chmmi_\u00e9s.iQner\nTu In R U 1' Dis :..r':'~::'\u00e9 I 7If1I'1";-3'} k;.1 r.\n3. "'1'heV"C_ity VM1 1;_11'C'ip211' C~()11nCi1\nV .'I'un1.kur,_ rep.fby':i1s'Corm"11isssi0ner ...I--1esp(mdems\n\n  (E3}f Governmenl Advocme)\n\n'\u00a7~7\u00a7vl!;S"'\\v'\u00bbi1_'i"% p\u20ac?\u00a7i1i()1E is filecl illldfil' e1!.'|.'.i('1\u20ac'S 226  1227" of the\n\nI CV()'1-1.',-\u00a7Vt.\u00a7":u'{iIf)1'1" r)I'=J_1'1_di2~1. ;.)z*;a3ri1'1g to Cali for rec01'c1ss :f.l21t.i1'1g' 1.0 iS:'-';L1\u00a3:'. of\n\n  1316 C()1.1';'..% \"ma('1(= the E_()1l()\\?v'il'1\u00a7_\u00a3I'\"\n\n[\u00a3164 '-iV:1'1;'){1;;_;i\"1e\u00a71\"g51'(ie1' dated O3.()9_2()OE} of {he I~r.{{.',\n\n..'l'1'1\u00e9s ;_:)e':jtio:1 <%<m1i11g on fog' 1.)1'e\u00a7i1ni1'1:s1ry' l'1c4ari:"1;{ this day.\n\n,';'')''''i\n\n \n\n\n\nO R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
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and died in harness on Of .07′.2()077,c();j’IE:A:”35 ;5:21’1’I’1:e_1″r1:%.iV15y..’zfiicl<\/p>\n
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as to cilairil to be identical to the' facts of 1'1"1is_  <\/p>\n
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\n\napplicable to the 1:)ar1'i('uiar  to be\nproved. the1'ef0r\u20ac the   are\nfound thci-re  not    of the whoie\n<\/pre>\n
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