{"id":244010,"date":"2009-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-executive-engineer-vs-k-gundappa-so-kantappa-kalgi-on-16-february-2009"},"modified":"2014-06-01T09:34:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T04:04:31","slug":"the-executive-engineer-vs-k-gundappa-so-kantappa-kalgi-on-16-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-executive-engineer-vs-k-gundappa-so-kantappa-kalgi-on-16-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Executive Engineer vs K Gundappa S\/O Kantappa Kalgi on 16 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The Executive Engineer vs K Gundappa S\/O Kantappa Kalgi on 16 February, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n
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