{"id":44820,"date":"2009-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/l-b-ranganatha-vs-b-manoj-kumar-on-29-may-2009"},"modified":"2018-05-28T09:26:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T03:56:18","slug":"l-b-ranganatha-vs-b-manoj-kumar-on-29-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/l-b-ranganatha-vs-b-manoj-kumar-on-29-may-2009","title":{"rendered":"L B Ranganatha vs B Manoj Kumar on 29 May, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
L B Ranganatha vs B Manoj Kumar on 29 May, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n
IN THE H16}! com? or' KARNATAKA,  \n\nDATED tr:-{Is THE 29%! m*:'\"0:?   \nBEFQRE   A   V 'H u \nTHE HOITBLE MR. msric\ufb01*g:\"RA1\ufb01\"Mqi\u00a3AN \u00a7\u20acE D1)3;2'\nWRIT m\u00ab;*rmo:\u00a7 %1\u00a7o.:5ost\u00a73;; 2jao4 {sc1s_;:1\n\nBETWEEN\nL B RANGANA3?1~m._  . ; \n\nS\/O LATE B$R_AP1\u00a72x ..    \nAGE: 68 YRS, Q::--\u00a3::'2=s\u20ac;.R;c3:3--1;E=UR'z_ST%,  '\nR\/O HALELAKKQQ,-.Ll V\u00a3I.;LA'GE,  \nTQ. 'i'ARi'\u00a5{'Ei713Ei;  91$? CE--\ufb02CKMAG{\u00a7LUR.  PETITIGNER\n\n(By   '\n\nAND:\n\n -  1  '5e.BV mm: \n\n_  s;' EASFIMAL\n  MAJG'R,':R_{O LAKKOLLI VILLAGE,\n *rQ;~VTAR;m\u00ab~:RE, 9131'. CHICKMAGALUR\n\n2 THE \u00a7lE}i5UTY COMMISSIGNER\n{::H;cI<MAGAL{3R 13:31, CHICKMAGALUR.\n\n    ASSISTANT CGMMISSIONER\n\n";TAR:KERE S{JB--DIVISION,\n\n' " TAREKERE,\n1323:'. CBICKMAGALUR.  RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
 (33,; Sri: K N DAYALS, ADV FOR R1}<\/p>\n
(BY SRE. R DEVADAS, AGA FOR R2 \ufb01r. 3)<\/p>\n
TFHS WRIT PETETION IS FRED UNDER ARTICLES 225
\nAND 227 SF ‘THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
QUASH THE ORDER D’-I’. 1?.n.2003 VIBE ANN;-\u00a7X.T;B.
\nPASSED BY R3 AND ETC.\n<\/p>\n
THIS PETHION, comma ON FOR  ~<\/p>\n
THIS DAY THE comm MADE THE FOLLQWIN<.3fi  %
\nOR9ER'      "\n<\/p>\n
The petitioner when granted a\u00e9res of  L’<\/p>\n
land in Sy.No.2\/P of Doddak{11\u00a7\ufb01L1:\n<\/p>\n
Hobli, Taxikere Taluk i4;nI _i(:}CI’ was i\ufb01\u00e9izeci with<\/p>\n
a Saguvali Chit on 29-0.191975_;5ea;1+:t:g3f$.C.No.8\/72\u00bb73<\/p>\n
with ai\ufb01orzdificizz”–git’A ;Tj:\u00a5;:\u00a2::1?a1i:=.1-*1atio3″1 for a period of 15<\/p>\n
years from phcz\ufb01d\u00e9zt\u00e9’ The petitioner claiming to<\/p>\n
  be1\u00a7}:’ig’V1v:o~ ‘lvied\u00e9n’ a noti\ufb01ed Scheduled Caste and a<\/p>\n
 d\u00a2’;3\u00abrgs:\u00ab:\u00a7_f:(i% cri\u00e9iss, sold 1 acre 20 guntas out of 3 acres<\/p>\n
i1h,\u00e9e1;   \u00e9i.’C-gi’:\u00a7\u00a7\u20ac\u00e9red Sale Deed dated 26-O3-199i2 in<\/p>\n
‘. faV(}”uLa}.iT.  flachimtxthu, S\/0. Karzdaswamy and the<\/p>\n
V’ ‘~ r$1’i1;’ga_i.;1i1V’:.g lyacns ’20 gunias, on the vezy same day to K.<\/p>\n
   Viae\ufb01appan, S\/0. Kuppamm Gmmdar. The said K.<\/p>\n
‘4 Veerappan, it is stated, conveyed the property in favour<\/p>\n
of Nachimuthu on 26-04-\u00ab N95 under a registeredb\u00a7E\u20ac<\/p>\n
Dead by which Nachimuthu became the ow__1j\u00e9r”  _<\/p>\n
entire extent of 3 acres of ganted jand.  -%;i<:s::: " ~ .. <\/p>\n
said Nachimuthu sold 12116 entire ;e_xte.;1t.  A'<\/p>\n
1st respondent. The said _;fes}5011'\u00e91ant,= i'\u00a3  <\/p>\n
purchased yet a;t1<}ther__exte:1t_   aegres 'bf f'g1"aIzted
\nto the petitioner's bra-'tbgzr, by  Kumar, from
\nthe said 1\\Iachi14r1':11;\u00a7111.:""'It'  fu;c\u00a7herLs:ggt\u00a7\u00e9 that the 132:<\/p>\n
responden1;,\u00ab'i3;?1   2f.'V3;cr\u00a7\u00a7'\u00e9VV'0f land in favour
\nof  """  and TH.\n<\/p>\n
Giziyappa;V_1:.\u00a51der.V\u00e9\u20ac\u00a7\u00a7j\u00e9:*at\u00a7 ~s;;a3e Deeds dated 18\u00bb-O9-2000.<\/p>\n
All\ufb01g\ufb01mg  <:\u00a73nifey$\u00a7i\u00a71ce of the iand axecuted by the<\/p>\n
  \u00e91:.&_26~0V3\u00a7'i992 is contraly to the provisiona of<\/p>\n
I  Castes and Scheduied Tribes<\/p>\n
(Prt3\u00a7:1ibi,_:i:;fA1\u00ab:"'t:\u00a7f 'I'ransfer of czertain Lands) Act, 1978, (for<\/p>\n
  ':3;c:i'), flied an application under Section 5{1)(i) of<\/p>\n
  i\ufb01\u00e9' ' Act: before the 3rd raspondent ~—- Assistant<\/p>\n
 fiommissioner ta declare, as \u00a311.11} and voici, the Sada<\/p>\n
transaction and to rsstore the land to hm, alraigrxing<\/p>\n
the 131: respondent as party-respondent, who an netice<\/p>\n
H<\/p>\n
entered appearance and resisted the claim. The
\nAssistant Commissioner by order dated 7~11–2()0'2<\/p>\n
A:m1exure–"A", held that the petitioner belongs toV.VM\ufb02\u00e9da<\/p>\n
casts, a declared Scheduled Tribe and that\u00a7i_T".tii:?:.'_' _<\/p>\n
bearing Sy.N0.2\/9 was granted Iaiid fal1in'g= '–1:Vl"1'~':i" = <\/p>\n
defmition of the said {emu i"und<'::%:'   <\/p>\n
accordingly deciamd as   void<\/p>\n
transaction as no V__pr*iorV_..a\u00a7j11r(:AejaI si'  State<\/p>\n
G0verr;iiisi1ti*   tadalisziate the iand. That
\norder sias  in an appeal before tbs<\/p>\n
Deputiy {3oaiIz;iis'si'c3n\u00e9r,Vi"iH1der Ssctisn 5~A 0f the Act}<\/p>\n
'i V.  v\u00a3*i1ef1..1feg'.sf\u00e9f\u00e9d as PTL.30\/ '2()O2~{)3, was ailowsd<\/p>\n
  1-2003 AI}I1\u20acX1}}"C-"B". Hence, this<\/p>\n
W:it..pe1j~iia_1\u00a7T.~' A<\/p>\n
 A.  i."-"'i'he petitisn is opposed by \ufb01iing Statement of<\/p>\n
 -__’\u00ab::i;’_tV3Vj’t:z:i,i::s:1s dated 3-3-2009 imaralia contending that the<\/p>\n
  -“p\u00e9titioner bsiongs to ‘Msdara’, a backward csmmunity<\/p>\n
in the State of Karriataka and not {:0 ‘Mada’ casts, a<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
A   sal\u00e9  L’<\/p>\n
K)!<\/p>\n
declared Scheduled Tribe. In support of  3<\/p>\n
contention, the 1st respondent places re1i:;1;f_1;;fe.;t3’1e–  _’ V’ <\/p>\n
Sale Deed deela\ufb02ng that the  ‘1<\/p>\n
‘Medara’ as aiso the Sche0L{}ertif:e\u00a7\u00a7te of  <\/p>\n
brother certifying that he iielexzgs ft)-.  in
\naddition, it is stated   \ufb02afkast fofmu, though
\nthe petitioner did not,…d.is::1eee V  ‘ebeiongs tar} a<\/p>\n
noti\ufb01ed  Tfibe;, ‘V’.x1e\u00a7?e\u00a7f\u20ac1x”‘:eie’es, the “Ahavalu<\/p>\n
Taktheg\u00e9;   nieiiifained by the Revenue
\nDepartz\ufb01eni % -~ he beiongs ts ‘Andhra<\/p>\n
‘  ” -. . heard the iearrled counsel for the panties<\/p>\n
‘the order impugned as weil as the order<\/p>\n
‘guof the..2iesiVstant Cemmissioeer, what is not in dispute<\/p>\n
f_\u00b0is,:ft23.t She land in question is granted in favour of the<\/p>\n
V’  petitioner. \u00a311 the revenue record kI10’W1″1 as the<\/p>\n
 “Ahavalu Takthe”, the Tahsiidar paints eut that as<\/p>\n
against the name ef the applicant: -~ petitiener herein, it<\/p>\n
MK<\/p>\n
ailowed the appeal by the order dated 1’I(‘; ]V.:<\/p>\n
Annexure-“B”.\n<\/p>\n
5. There is considerable _forceWin”–the sut_;:\ufb01i’sSio\u00a7i’of <\/p>\n
the 1t’3aI’I”l\u20acd counsel for the ‘;’:ix\u00e9p11ty
\nCommissioner fell in   a\ufb01jje\u00e9l on the
\nprenzzise that the pc:tiVt3ioz_1t;\ufb015_VV  ._ -~1:>e10ng to a<\/p>\n
Scheduled   $im:<:: 'Mada'<\/p>\n
COI}1I111iI}ity "'iZC\u00a7 .W'hiC}1 f1=\u00a33'_.b\u00e9i\ufb01\ufb01gs was inciuded in ths
\nPresidentiaj Vr1o?ti_f'ic:.%;?ati(\u00a7:;A_:A"as" a Scheduled 'Fr'ibc: in the<\/p>\n
}f\u20aca1';"1g:?'(3',' V   In almost identical<\/p>\n
"ci1fcum\u00a7ta\ufb01ce_3, though not similar, a Diszision Banch of<\/p>\n
I   NACBIMHTHU GOUNDER & OTHERS<\/p>\n
VS}:  85 OTHERS}, rejected, as not<\/p>\n
V.  , TI1x'f'.I}@J31fi ,:" "the contentien that when a caste earlisr is the<\/p>\n
.'  Cbn$fituti.Gr1 axnandm\u00e9nt was; not listed as a Schedzx\ufb01ed<\/p>\n
 '"{\u00a7aste, and \ufb011<*':I'{i':f{)I'\u20ac they are 1101: persona beionging ta<\/p>\n
Scheduled Caste. Appljsing the very $223116 prim-::ip}<~": ':0<\/p>\n
i 113. 1999 f:<:AR 2506 M<\/p>\n
the facts if this: case, the petitioner if belongs: "mi ~<\/p>\n
Caste i1:1(:lz,1ded 111 the 'P1'eside1a_t;':ga\u00a7..not\ufb01(:\u00e9fi;ti:\u00a7:j \u00b0:.1$}_ a-._ 2<\/p>\n
Schaduiad Tribe in the year 1976;"it  <\/p>\n
the f{\u00a7)\u20actitiOI1\u20acI' did not beiorig-v._:\u00a7C2..Vth$.V'said–.\u00a7agt\u20ac%; b:'2 3:116 " V<\/p>\n
date 0:" 93111:. The \ufb01neiigxg Qf'"\u00a7i;\u00e9:_: ;'\u00a71b'p\u00a21Iat,\u00e9i Au.t:gera:y in
\nthat regard is perverse a'1$1{i'11}t;;SVis;1StgLi:fi:-i.feI\u00e9\u00e9;.__<\/p>\n
6.   ii\u00e9t I’\u20acSp()I1d\u20ac\ufb02t was
\na110wed v_Q:1  izi\u00a2cfi~\u00e9cf_: setting aside the
\norder  the As\u00e9igt\ufb01iit’Q\u00e9in\ufb01zissioner, declaring the saie<\/p>\n
t:ra1’1sactic$i3.__4 as  izoicl, the reason far the 1st<\/p>\n
 , A_ resgmiid\u00e9nt 11$” vt\u00a5>vV_\u00a7}}1r:stic>n the \ufb01nding confmning that<\/p>\n
  ., pe\u00a7itiQ;i\u00e92’*  belongs to Mada Caste, a deciared<\/p>\n
 If that is so, than the 131: mspondexzt<\/p>\n
is  to an oppartunity to put forth his cantamion<\/p>\n
A ‘ ‘\u00a5:*i\u00abVEf:fT’\u20ac$1*\u20ac. the Appeilate Authox\u00e9tg that the petitiener daes<\/p>\n
  \ufb011\u00a7’E belong to ‘Mada’ COIIi1I}1lI”1it}’ but to ‘iviaciara’ or<\/p>\n
 ‘Andma Madarir’, since the records of the pe\u00a5;it3′;oI1e:”s<\/p>\n
bmther over the e:3m:mu:”aity they bvaleng to are 110?;<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
considered by the Appellate Aut,ho.rity. The ” <\/p>\n
the year 19?2, while the first sale transact.iefxV\u00bb.jS:~A.i:3it;i1e’  \u00bb <\/p>\n
year 1992, though without the <\/p>\n
much after the expiry of the-._perit.\u00a7dV_ Of nee\ufb02eaiieiia\ufb01iinii;  L.<\/p>\n
therefore, Whether then: wae 1j1eec”i”*t.:e}T ‘eeeiare the
\nperrnission of the (30i:e1:f1n;e3:1t;.j_ “n.Q\u00a7.A’\u00e91d(1ressed by the
\nFirst Appe\ufb02ate .A\u00a7_1tI1e;*it3?, faS=  the order<\/p>\n
impugned. _–E1*–.a. \u00e9t\ufb01ese ~eirei1\u00a7nst,{‘a3?;::es,:”iie useful purpose<\/p>\n
wouid   petitioner 1:0 question
\nthe erderu. ‘She Appellate Authority in a<\/p>\n
Writ preeeediag. ‘ ~ <\/p>\n
‘  ;._ Fev1″=_ 1:hese reasons, it is apprepriate that the<\/p>\n
o’t:ie1″A  be quashed in its entirety, and remit<\/p>\n
‘\u00a2__the  to the Deyuty Cemrnissioner for<\/p>\n
A “:L:”ee1%i$idemtien afresh reserving liberty to both the parties<\/p>\n
   put forth all their pieas, and to pass orders in<\/p>\n
 accordance with law, in any event within 8. period of<\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
four months from the date of mceipt of 3.  <\/p>\n
of this order.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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