- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N S SANJAY GOWDA WRIT PETITION NO. 54525 OF 2016 (KLR-RES) BETWEEN: 1. UNION OF INDIA KARNATAKA & GOA CIRCLE KAMARAJ ROAD, BENGALURU REPRESENTED BY ITS DEFENSE ESTATE OFFICER …PETITIONER (BY SRI. M.N.KUMAR., CGC) AND: 1. JOINT DIRECTOR LAND RECORDS, SOUTH DIVISION, BENGALURU 2. ENQUIRY OFFICER CITY SURVEY UNIT-2 K.R.CIRCLE, BENGALURU-560001 3. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS CITY SURVEY UNIT-2 K.R.CIRCLE, BENGALURU-560001 4. GOWRAMMA W/O LATE RAMAIAH, AGEDABOUT 64 YEARS, NO.14,R.R.REGENCY, 3RD CROSS, RAJARAJESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 033 Digitally signed by KIRAN KUMAR R Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 5. RAJA, S/O KRISHNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, NO.14,R.R.REGENCY, 3RD CROSS,RAJARAJESHWARI NAGAR, BENGALURU-560 033 6. SRI. K.BALASUBRAMANYAM, S/O PRAKASHAM, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/AT No.21, 4TH FLOOR, 1ST MAIN, GANGANAGAR, BANGALORE-560 032. REPRESENTED BY GPA HOLDER M.PRAKASH, S/O MUNIYAPPA., AGED 44 YEARS, …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SAVITHRAMMA., AGA FOR R-1 TO R-3; SRI. R.LOKANATHA., ADVOCATE FOR R-4 AND R-5; SRI. MAHESH.C.M., ADVOCATE FOR R-6) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO CALL FOR THE RECORDS AND SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER PASSED BY THE R-1 DATED.14.6.2012 VIDE ANNEXURE-A, ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N S SANJAY GOWDA ORAL ORDER 1. Gowramma submitted a petition to the Inquiry officer requesting that an inquiry be conducted and her name be entered in the survey records. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 2. This request was accepted by the Inquiry Officer by his order dated 25.04.2011. 3. The petitioner herein being aggrieved by the said order preferred a revision under Section 56 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (for short, 'the Act') to the Joint Director of Land Records (for short, 'the JDLR'). The JDLR has by the impugned order dated 14.06.2012 dismissed the revision. 4. As a consequence, the petitioner is before this Court by way of this writ petition. 5. It is the contention of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner-Central Government that the order of the JDLR cannot be sustained, since the JDLR has given absolutely no reasons and he has merely reiterated the contentions advanced by both the parties. 6. He submits that since the impugned order is passed without assigning any reasons for either accepting or - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 rejecting the claim of either of the parties, the said order cannot be sustained. 7. A perusal of the impugned order would indicate that the JDLR has merely reiterated all the contentions advanced by both the parties and the ultimate reasoning given by him is in paragraph Nos.24, 25 and 26, which read as follows: "24) 3 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ 4£Éà JzÀÄgÀÄzÁgÀgÀ ¥ÀgÀ ªÀQîgÀÄ, CfðzÁgÀgÀÄ ¢£ÁAPÀ: 25-4-2011 gÀAzÀÄ 1£Éà JzÀÄgÀÄzÁgÀgÀÄ DzÉñÀ ªÀiÁrzÀÄÝ, F DzÉñÀªÀ£ÀÄß ¥Àæ²ß¹ ¥ÀÅ£ÀjÃPÀëuÁ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¢£ÁAPÀ: 7-12-2011 gÀAzÀÄ ¸À°è¹gÀÄvÁÛgÉ. ¸ÀĪÀiÁgÀÄ 8 wAUÀ¼ÀÄ «¼ÀA§ ªÀiÁr ¥ÀÅ£ÀjÃPÀëuÁ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¸À°è¹gÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ ºÁUÀÆ ¥Àæ²ßvÀ D¹ÛUÉ ¸ÀA§A¢ü¹zÀ ¥ÀÇgÀPÀ zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß CfðzÁgÀgÀÄ 1£Éà JzÀÄgÀÄzÁgÀgÀ £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀÄzÀ°è ºÁUÀÆ F £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀÄzÀ°è ¸À°è¹gÀĪÀÅ¢®è. DzÀÄzÀjAzÀ CfðzÁgÀgÀÄ ¥ÀÅ£ÀjÃPÀëuÁ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ªÀeÁUÉƽ¸ÀĪÀ ªÀÄÆ®PÀ £ÁåAiÀÄ ¸ÀªÀÄävÀªÁzÀ DzÉñÀªÀ£ÀÄß ¤ÃqÀ¨ÉÃPÉAzÀÄ ªÁzÀªÀ£ÀÄß ªÀÄAr¹gÀÄvÁÛgÉ. (25) CfðzÁgÀgÀÄ ºÁUÀÆ 3 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ 4£Éà JzÀÄgÀÄzÁgÀgÀÄ ¸À°è¹gÀĪÀ zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼ÀÄ, ªÀÄAr¹gÀĪÀ ªÁzÀ ºÁUÀÆ °TvÀ ªÁzÀªÀ£ÀÄß PÀÆ®APÀıÀªÁV ¥Àj²Ã°¹gÀÄvÀÛzÉ. PɼÀ £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀÄzÀ PÀqÀvÀªÀ£ÀÄß ¸ÀºÀ ¥Àj²Ã°¸À¯ÁVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. CfðzÁgÀgÀÄ ¥Àæ²ßvÀ - 5 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 D¹ÛAiÀÄÄ vÀªÀÄUÉ ¸ÉÃjzÉ JA§ÄzÀ£ÀÄß ¸Á©ÃvÀÄ¥Àr¸ÀĪÀAvÀºÀ AiÀiÁªÀÅzÉà zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀÄzÀ¯ÁèUÀ°Ã, F £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀÄzÀ¯ÁèUÀ°Ã ¸À°è¹gÀĪÀÅ¢®è. «ZÁgÀuÁ¢üPÁjUÀ¼ÀÄ ¤AiÀĪÀiÁ£ÀĸÁgÀ zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥Àj²Ã°¹ DzÉñÀ ªÀiÁrgÀÄvÁÛgÉ (26) ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ £ÀUÀgÀ J¯ï.J.£ÀA.90, C®¸ÀÆgÀÄ ¸ÀܽÃAiÀÄ PÉëÃvÀæzÀ ¦.n.²Ãmï £ÀA.927 ZÁ¯ÁÛ £ÀA.63, ¹.n.J¸ï £ÀA.3184 gÀ «ZÁgÀuÁ ªÀ»AiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥Àj²Ã°¸À¯Á¬ÄvÀÄ. ZÁ¯ÁÛ £ÀA.63, ¹.n.J¸ï. £ÀA.3184 gÀ MlÄÖ «¹ÛÃtð 36,363-00 ZÀzÀgÀ «ÄÃlgï «¹ÛÃtð«gÀÄvÀÛzÉ. ZÁ¯ÁÛ £ÀA.63, ¥ÉÊQ 63/1 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¹nJ¸ï £ÀA.3184 £ÀÄß «¨sÁUÀ ªÀiÁr 63/1 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ ¹nJ¸ï £ÀA.3184/1 gÀ°è 4393.38 ZÀzÀgÀ «ÄÃlgï «¹ÛÃtðPÉÌ «ZÁgÀuÁ¢üPÁjUÀ¼ÀÄ 3 ªÀÄvÀÄÛ 4£Éà JzÀÄgÀÄzÁgÀjUÉ zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥Àjrüð¹ ¢£ÁAPÀ:25.04.2011 gÀAzÀÄ DzÉñÀ ªÀiÁrgÀĪÀÅzÀÄ zÁR¯ÉUÀ¼À ¥Àj²Ã®£É¬ÄAzÀ PÀAqÀÄ §A¢gÀÄvÀÛzÉ." 8. As could be seen from the above, the JDLR has given absolutely no reasons for either agreeing with the respondents or disagreeing with the petitioner. He has merely stated that on the basis of the documents submitted and the arguments advanced, he was satisfied that the petitioner herein has not substantiated its contentions and therefore, the revision was required to be dismissed. - 6 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 9. In my view, such an order which does not consider any of the contentions and does not record any finding regarding the contentions advanced by both the parties cannot be sustained. 10. Consequently, the impugned order dated 14.06.2012 at Annexure 'K' passed by the JDLR is set aside and as a further consequence, the matter is remanded to the JDLR with the direction to the JDLR to consider all the contentions advanced by both the parties and record a specific finding as to why the contentions of either parties should or should not be accepted. 11. The writ petition is accordingly allowed. 12. Since both the parties are represented by their counsels in this writ petition, they are directed to appear before the JDLR on 29.04.2025 without expecting any further notice from him. 13. Having regard to the fact that the matter is of the year 2011, the JDLR is directed to dispose of the - 7 - NC: 2025:KHC:13313 WP No. 54525 of 2016 revision within a period of four months from 29.04.2025. 14. It is needless to state that all contentions of either of the parties are left open. 15. In view of the disposal of the petition, all pending interlocutory applications, if any, stand disposed of. Sd/- (N S SANJAY GOWDA) JUDGE RK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 41