- 1 - NC: 2024:KHC-D:12930 WP No. 104254 of 2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2024 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI MULIMANI WRIT PETITION NO. 104254 OF 2014 (LR) BETWEEN: MADHUKAR S/O. SHESHAGIRI BHAT, AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURIST, R/O: NEAR VENKATRAMAN TEMPLE, MAVALLI-I, POST: MURDESHWAR-581 350, TQ: BHATKAL, DIST: UTTARA KANNADA. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. GANAPATI.M.BHAT., ADVOCATE [ABSENT]) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, M.S. BUILDING, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. THE LAND TRIBUNAL, BHATKAL, BY ITS CHAIRMAN, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, BHATKAL, TQ: BHATKAL, DIST: UTTARA KANNADA. 3. THE TAHASILDAR, BHATKAL, OFFICE OF THE TAHASILDAR, BHATKAL. 4. 4(A). SRI. MASTI S/O KEPPA NAIK, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS., SMT. DURGI KOM. MASTI NAIK, SINCE DECEASED BY HER LRS., Digitally signed by THEJASKUMAR N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2024:KHC-D:12930 WP No. 104254 of 2014 4(B). SMT. MASTAMMA KOM. LACHMAYYA NAIK, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD WORK, R/O: KODSULA, POST: KAIKINI, TQ: BHATKAL, DIST: UTTARA KANNADA. (R4A IS DECEASED AND R4B IS TREATED AS LR’S OF DECEASED) …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SHIVAPRABHU.S.HIREMATH., AGA FOR R1-R3; R4B-SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, SEEKING CERTAIN RELIEFS. THIS WRIT PETITION IS LISTED FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, AN ORDER IS MADE AS UNDER: ORAL ORDER When the matter was called in the forenoon session, at request on behalf of counsel for the petitioner, the petition was passed over. When the matter is called for the second time, the petitioner is not represented. When the matter is listed and called out, the advocate must be present. The absence may affect the case. - 3 - NC: 2024:KHC-D:12930 WP No. 104254 of 2014 Sri.Shivaprabhu S.Hiremath., AGA for respondents 1 to 3 has appeared in person. As could be seen from the writ papers, the petition is filed in the year 2014. Now we are in the month of September 2024. The petition is pending from a decade. As already noted above, when the matter is called for the second time, the petitioner is not represented. It appears that the petitioner is not interested in prosecuting the petition. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. Sd/- (JYOTI MULIMANI) JUDGE TKN LIST NO.: 2 SL NO.: 36