- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32968 WP No. 20712 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 20712 OF 2025 (KLR-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SRI. DEVEGOWDA, S/O SRI.POOJARI DYAVEGOWDA, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, 2. SRI.H.D.NANJEGOWDA, S/O SRI.POOJARI DYAVEGOWDA, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, BOTH ARE RESIDING AT HULIHALY VILLAGE, KATTAYAHOBLI, HASSAN TQ., HASSAN DISTRICT 573128 …PETITIONERS (BY SMT. JAHNAVI.M FOR SRI. CHANDRAKANTH R GOULAY.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, M.S.BUILDING, BANGALURU-560 001 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, HASSAN DISTRICT, HASSAN 573201 3. THE TAHISDHAR, Digitally signed by SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32968 WP No. 20712 of 2025 HASSAN TOWN, HASSAN DISTRICT - 573201 4. THE DEPUTY TAHISDHAR, NADACHAKARI, HASSAN DISTRICT HASSAN 573201. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SESHU V, HCGP) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT CERTIORARI QUASHING THE IMPUGNED ORDER/NOTICE BEARING NO.09/2024-25 DATED 01/06/2024 PASSED BY THE 4TH RESPONDENT VIDE ANNEXURE-F AND G AS ARBITRARY ILLEGAL AND VOID AND ONE WITHOUT COMPETENCE OF JURISDICTION, ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS ORAL ORDER Learned High Court Government Pleader takes notice for all the respondents. 2. The grievance of the petitioners is directed against the impugned notices issued by the Deputy Tahsildar, Hassan Taluk at Annexures-F and G. Learned High Court Government - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32968 WP No. 20712 of 2025 Pleader raises a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the writ petition, while contending that the notices are issued by the Deputy Tahsildar calling upon the petitioners to vacate the lands in question, which do not belong to the petitioners and that they are public property. Learned High Court Government Pleader submits that when a competent authority has issued notice, the petitioners are required to give a reply and participate in the proceedings that could be taken up by the competent authority. 3. There is substance in the submission made by the learned High Court Government Pleader. 4. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of while reserving liberty to the petitioners to give a reply to the notices issued by the Deputy Tahsildar. The Deputy Tahsildar or the competent authority shall afford an opportunity of hearing to the petitioners before any step is taken to evict the petitioners from the lands in question. Ordered accordingly. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32968 WP No. 20712 of 2025 Learned High Court Government Pleader is permitted to file memo of appearance within a period of four weeks from today. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE rv List No.: 1 Sl No.: 23