- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49310-DB WP No. 35485 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT PETITION NO. 35485 OF 2025 (GM-MM-S) BETWEEN: 1. RAJU K S/O LATE K.B. KEMPEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS R/AT NO.125, G.KEBBAHALLI VILLAGE KEREGGODU HOBLI, MANDYA TALUK MANDYA DISTRICT - 571 446 …PETITIONER (BY SRI SURESH K., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY VIDHAAN SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560 001 2. THE DIRECTOR & COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY NO. 49, KHANIJA BHAVAN RACE COURSE ROAD BENGALURU - 560 001 3. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR & COMPETENT AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT OF MINES & GELOLOGY Digitally signed by SRIDEVI S Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49310-DB WP No. 35485 of 2025 KHANIJA BHAVANA SPOORTHI LAYOUT BADDIHALLI, RING ROAD , TUMKURU TUMKURU DISTRICT - 572 104 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI K.S. HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE WRIT OF MANDAMUS DIRECTING RESPONDENT No. 3 TO CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATION DATED 14.11.2025 AT ANNEXURE-A & ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. Issue notice. 2. The learned Government Advocate accepts notice. 3. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying that direction be issued to respondent No.3 to consider his representation dated 14.11.2025 which is annexed as Annexure 'A'. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49310-DB WP No. 35485 of 2025 4. The petitioner is essentially aggrieved by an order dated 13.11.2025 directing the appellant to stop his quarry activities in respect of quarry lease bearing No.QL.No.920 measuring four acres in patta land bearing Sy.Nos.49/1, 49/2 and 55 of Kolaghatta Village, Kasaba Hobli, Turuvekere Taluk, Tumakuru District. The petitioner contends that the said order has been passed pursuant to an order passed by the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal staying the conversion order in respect of two acres of land falling in survey No.55. He submits that there is no order interdicting the conversion in respect of the two acres of lands falling in survey No.49/1 and 49/2. Therefore, the order dated 13.11.2025 is not sustainable. 5. We note that the representation made by the petitioner was communicated by an email. It is also pointed out that the said email-id is not of the petitioner, but of a third party. 6. In the aforesaid circumstances, we consider it apposite to dispose of the present petition with liberty to the petitioner to make a fresh representation in the lines of the representations sent through email (Annexure A to the present petition) and furnish the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49310-DB WP No. 35485 of 2025 same to respondent No.3. On the said representation being furnished, respondent No.3 shall consider the same and communicate his decision to the petitioner as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a week of the representation being furnished. 7. The petition is accordingly disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE SD List No.: 2 Sl No.: 6