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2025 DAILYLAW 66149 (KAR)

KARNATAKA STATE BOARD OF AUQAF v. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND ORS

WA/200187/2023 · 2025-12-01

H T Narendra Prasad, Tyagaraja N Inavally

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