- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30479 WP No. 18853 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 18853 OF 2025 (KLR-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SRI ANDANA SETTY K P S/O LATE SRI. PUTTANNA SETTY AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, 2. SRI. SHAMBULINGAPPA.K.S S/O LATE SRI. SHIVALINGAIAH AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS 3. SRI. DODDANIGAPPA AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS 4. SRI. SWAMY.K.R AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS 5. SRI. LOKESHA AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS 6. SRI. RAGHAVENDRA GOPALAPPA S/O SRI. GOPALAPPA AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS 7. SRI. GURURAJA VATI S/O LATE SRI. M. GUNDURAO AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30479 WP No. 18853 of 2025 ALL ARE R/A KURUVANKA VILLAGE, ARSIKERE TQ., HASSAN DIST. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. SRINIVASA .K. N., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE VIDHANASOUDA, BENGALURU-560001. 2. TAHASILDAR ARSIKERE TQ., HASSAN DIST PIN-573103. 3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ARSIKERE TQ., HASSAN DIST PIN- 573103. 4. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HASSAN DISTRICT PIN- 573103. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.MOHAMMED JAFFAR SHAH., AGA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATION DT. 13.3.2023, WHICH IS PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE- A TO THE WRIT PETITION, IN RESPECT OF THE SCHEDULE LANDS AND TO PASS SUCH OTHER ORDER OR IN FAVOUR OF THE PETITIONERS AS THIS COURT DEEMS FIT TO GRANT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30479 WP No. 18853 of 2025 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 Additional Government Advocate takes notice for the respondents. 2. The petitioners are claiming to be the villagers of Kuruvanka Village and the devotees of Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple situated at Kuruvanka in Sy.Nos.46/3, 114, 177 and 183. The petitioners have given a representation at Annexure-A dated 13.03.2023 to the Tahasildar, Arasikere Taluk, Hassan District seeking to remove the name of Sri Subramanya.K.R and Smt. Seethalaxmi from column No.9 of the RTC and show the name of Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple in column No.9 and to show the name of Archak Sri Guru Raja Vataji in column No.12. 3. The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Tahasildar, Arasikere Taluk, Hassan District, to - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:30479 WP No. 18853 of 2025 issue notice to Sri Subramanya.K.R and Smt. Sitalakshmi, the present Khatedars, call for their objections to the application filed by the petitioners and thereafter proceed in accordance with law. The Tahsildar shall pass necessary orders after hearing the Kathedars, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. 4. Learned Additional Government Advocate is granted four weeks time to file his memo of appearance. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE KLY CT: JL