- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:20100-DB WP No. 9937 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT PETITION NO. 9937 OF 2026 (GM-MM_S) BETWEEN: H VENKATESHAIAH S/O HANUMATHARAYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/O KANNUR PALYA, KUDUR HOBLI, MARASANDRA POST, MAGADI, MAGADI TALUKA - 561 101 RAMANAGAR DISTRICT …PETITIONER (BY SRI. RAVEENDRA GAJANAN KOLLE, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, ROOM NO. 320, 3RD FLOOR VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. EMAIL: CS@KARNATAKA.GOV.IN 2. THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPT. OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES (MINES), Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:20100-DB WP No. 9937 of 2026 ROOM NO.135, 1ST FLOOR, VIKAS SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001 EMAIL: SECYMINES-CI@KARNATAKA.GOV.IN 3. THE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER, DEPT. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, KHANIJ BHAVAN, RACE COURSE ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001 EMAIL: DIR-MINES@KARNATAKA.GOV.IN 4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, APPAJI LAYOUT, NEAR VADERHALLI RAILWAY GATE, RAMANAGAR - 562 159 EMAIL: DDKANDMGKA@GMAIL.COM …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K.S. HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER ORDER OF DIRECTION DIRECTING TO QUASH OR SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ENDORSEMENT BEARING NO. GABHUE/UNIBEN.DA/KAGAGU-1408/2025-26/8229 DATED 12.03.2026 ISSUED BY THE 4TH RESPONDENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND THE MEMORANDUM DATED 12.02.2026 BEARING NO. GABHUE/UNI (KHA.A)/KAGAGU/BEN.DA/KAGAGU.SA-1408/NIYAMA-3-E/2025- 26/20440 ISSUED BY THE 3RD RESPONDENT DIRECTOR, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:20100-DB WP No. 9937 of 2026 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-A AND B RESPECTIVELY, AND/OR. 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. The petitioner has filed the present petition inter alia impugning an endorsement dated 12.03.2026 whereby the petitioner's request for including pink granite which was discovered during the course of the Quarry Lease for Building Stone No. 1408 has been rejected. 2. The learned AGA submits that the petitioner has an equally efficacious remedy of revision before the Revisional Authority under Rule 53 of the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994. 3. The same is not disputed. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:20100-DB WP No. 9937 of 2026 4. In view of the above, we do not consider it apposite to entertain the present petition. The petition is accordingly disposed of. This would not preclude the petitioner from availing of his statutory remedies in accordance with law. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE BS List No.: 2 Sl No.: 13