- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:35828 WP No. 20567 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE E.S.INDIRESH WRIT PETITION NO.20567 OF 2025 (KLR-LG) BETWEEN: SRI. MANJUNATHA S/O LATE NINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/O RAJAGHATTAGAVENAHALLI ROAD, HASSAN CITY -573128. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. YATNAL PARASAPPA GURAPPA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, M S BUILDING, BENGALURU - 560001. REPRESENTED BY IT'S SECRETARY. 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HASSAN DISTRICT - 573214. 3. THE TAHASILDAR BELURU TALUK HASSAN DISTRICT - 573116. 4. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SAKALESHPURA HASSAN DISTRICT - 573134. Digitally signed by CHAYA S A Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:35828 WP No. 20567 of 2025 5. THE SPECIAL LAND ACQUISION OFFICER FOR HEMAVATHI RESERVOIR PROJECT HASSAN -573214. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. HARISH A.S. AGA) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASHING ORDER NO.YABHOOMA 01/2024-25 DATED 01/04/2025 PASSED BY THE 05TH RESPONDENT PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-E SO FAR AS PETITIONER IS CONCERNED AND ALLOW THE WRIT PETITION. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE E.S.INDIRESH ORAL ORDER 1. In this Writ Petition, petitioner is assailing the order dated 01.04.2025 in NO.YABHOOMA 01/2024-25 passed by respondent No.5 as per Annexure-E to the Writ Petition. 2. Having taken note of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this Court, under similar circumstances in W.P.No.23063/2022 (Sri.Manjegowda and another Vs. State of Karnataka and others) disposed of on - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:35828 WP No. 20567 of 2025 28.03.2024, has allowed the Writ Petition in part and the operative portion of the order reads as under: i) Writ petition is allowed in-part; ii) Impugned orders dated 18th August, 2023 (Annexure-R) passed in L.N.D./HE.J.YO(DE): 26/2010-11 and 10th June, 2023 (Annexure-S) passed in L.N.D./HE.JA.YO(DE):24/2010-11 by the respondent No.2-Special Land Acquisition Officer, Hemavathi Reservoir Project, Hassan are hereby quashed and set-aside; iii) The matter stands remanded back to the respondent No.2-Special Land Acquisition Officer to reconsider the matter afresh after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. The petitioner is permitted to submit any material to defend the order of grant; iv) Insofar as the cancellation order passed on the ground that the land in question is a forest land and not revenue land and therefore, it could not have been granted, the respondent No.2-Special Land Acquisition Officer is required to reconsider the matter after securing the opinion from the Forest Department as well as the Revenue Department. If ultimately, it is found that the land is a Forest land, then alternative land shall be granted to the petitioner; - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:35828 WP No. 20567 of 2025 v) Consequent to the restoration of the grant in favour of petitioner, the revenue entries shall also be restored in the RTC. 3. Accordingly, following the observation made by this Court in the above Writ Petition, the present Writ Petition is hereby allowed. The impugned order dated 01.04.2025 in NO.YABHOOMA 01/2024-25 passed by respondent No.5 is hereby quashed and the matter is remitted to SLAO - respondent No.5 herein, to re-hear the issue and take decision in the matter in accordance with law. Consequently, the respondents are directed to restore the grant made in favour of the petitioner and revenue entries shall stand restored in the RTC. SD/- (E.S.INDIRESH) JUDGE sac List No.: 1 Sl No.: 9