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B. V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
C. S. Umesh – Appellant
Versus
T. V. Gangaraju – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
NAGARATHNA, J.
Leave granted.
2. Being aggrieved by the judgment dated 11.09.2019 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court in Writ Appeal No.683/2018 as well as the order passed in Review Petition No.535/2019 arising out of Writ Appeal No.683/2018 dated 04.03.2020, these appeals have been filed by the persons who claimed to be the tenants and who had filed Form No.7 before the concerned Land Tribunal.
3. Briefly stated, the facts are the appellant’s father Siddaveerappa was stated to be in possession of land measuring 23 Acres and 20 guntas in a certain survey number in Tavarekere village, Magadi Taluk as a tenant. He filed an application before the Land Tribunal (for short “Land Tribunal”), Magadi Taluk (now in Bangalore South Taluk) seeking grant of occupancy rights under the provisions of Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (‘1961 Act’ for short) in respect of Survey No. 150 and 151 measuring 9 acres and 14 acres 20 guntas respectively. By an order dated 11.04.1981, the Tribunal granted occupancy rights in favour of the appellant’s father. Pursuant to the said order dated 11.04.1981, the Secretary of the Tribunal issued Form No. 10 being certificate of registration of
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