( 1 ) THE petitioners are land owners. They have presented this writ petition against the order of the Land Tribunal, Udupi, allowing the application filed by respondent-2 in Form No. 7 read with S. 48-A of the Karnataka Land reforms Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') and directing conferment of occupancy rights of the petitioners' lands in his favour under the provisions of the Act.

( 2 ) FACTS: Respondent-2 filed an application before the Land Tribunal, udupi, claiming occupancy rignts in respect of 1 acre of land in Sy. No. 43/4 and 2 acres of land in Sy. No. 43/6 in Nanchar village, Udupi Taluk. Respondent-2's brother Rama Pujari also filed a similar application claiming occupancy rights in respect of the aforesaid lands and also lands in Sy. No. 43/1 of the said village. The petitioners resisted the claims of respondent-2 and his brother. Their case was that though respondent-2 and Rama Pujari were tenants only in respect of 2 acres of land in Sy. No. 43/6 and in respect of 42 cents of land in Sy. No. 42/2, they falsely claimed tenancy in respect of another extent of 2 acres of land in Sy. No. 43/6 and also in respect of lands in Sy. Nos. 43/1 and 43/4 and in those cir

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