( 1 ) RESPONDENT No. 1 filed an application as contemplated under S. 4 of the Karnataka Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Alienation of Certain Lands) Act, 1979. The Assistant Commissioner who enquired into the matter rejected the application filed by the first respondent. Aggrieved by that order he preferred an appeal to the Deputy Commissioner who also dismissed his application. Thereafter the first respondent preferred a petition to this Court in W. P. No. 10934/ 88. This Court allowed the petition after recording the following findings: that certain lands had been granted to the first respondent pursuant to an order made as per Annexure A in the writ petition dated 16-2-1967 of 78 acres 5 guntas in Sy. No. 1 of Jarakabande Kaval in favour of 43 persons including the first respondent; that the order at Annexure-'a' discloses that the same was made in relaxation of R. 42 and in exercise of powers vested under R. 43 (L) of Mysore Land Revenue (Amendment) Rules 1960; that the lands were granted on a report made by the Divisional Commissioner at an upset price of Rs. 500/- and reduction of Rs. 200/- was also given in each case since the applicants were grantees deem

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