H. RANGAVITTALACHAR, J.

( 1 ) WITH the consent of the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate, this writ petition is taken up for final hearing and disposed off.

( 2 ) PETITIONER is an educational institution registered as a society under the societies Registration Act and established for the main purpose of providing education in various disciplines. For establishing such institutions, petitioner applied for the grant of land to the State of Karnataka. Appreciating its need, the State by its Grant Order No. RD 83 lgu 57, dated 15-2-1958 granted in all 114 acres 71 cents at Manipal. The grant stipulated that the entire extent of land must be utilised for education purposes in the manner stated in the grant, conditions are to be found at Annexure-B.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to the petitioner, in pursuance to the grant, petitioners utilised the entire land only for the educational purposes by putting up constructions for colleges, schools, hostels, sports activities etc. However petitioner received a show-cause notice by the State Government vide annexure-L, dated 24-8-1999 to show cause why the grant of 47. 7 acres should not be cancelled and the land be treated

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