C.A.V. JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND)

Heard learned Senior Advocate Shri D.R.Ravishankar, assisted by learned Advocate Shri Pawan Kumar M.N. for the appellant, learned Advocate General Shri Shashi Kiran Shetty, assisted by learned Additional Government Advocate Smt.Niloufer Akbar for respondent Nos.1, 2 and 6, learned Advocate Shri A.V.Gangadharappa for respondent Nos.3 and 7, learned Advocate Shri S.B.Totad for caveator/respondent Nos.4 and 5 and learned Senior Advocate Shri Udaya Holla, assisted by learned advocate Smt.K.Shobha, for the impleading applicants.

2. This intra-court appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Courts Act, 1961 by the petitioners in W.P.No.16857 of 2022 and W.P.No.16866 of 2022 is against the common order dated 31.10.2023, passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing the writ petitions.

2.1 The prayer in the writ petition was to set aside order dated 16^th July 2022 passed by the Commissioner, Shivamogga Mahanagara Palike, which confirmed the order of Deputy Commissioner, Shivamogga. It was directed that land in question situated in Ward No.31, Nileghatta Gramatana, admeasuring 2 acres 35 guntas of Kasaba Hobli, Shivamoga Taluka, whi