IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23^RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K WRIT APPEAL NO. 1801 OF 2024 (KLR-LG)

BETWEEN:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPT. OF REVENUE, M S BUILDING, BENGALURU 01.

2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER UDUPI DISTRICT, UDUPI 576101

3. THE SPECIAL TAHSILDAR BRAHMAVAR, UDUPI DISTRICT 576101 Digitally …APPELLANTS signed by (BY SRI. M.N.SUDEV HEGDE, AGA)

VASANTHA KUMARY B K Location: AND:

HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA 1. SHALINI B HEGDE W/O BALAKRISHNA HEGDE, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, RESIDING AT SHIRIYAR VILLAGE, BRAHMAVARA TALUK, UDUPI DISTRICT 576101 …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. PRAKASH B N., ADVOCATE)

THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, PRAYING TO ALLOW THE WRIT APPEAL BY SETTING ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 19/09/2022 PASSED IN WP NO.37404/2013, ETC.

THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH)

The present writ appeal has been filed by the State impugning