IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 31^ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI REGULAR SECOND APPEAL NO. 5508 OF 2009 BETWEEN:

1. VIRABHARDA S/O. APPAYYA SHINTRE, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LR IS ARRAYED AS RESPONDENT NO.3.

2. ANNASAHEB S/O. APPAYYA SHINTRE, AGE: 57 YEARS, , OCC. AGRICULUTRE, R/O. SOUNDALAGA, TQ. CHIKODI, DIST. BELAGAVI.

3. KASHINATH S/O. APPAYYA SHINTRE, AGE: 54 YEARS, , OCC. AGRICULUTRE, R/O. SOUNDALAGA, TQ. CHIKODI, DIST. BELAGAVI.

4. SUBHASH S/O. APPAYYA SHINTRE, Digitally s Y i A g S n H ed A V by ANT AGE: 52 YEARS, , OCC. AGRICULUTRE, YASHAVANT NARAYANKAR NARAYANKARD 20 a 2 te 5 : .11. 04 R/O. SOUNDALAGA, TQ. CHIKODI, 10:19:31 +0530 DIST. BELAGAVI.

5. SHIVAPUTRA S/O. APPAYYA SHINTRE, AGE: 49 YEARS, , OCC. AGRICULUTRE, R/O. SOUNDALAGA, TQ. CHIKODI, DIST. BELAGAVI.

6. JAGADISH S/O. BABURAO SHINTRE, SINCE DECEASED REPRESENTED BY HIS LR.

6A. MRS. ROOPALI W/O. ATUL KULKARNI, AGE: 46 YEARS, OCC. HOUSEHOLD, R/O. SONAGE, TQ. KAGAL, DIST. KOLHAPUR.

…APPELLANTS (BY SRI. RAVI S. BALIKAI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE VILLAGE GRAM PANCHAYATH SOUNDALAGA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, TQ. CHIKODI, DIST. BELAGAVI.

2. THE ADHYAKSHA, VILLAGE RAM PACHAYATH