IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 6^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO. 106499 OF 2025 (KLR-CON)

BETWEEN:

ZENATARIS RENEWABLE ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED, A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013, HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE:

PLOT 327, ROAD NUMBER 25, VENKATAGIRI, JUBILEE HILLS, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA-500033, REPRESENTED BY ITS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY MR. MANOJ KUMAR.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. GURUDAS KANNUR, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. ABHINAY. S. & SRI. GURURAJ MAMDY, ADVOCATES)

AND:

D si i g g n it e a d l b y y MANJANNA E Location:

HIGH COURT M E ANJANNAO K D A H F R A N R A W T A A D KA 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BENCH Date:

2 1 0 2 2 :0 6 2 .0 :0 2 4 .13 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, +0530 DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560001, REPRESENTED BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY.

2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, TB DAM ROAD, TSPL BUILDING, HOSAPETE, VIJAYANAGARA-583201.

3. THE TAHSILDAR, TAHSILDAR OFFICE, MINI VIDHANA SOUDHA, KUDLIGI, VIJAYANAGARA, KARNATAKA-583135.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. NANDINI B. SOMAPUR, AGA)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND

227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT, ORDER OR DIRECTION, MORE IN THE NATURE OF WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT, DIRECTION, OR ORDER QUASHING/SETTING ASIDE THE REJECTION ORDERS PASSED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.2 (DEPUTY COMMISSIONER) DATED 10.05.2025 AND 12.05.2025 AS ARBITRARY, ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNTENABLE, ULTRA VIRES TO THE SETTLED PROVISIONS OF LAW AND CONSEQUENTLY BE SET ASIDE OR QUASH THE SAME INCLUDING ALL PROCEEDINGS/ACTIONS INITIATED IN RELATION THERETO, (VIDE ANNEXURES-G TO G50 AND ETC.

THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDER THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA

ORAL ORDER

The petitioner has approached this Court seeking to quash the endorsement/notices issued by the respondents in relation to the conversion of the subject lands and for a consequential direction to consider and grant conversion under Section 95 (10) of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (‘Act’ for short), in respect of the lands proposed to be utilized for the approved renewable energy project.

2. Though the matter was listed for consideration of the interlocutory applications, seeking vacation of the interim order, with consent of the learned counsel appearing for both the parties, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal, as the issues involved are narrow.

Brief facts:

3. The petitioner is engaged in the establishment of renewable energy project and has acquired the subject land for the said purpose. In pursuance of the approved project, the petitioner submitted application seeking conversion of the lands under Section 95(10) of the Act, contending that the proposed use squarely falls within the scope of said provision. Despite submission of the application and compliance with all requirements, the competent authority did not conclude the proceedings within stipulated time. On the contrary, the petitioner was issued with the endorsement/notices, which compelled the petitioner to approach this Court by filing the present writ petition seeking appropriate reliefs.

4. Learned Senior Counsel Sri Gurudas Kannur, for the petitioner submits that the subsequent developments have substantially addressed the grievance of the petitioner. It is submitted that by way of statement of objections to the vacating application, the petitioner has produced Annexure-P6, which evidences that the Deputy Commissioner has directed the concerned authority to intimate the petitioner regarding the conversion fee payable under Section 95(10) of the Act and to call upon the petitioner to remit the same within three days.

5. It is contended that issuance of Annexure-P6 clearly demonstrates that the conversion sought by the petitioner is accepted in principle and that what remains is only the ministerial act of payment of the requisite amount by the petitioner and consequential act