HC-KAR IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23^RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S RACHAIAH WRIT APPEAL NO. 417 OF 2025 (KLR-LG)

C/W WRIT APPEAL NO. 53 OF 2025 (KLR-LG)

IN WA No. 417/2025 BETWEEN:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, M.S.BUILDING, Digitally DR. AMBEDKAR ROAD, signed by SREEDHARAN BENGALURU – 560 001.

BANGALORE SUSHMA LAKSHMI 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Location: High Court of DAKSHINA KANNDA, Karnataka MANGALURU – 575 001.

3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER MANGALURU SUB-DIVISION, 2^ND FLOOR, TALUK ADMINISTRATIVE SOUDHA, MANGALURU – 575 001.

HC-KAR

4. THE TAHSILDAR MANGALURU TALUK, MANGALURU, DAKSHINA KANNADA – 574 219.

…APPELLANTS (BY SRI. M N SUDEV HEGDE, AGA)

AND:

1. SRI. G. RAMA MOHANA S/O LATE NARAYANA BHAT, AGED ABOUIT 60 YEARS, R/AT LADA HOUSE, MONTEPADAVU, MANJANADI VILLAGE, MANGALURU, DAKSHINA KANNADA – 574 143.

2. SRI. G JAYAPRAKASH S/O LATE NARAYANA BHAT, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, R/AT LADA HOUSE, MONTEPADAVU, MANJANADI VILLAGE, MANGALURU, DAKSHINA KANNADA – 574 143.

3. SRI. G A ARAVINDA S/O LATE NARAYANA BHAT, AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, R/AT LADA HOUSE, MONTEPADAVU, MANJANADI VILLAGE, HC-KAR MANGALURU, DAKSHINA KANNADA – 574 143.

4. SRI. G N VISHWESHWARA S/O LATE NARAYANA BHAT, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/AT LADA HOUSE, MONTEPADAVU, MANJANADI VILLAGE, MANGALURU, DAKSHINA KANNADA – 574 143.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. O SHIVARAMA BHAT, ADVOCATE)

THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO CALL FOR RECORDS AND SET- ASIDE THE ORDER PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE DATED 05/03/2024 IN WP NO.6872/2024(KLR-LG) AND ETC., IN WA NO. 53/2025 BETWEEN:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE M S BUILDING BENGALURU – 560 001.

2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MANGALURU HC-KAR D K DISTRICT – 575 001.

3. THE THASILDAR BANTWAL TALUK D K DISTRICT – 574 211.

...APPELLANTS (BY SRI. M N SUDEV HEGDE, AGA)

AND:

1. SMT. SRIVIDHYA W/O LATE SATHYAGANAPATHI BHAT PAMBATHAJE KAROPADY VILLAGE BANTWAL TALUK – 574 279.

...RESPONDENT (BY SRI. O SHIVARAMA BHAT, ADVOCATE)

THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO ALLOW THE WRIT APPEAL AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 19.04.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN WP No-24368/2021 AND ETC., THESE APPEALS, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S RACHAIAH HC-KAR

ORAL JUDGMENT

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

The learned Additional Government Advocate for the appellants and the learned counsel for the respondents are in consensus that the subject matter of the present appeals is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in Writ Appeal No.1801 of 2024 dated 23.10.2025, which reads as follows:-

“The present writ appeal has been filed by the State impugning the judgment and order dated 19.09.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.37404/2013 (KLR-LG), filed by the respondent.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings before the learned Single Judge.

3. The petitioner was granted in all 9 acres 15 cents of agricultural lands in different extent in Sy.No.296/A measuring 8.46 acres and land bearing Sy.No.279/2 measuring 0.64 acres in Shiriyar Village and land bearing Sy.No.145/A measuring 0.05 acres in Yedthady Village of Udupi Taluk under the provisions of Rule 2(5) of the South Kanara District Lease of Lands for Cashew Cultivation Rules,1957. This grant was conferred on the HC-KAR petitioner in the year 1958. Clause (2) of the said grant of the land would read as under :-

"2) The Grantee has to be option for the renewal of the lease on the expiry of the thirty year period if he has fulfilled the terms and conditions of the grant satisfactorily. The grantee shall also have the option to acquire permanent ownership of the land on the expiry of the thirty years on payment of the value of the land fixed at