IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE:
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE S.SUJATHA WRIT PETITION Nos.45521 & 47761/2018 (KLR – RES) BETWEEN:
1. AMMAYAMMA W/O NARAYANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 82 YEARS.
2. AKKAYAMMA W/O LATE RAMAIAH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 87 YEARS.
BOTH ARE R/AT MARAGONDANAHALLI VILLAGE, BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, BANGALORE EAST TALUK-560067 ... PETITIONERS [BY SRI M.S.VARADARAJAN, ADV.] AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY TO THE REVENUE DEPT., M.S.BUILDING, BANGALORE-560001.
2. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER BANGALORE CITY DIST., KANDAYA BHAVANA, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE-560009.
3. THE TAHASILDAR BANGALORE EAST TALUK, K.R. PURAM, BANGALORE-560036. …RESPONDENTS [BY SRI VENKATESH DODDERI, AGA.) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED ENDORSEMENT DATED 01.08.2015 ISSUED BY THE R-2 (ANNEXURE-A) AND ETC.
THESE PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
O R D E R The petitioners have challenged the endorsement dated 01.08.2015 bearing No.RRT(East) CR/97/13-14 issued by the respondent No.2.
2. It is not in dispute that the endorsement impugned herein is appealable and the petitioners have rushed to this Court without availing the alternative and efficacious remedy available under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964. On this ground alone, writ petitions are not maintainable.
Accordingly, the writ petitions stand dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to resort to the appropriate proceedings in accordance with law.
Sd/- JUDGE PMR