IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.T.NARENDRA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.36072 OF 2013 (GM-RES) BETWEEN:
Scheduled Tribes, Fisherman Cooperative Society (R), Kabini, HD Kote Taluk, Mysore District-571114, Represented by its Secretary Sri H.C. Narasimha Murthy. …Petitioner (By Sri. Sandeep S Patil, Advocate) AND:
1. State of Karnataka, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of fisheries, Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore-560001.
2. State of Karnataka, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of Forest, Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore-560001.
3. Director of Fisheries, Podium Block, Vishveshwaraiah Towers, Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore-560001.
4. Deputy Director of Fisheries, Mysore District, Mysore-570001.
5. Senior Assistant Director of Fisheries, Mysore District, Mysore-570001.
6. Assistant Director of Fisheries, Training Centre, Kabini, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District.
7. Inspector General of Police Southern Range, Mysore-570001.
8. Superintendent of Police Mysore District, Mysore-570001.
9. Additional Superintendent of Police, Mysore District, Mysore-570001.
10. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mysore District, Mysore-570001.
11. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hunsur Division, Hunsur -571105, Mysore District.
12. Inspector of Police, H D Kote Circle, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District.
13. Sub-Inspector of Police Beechanahalli Police Station, Beechanahalli, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District.
14. Chief Conservator of Forest, Project Tiger, Bandipur Division, Bandipur, Gundulpet Taluk, Chamarajanagar District-57144.
15. Conservator of Forest, Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Forest Department, Hunsur Division, Hunsur -571105, Mysore District.
16. Conservator of Forests and Director, Project Tiger, Bandipur Division, Bandipur, Gundlupet Taluk, Chamarajanagara District-571440.
17. Assistant Conservator of Forest Antharsanthe Range, Antharsanthe, Hunsur Division, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District.
18. Assistant Conservator of Forest Yedigala Range, Project Tiger, Bandipur Division, Yedigala, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District.
19. Range Forest Officer, Balle Range, Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Hunsur Division-571105, Mysore District.
20. Range Forest Officer, Gundre Range, Project Tiger, Bandipur Division, N.Begur, H D Kote Taluk-571114, Mysore District. ….. Respondents (By Smt.Niloufer Akbar, AGA for R1 to R20) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, praying to direct the respondent Nos.14, 15 and 16-Forest Officials not to interfere in the fishing activity conducted by the petitioner Society and to permit the petitioner-Society to conduct fishing in the Kabini Reservoir as per the terms of the grant made under the Government Order dated 19.11.2011 vide Annexure-A and etc., This Writ Petition coming on for orders, this day, the Court made the following:
O R D E R Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has filed a memo dated 26.02.2019, seeking for dismissal of the writ petition as not pressed.
2. Memo is placed on record.
3. In view of the memo, writ petition is dismissed as not pressed.
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JUDGE JS/-