Karnataka High Court
K N Gopal Krishna Adiga vs The State Of Karnataka on 4 February, 2013
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar
Bench: Mohan .M. Shantanagoudar
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2013
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN .M. SHANTANAGOUDAR
WRIT PETITION No.5922 OF 2013 (GM-R/C)
BETWEEN:
1. Sri K.N. Gopal Krishna Adiga
S/o late Subraya Adiga K.N.
Aged about 57 years
Ex-Committee Member
R/o Kollur, Kundapura Taluk
Udupi.
2. Sri Harikrishna Punaroor
S/o late Vasudeva Rao
Aged about 70 years
Subhavagali
Punaroor Post
Mangalore Taluk
D.K. District
Punnaroor-578179.
3. Sri Somashekar Shetty
S/o V.K. Ramama Shetty
Aged about 54 years
R/o Mavinakaru
Kundapur Taluk
Udupi District.
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4. Sri Chandrashekar Bhat
S/o Padmansha Bhat
Aged about 41 years
R/a Katebelthur Village
Kundapur Taluk
Udupi District.
5. Sri Appanna Hegde B
S/o Ramanna Hegde
Aged about 77 years
Basaroor Village
Kundapura Taluk & District.
6. Sri Ramanna
S/o Narayanan
Jadkal, Kundapura Taluk
Udupi District. ..Petitioners
(By Sri Jayakumar S. Patil, Sr. Counsel)
AND :
1. The State of Karnataka
Department of Revenue &
Religious & Charitable
Endowments, M.S. Building
Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi Road
Bangalore.
2. The Karnataka State Hindu Religious
and Charitable Endowment Parishad
Chamarajpet, Bangalore
Represented by its President
& Mujurahi Minister.
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3. Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments
in Karnataka, Chamarajpet
Bangalore, Rep by its Member Secretary
& Commissioner.
4. Deputy Commissioner
Hindu Religious and Charitable
Endowments, Udupi District
Udupi-576101.
5. Assistant Commissioner
Hindu Religious & Charitable
Endowments, Udupi District
Udupi-576101.
6. Mookambika Temple Kollur
Kundapur Taluk
Udupi District-576220
Rep by its Executive Officer.
7. Rajesh K.M.
S/o Mahabala
Age 45 years
Parvathi Nilaya
Kote Bagilu
Thalluru
Kundapur Taluk
Udupi District-576201.
8. Smt. Savitha U. Devadiga
W/o Umanath Devadiga
Age 40 years
Manganese Road
Gangoli
Kundapura Taluk-576201.
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9. Smt. Kalpana Bhaskar
W/o Bhaskar N. Poojary
Age 42 years
'MATHA' National Highway
No.66, Gopadi, Koteshwar
Kundapura Taluk-576201.
10. Srinivas Kalluraya
S/o K.G. Kalluraya
Age 50 years
Sri Manjunatha Nilaya
Kolluru
Kundapur Taluk-576201.
11. Sri Annappa Karvi
S/o Narayana Karvi
Baigamane, Karkihalli
P.O Tharapathi
Upanda
Kundapura Taluk-576201.
12. Sri Krishnaprasad Adyanthaya
S/o late Sankappa Adyanthaya
Age 60 years
Zaladi,Kattabelthur
Kundapur Taluk-576201.
13. Sri Jayananda Hoblidaar
S/o Narasimha Hoblidaar
Yadthare Grama
Kundapura Taluk-576201.
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14. Dr. Athul Kumar Shetty
S/o late Bhujanga Shetty
Mookambika Clinic
Mookambika Pharma
Belthoor
Kundapur Taluk-576201. ..Respondents
(By Sri G.B. Shastry, Adv. for Sri G. Ravishankar Shastry,
Adv. for C/R-10;
Sri E.S. Indresh, HCGP for R-1)
This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of
the Constitution of India praying to quash Annexure-D
dated 22.1.2013 passed by the R3 and Annexure-E dated
10.1.2013 passed by the R2.
This Writ Petition coming on for preliminary hearing
this day, the Court made the following :
ORDER
In view of availability of alternative remedy of appeal under Section 63-A of the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997, this Court declines to entertain this writ petition. 6
Accordingly, this writ petition stands dismissed. It is open for the petitioners to file the appeal as contemplated under Section 63-A of the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 SD/-
JUDGE Gss/-