✦ Karnataka High Court

TAHIR PASHA v. SMT. DIVYA PRABHU G. R. J

Case at a glance

Outcome

Allowed

“i) The petition is allowed

Provisions considered

Key paragraphs

  • Para 66. Recording the submission of learned AGA, the contempt petition is hereby disposed of, reserving liberty to the complainant to sue any Officer of the State, if they do not consider the endorsement of sufficient to treat the land of the petitioner can be put…

Judgment

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. MURALIDHARA PAI CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 100107 OF 2025 (CIVIL) BETWEEN: TAHIR PASHA S/O. JAHANGIR PASHA JAHAGIRDAR, AGE: 38 YEARS, OCC: ENGINEER, R/O: CHIDAMBAR NAGAR ROAD, GANDHI NAGAR, TQ & DIST: DHARWAD – 580 002. (BY SRI. VIJAYENDRA BHIMAKKANAVAR, ADVOCATE) … COMPLAINANT AND:

#1. SMT. DIVYA PRABHU G. R. J. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DHARWAD, DIST. DHARWAD – 580 001.

#2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, BY ITS SECRETARY, M.S. BUILDING, BENGALURU – 01. … ACCUSED (BY SRI. SHARAD V. MAGADUM, ADV. FOR A1; SRI. SHARAD V. MAGADUM, AGA FOR PRO-FORMA R2) … PRO-FORMA RESPONDENT THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, R/W. ARTICLE 215 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, 1950, PRAYING TO PUNISH THE ACCUSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971 FOR HAVING WILLFULLY DISOBEYED AND CONTINUING TO WILLFULLY DISOBEY THE ORDER/DIRECTIONS DATED 24-07-2024 IN W.P. NO. 104306/2024 (KLR-CON) VIDE ANNEXURE-G ISSUED/PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HON’BLE COURT, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. VISHAL NINGAPPA PATTIHAL Location: High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, Dharwad - 2 - NC: 2026:KHC-D:1848-DB CCC No. 100107 of 2025 HC-KAR THIS CONTEMPT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. MURALIDHARA PAI ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN) In Writ Petition No.104306 of 2024, this Court has passed the following order : “i) The petition is allowed. ii) The order dated 13.01.2024 passed by the respondent rejecting the online application of the petitioner in respect of the land bearing Sy.No.29/15 measuring 02 guntas 06 Anna in Gulaganjikoppa village of Dharwad taluka is hereby quashed. iii) A writ of mandamus is issued to the respondent to issue an order of land conversion to the petitioner pertaining land bearing Sy.No.29/15 measuring *02 guntas 06 Anna situated in Gulaganjikoppa village in Dharwad taluk and district. The same shall be complied within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” to his

#2. On the ground that the accused have not passed the necessary orders pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the present contempt petition is filed. - 3 - NC: 2026:KHC-D:1848-DB CCC No. 100107 of 2025 HC-KAR

#3. Learned AGA has filed a memo date 09.02.2026 enclosing an endorsement dated 28.01.2026 issued by the Deputy Commissioner, which reads as under: “ªÀiÁ£Àå £ÁåAiÀiÁ®AiÀĪÀÅ ¤ÃrgÀĪÀ wæüð£À£ÀéAiÀÄ ¤ªÀÄä CfðAiÀİè£À CA±ÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ªÀÄgÀÄ¥Àj²Ã°¸À¯ÁVzÉ. PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¨sÀÆ PÀAzÁAiÀÄ (wzÀÄÝ¥Àr) C¢ü¤AiÀĪÀÄ, 2023 gÀ PÀ®A 95(2)(i) gÀ°ègÀĪÀAvÉ ¥Àæ¸ÁÛ¦¹zÀ d«ÄãÀÄ ªÀiÁ¸ÀÖgï ¥Áè£ï £À°è §gÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ PÀȶAiÉÄÃvÀgÀ GzÉÝñÀUÀ½UÁV ¨sÀÆ¥ÀjªÀvÀð£ÉUÉ qÉ¥ÀÇån PÀ«ÄµÀ£Àgï C£ÀĪÀÄwAiÀÄ CUÀvÀå EgÀĪÀÅ¢®è. ºÀħâ½î- zsÁgÀªÁqÀ £ÀUÀgÁ©üªÀÈ¢Þ ¥Áæ¢üPÁgÀ¢AzÀ ¤ªÀÄä ªÀiÁUÀtÂAiÀÄ£ÀÄß EvÀåxÀð¥Àr¹PÉÆ¼ÀÀÄzÁVzÉ JA§ CA±ÀªÀ£ÀÄß F ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ¤ªÀÄUÉ w½AiÀÄ¥Àr¹zÉ.”

#5. The learned AGA submits that, aforementioned endorsement amounts granting necessary permission to the petitioner regarding conversion of his land for the residential purposes and no further orders are required.

#6. Recording the submission of learned AGA, the contempt petition is hereby disposed of, reserving liberty to the complainant to sue any Officer of the State, if they do not consider the endorsement of sufficient to treat the land of the petitioner can be put to use for residential purposes. - 4 - NC: 2026:KHC-D:1848-DB CCC No. 100107 of 2025 HC-KAR

#7. It is further observed that in the light of the submission of the learned AGA, all the State authorities are bound to process any request made by the petitioner for plan sanction and other purposes treating the land as converted for residential purposes. Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE Sd/- (B. MURALIDHARA PAI) JUDGE VNP / CT: ASC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 9

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The Court recorded the following disposition: “i) The petition is allowed

Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — ss. 11, 12; Constitution of India — art. 215.

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