The Karnataka High Court, in a recent judgement ended a land dispute case going on since 2003 by upholding the partion of 14 disputed land parcels between the Reddy and Gowramma families based on the Taluka Surveyor’s report. These 14 disputed lands are in Carmelaram Post, Varthur Hobli, Bangalore East Taluk.
Even though the partition was ordered back in 2009 by the Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, based on the Taluka Surveyor’s report, the Reddy family argued that the Taluka Surveyor holds a lower rank than a Tahasildar, and a partition based on the Surveyor’s report was legally flawed.
The Karnataka High Court rejected this contention and said that both the Tahasildar and Taluka Surveyor are Taluka-level officers. The Tahasildar is the head of revenue insofar as the Taluka is concerned, whereas the Taluka Surveyor is the head of the Taluka insofar as conducting the survey is concerned. Hence, the Taluka Surveyor, so far as conducting the survey is concerned, is not of a lower rank than the Tahasildar.
Moreover, during the ongoing dispute between the Reddy and Gowramma families, some neighbours encroached on the parts of the disputed land. To make matters worse, the Gram Panchayath used 2.5 guntas of the disputed lands for a road project without giving compensation to either of the families.
The Karnataka High Court told the Reddy and Gowramma families that if indeed Gram Panchayath used 2.5 guntas of land for building a road without giving any compensation to the families, then they were free to make a claim for
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