N UMAPATHY Vs. B V MUNIYAPPA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) We have heard counsel for both the parties.

(3.) This appeal by special leave arises from the judgment of the Karnataka High Court, made on 28-8-1996 in C. R. P. No. 2780/95. The admitted position is that the predecessor of the respondent had a mining lease in S. No. 14 of Venkatapura Village. The High Court has noted as under: