S. S. LINGARAJU Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The subject matter of this Writ Petition is substantially similar to the one in W.P.No.34161/2013 (LA- BDA) between SRI MUNIHANUMAIAHY, DEAD BY LRS Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & OTHERS, disposed off by a Coordinate Bench of this Court on 30/9/2013 wherein paragraph No.3 reads as under:

(2.) Learned counsel for the Petitioner banks upon he Division Bench of this Court in W.A.Nos.932-933/1974 between A.V.VINODA & ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS COMMISSIONER & SECRETARY disposed of on 11/12/1974, has held that the Court should treat the like-cases alike and if relief is granted to a litigant it has to be extended to a similarly circumstanced litigant as well, there being no derogatory circumstances. In the above circumstances, this Writ Petition is also disposed off granting the same relief as has been granted in the cognate writ petition to the petitioners herein mutantis mutandis. All contentions are kept open, costs having been made easy. It is open to the answering Respondents to solicit any information/documents from the side of the Petitioner for consideration of his Representation; however, in the guise of such solicitation, no delay shall be brooked.