Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Jun 7: The high court, which conducted the inquiry of the public interest litigation (PIL) that was filed on the accusation of encroachment of the lake at Shimanthoor of Mulky taluk in the district of Dakshina Kannada (DK), served notice to the deputy commissioner and revenue department of the district.

The PIL was filed by Sanjeeva Shetty and others requesting the court to order eviction of the people who have encroached the area surrounding the lake. The PIL said, "Many people have encroached the 3.30 acre land of Madreguthu lake at Shimanthoor of Mulky taluk for personal use. Though, this has been brought to the notice of the concerned tahsildar, no action is being taken. So kindly clear this encroachment."

Deputy Commissioner 

The divisional bench of chief justice P S Dinesh Kumar A S Oka and justice P S Dinesh Kumar, which conducted the inquiry of the petition on Thursday, June 6 served notice to all the respondents including the revenue department, deputy commissioner of the district, sub-divisional officer and Mulky tahsildar.

In addition, the court order also mentioned that this issue is a serious one. So the local tahsildar has to conduct a survey and investigate whether the land around the lake is encroached by private individuals and submit a report to the court.