Mangalore: DK district DC, Dr. N.S Chennappa Gowda, presiding over a high-level official meeting of Nodal officers, Tahsildars and concerned HODs in a committee extended the time upto Aug 15 next, to vacate around 1300 public places encroached upon by religious and other buildings. ByAug.15, he wanted at least 75% of the encroachments (as against 20% now) to be vacated under Supreme Court orders, in DK district. 55 cases were regularized yet a balance of 1243 unauthorized constructions hampered progress and only 281 cases were finalized as per court directions, he noted. DC had gone through all the pending papers on cases and promised active support in resolving them.