Petitioners aggrieved by the order dated 18.8.2011 Annexure-A of the 1st respondent insofar as it relates to extracts of Form B Register, Annexure ‘B’ Series, have presented these petitions for a writ of mandamus, to direct the respondent/Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, for short ‘BBMP’, to transfer katha of the properties belonging to the petitioners by assigning property identification number [PID] and katha number, in the register in accordance with section 114 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, for short ‘Act’. In addition, petitioners seek quashing of the circular dated 25.8.2009 Annexure-C.

2. According to the petitioners, they having purchased undivided right, title and interest in the immovable property and the residential apartments in the Multi Storied Residential Apartment Complex, applied for property tax assessment of the apartments, whence the 1st respondent by order dated 18.8.2011 Annexure-A recorded findings that the building was not compliant with The Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Building Bye Laws 2003, for short ‘Bye laws’ as also the ‘Act’, while assessing the said properties to tax under the ‘Act’, following which issued extracts