IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25^TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 22074 OF 2025 (GM-ST/RN)

BETWEEN:

1. DR.SUNDAR KUMAR VELUSWAMY S/O VELUSWAMY KUMARASWAMI AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS RESIDING AT D207, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

2. MR. VISHWANATH V, S/O VEERABADRAIAH K P AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS RESIDING AT B101, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA 3. MR. AMIT RASTOGI Location: HIGH S/O RAMAPATI RASTOGI COURT OF AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS KARNATAKA RESIDING AT CG02, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

4. MS. SHAMEEM SARVARY W/O SYED MOHAMMED ASKARI AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS RESIDING AT AG07, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

5. MR. SHEKAR P, S/O PUTTAWAMY AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS RESIDING AT D203, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

6. MR. SAMI AHMAD S/O SHAFI AHMAD AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS RESIDING AT CG05, CASA GRANDE LORENZA, OFF KOGILU MAIN ROAD, BELLALAHALLI, BENGALURU - 560 064.

PETITIONER NOS.2 TO 6 REPRESENTED BY THEIR POA HOLDER I.E, PETITIONER NO.1 …PETITIONERS (BY SMT.SOUNDHARYA D., ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES VIKASA SOUDHA, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU - 560 001.

2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF REGISTRATION AND COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS, KANDAAYA BHAVAN, 8^TH FLOOR, KG ROAD, BENGALURU-560 009.

3. THE DISTRICT-REGISTRAR GANDHINAGAR, DEPARTMENT OF STAMPS AND REGISTRATION HAVING OFFICE AT NO. 8, 2^ND AND 3^RD FLOOR, BBMP WARD, NEAR BALAMURI GANAPATHI TEMPLE, 3^RD CROSS TATA NAGAR, KODIGEHALLI, BENGALURU-560 092.

4. THE SUB-REGISTRAR DEPARTMENT OF STAMPS AND REGISTRATION HAVING OFFICE AT GANGANAGAR NO 46, 1^ST FLOOR, NEAR SBI BANK, BELLARY MAIN ROAD R.T NAGAR POST, GANGANAGAR, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA - 560 032.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B. RAVINDRANATH, AGA FOR R1 TO R4)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.2 TO CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATION LETTER (ANNEXURE-A) DATED 25/04/2025 SENT BY THE PETITIONERS AND ETC.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

ORAL ORDER

1. The petitioners are before this Court, seeking the following reliefs:

"i) Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent No.2 to consider the representation letter (ANNEXURE-A) dated 25/04/2025 sent by the petitioners;

ii) Issue a writ of certiorari to quash Annexure-F and Annexure-G published and issued by the respondent No.4 in the Kaveri online services portal bearing URL kaveri.karnataka.gov.in/dashboard, refusing to register the Deed of Declaration along with the Bye-laws filed by the petitioners vide application bearing application No.PRP-27032025-

12141300 dated 27/03/2025.

iii) Issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent No.2 The Inspector General of Registration and Commissioner of Stamps to direct the respondent No.4 Sub-Registrar to register the Deed of Declaration annexed with the Bye-laws submitted under the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 for forming an Association in the "Casa Grande Lorenza" Apartment Complex for its maintenance and management (Annexure -A)".

2. Memo dated 25.11.2025 has been filed by the learned counsel for the petitioners, which reads as under:

"The Counsel for the Petitioners humbly submits that the present Writ Petition has become infructuous as the Deed of Declaration of the Apartment Complex, namely Casa Grande Lorenza, has now been registered under the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972, before the Jurisdictional Sub-Registrar Office on 24.11.2025.

WHEREFORE, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to take this memo on record as the matter has become infructuous, in the interest of justice."

3. Accepting t