IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 4^TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ

WRIT PETITION NO. 31361 OF 2025 (LB-RES)

BETWEEN:

MRS. R BHARATHI MURALIDHAR

D/O. LATE Y RAMAIAH W/O. M. MURALIDHAR

AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS

NO. 63, KORAMANGALA 1^ST BLOCK

SARJAPURA MAIN ROAD, JAKKASANDRA

BENGALURU - 560 034.

PH.NO:9845002868

EMAIL: cm.muralidhar@gmail.com

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. JAGADISH M, ADVOCATE AND SRI. BHASKAR PRASAD T, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER

GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY

CORPORATION OFFICE

Digitally signed

by CORPORATION CIRCLE

MARKONAH ALLI

RAMU PRIYA BENGALURU - 560 027.

Location: HIGH

PH. NO 080-22660000

COURT OF

KARNATAKA EMAIL: comm@bbmp.gov.in

2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (SOUTH)

GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY

2^ND BLOCK, JAYANAGAR EAST,

JAYANAGAR BENGALURU - 560 011.

PH.NO 080-22975731

EMAIL: dcsouth.bbmp@gmail.com

3. THE ASSISTANT REVENUE OFFICER

KORAMANGALA RANGE

GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY

NADA PRABHU KEMPEGOWDA BHAVAN KORAMANGALA MAIN ROAD, ADUGODI BENGALURU - 560 095.

PH.NO:080-22975846, EMAIL:NA

4. MRS. LAKSHMI SRINIVAS W/O LATE P SRINIVAS AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS NO. 73/A, 17^TH E MAIN ROAD KORAMANGALA

6^TH BLOCK, BENGALURU - 560 095.

PH.NO: NA, EMAIL: NA …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. PAWAN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NOS.1 TO 3; SRI. PURNACHANDRA M. PURANIK, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.4)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENDORSEMENT BEARING NO.DA/67/147/KTR/27/2025-26 DATED 19.09.2025 ISSUED BY THE 3^RD RESPONDENT AT ANNEXURE-A 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 R. NATARAJ

ORAL ORDER

The petitioner has sought for a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the endorsement bearing No.rJ/67/147/PÉnDgï/27/2025-26 dated 19.09.2025 issued by the respondent No.3. She has also sought for a writ in the nature of mandamus to direct the respondent Nos.1 to 3 to transfer the khata of the petition schedule property to her name and assess the property to tax in her name.

2. The petitioner contends that her father, Sri. Y.

Ramaiah was the owner of the property bearing No.234, PID No.67-7-234, situate at 7^th block, Koramangala, Bengaluru, who executed a gift deed dated 17.07.2006 bequeathing the aforesaid property to the petitioner. Consequent thereto, she filed an application on 30.08.2006 with the respondent No.3 for change of khata in her favour. The respondent No.3 issued an endorsement dated 09.10.2006 requiring the petitioner to appear for an enquiry before him as the respondent No.4 had also applied for transfer of khata in respect of the very same property. After hearing both the parties, the respondent No.3 issued an endorsement dated 17.11.2006 stating that the application for change of khata cannot be considered until final disposal of the suit in O.S. No.7952/2006. Later, on 17.11.2006, the petitioner requested the respondent No.3 to obtain an opinion from the Law Department. However, the respondent No.3 again issued an endorsement dated 16.01.2007 stating that the request of the petitioner would be considered after disposal of the suit in O.S. No.7952/2006. The petitioner then filed a review petition before the respondent No.2 under Section 114-A of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 to set aside the said endorsement dated 16.01.2007 issued by the respondent No.3. The petitioner challenged the endorsement dated 16.04.2007 stated to be issued by the respondent No.3 herein based on the order passed by the Joint Commissioner (East), BBMP, as well as the endorsement dated 16.01.2007 issued by the respondent No.3 herein before this Court in W.P. No.10737/2007, which was allowed by a coordinate Bench of this Court in terms of the order dated 03.10.2007 and the endorsements impugned therein were set aside and the matter was remitted back to the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike for fresh consideration with a direction to pa