IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 11^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 100982 OF 2026 (GM-CPC)

BETWEEN:

1. ALLAPPA HALAPPA GANESHWADI, THE PRESIDENT CHAKRAVARTI DANESHWAR ABHIVRUDDI SEVA SANGH, SAVADI, TQ: ATHANI, DIST: BELAGAVI.

AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, OCC: SOCIAL WORK AND AGRIL.

R/O: ARABHAVI, (SATTIGERI TOTA)-591218, TQ: MUDALAGI, DIST: BELAGAVI …PETITIONER (BY SRI. RAJASHEKHAR BURJI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. SRI.VIRUPAXAYYA DANAYYA MATHAD, AGED: ABOUT 43 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O: BANDIGANI-587311, YASHAVANT NARAYANKAR TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST: BAGALKOT.

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12:32:54 +0000 AGED: ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

3. SMT.IRAVVA, W/O.DANAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 65 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

4. SRI.BASAYYA DANAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 45 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

5. SRI.MALLAYYA DANAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 41 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

6. SRI.SOMAYYA DANAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

7. SRI.SHIVAKUMAR DANAYYA MATHAD AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT. 8. SRI.NANDAKESHWAR DANAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 32 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

9. SMT.BHAGYASHREE W/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

10. SMT.DANESHWARI W/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

11. KUMAR SHIVAPADMANABH S/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 10 YEARS, OCC: MINOR, BY HIS MINOR GUARDIAN, NATURAL MOTHER, SMT.DANESHWARI W/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

12. KUMAR AMARANATH S/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED: ABOUT 12 YEARS, OCC: MINOR, BY HIS MINOR GUARDIAN, NATURAL MOTHER, SMT.DANESHWARI W/O.CHIKKAYYA MATHAD AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:BANDIGANI-587311, TQ: RABAKAVI-BANAHATTI, DIST:BAGALKOT.

13. SMT.ANUSAYA W/O.VISHWANATH HIREMATH, AGED: ABOUT 38 YEARS, OCC: AGRICULTURE, R/O:CHIKKODI-591201, TQ: CHIKKODI, DIST: BELAGAVI.

14. SMT. SHIVALEELA, D/O.DANAYYA MATHAD, AGED: ABOUT 39 YEARS, OCC: HOUSEHOLD, C/O: PAVANKUMAR PRABHAKAR

124, RAMLEELA GROUND, BHEEM NAGAR, GURAGOWN-122022, DIST: GURAGOWN, HARYANA STATE.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. JAGADISH PATIL, ADV. FOR RESPONDENT NO. 1)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND

227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO ALLOW THIS WRIT PETITION AND ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT OR ORDER OR DIRECTION TO A)

SET-ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 02.02.2026, PASSED BY THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BANAHATTI IN O.S. NO. 376/2025 REJECTING THE I.A. NO. VI FILED BY APPLICANT / PETITIONER, UNDER ORDER I RULE 10(2) OF CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE A AND, B) ALLOW THE I.A. NO. VI FILED BY APPLICANT / PETITIONER, UNDER ORDER I RULE 10(2) OF CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ON THE FILE OF SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BANAHATTI IN O.S. NO. 376/2025, PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-E, C) PASS SUCH OTHER ORDER OR DIRECTION, THIS HON’BLE COURT DEEMS FIT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE CASE.

THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI

ORAL ORDER

Aggrieved by the order passed in I.A.No.VI in O.S.No.376/2025 dated 02.02.2026 by the Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Banahatti, the petitioner who is a third party is before this Court.

2. The respondent Nos.1 and 2 had filed O.S.No.376/2025 seeking partition and s