IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2^ND DAY OF MARCH, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA COMMERCIAL APPEAL NO. 515 OF 2025 BETWEEN:

1. M/S S S POLICE PATIL AND COMPANY ENGINEERS AND CLASS I CONTRACTORS "MAHA SHARANU", P-149, FIRST FLOOR APMC YARD, AMARGOL HUBLI - 580 025 REPRESENTED BY SAYASGOUDA S POLICE PATIL AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS …APPELLANT (BY SRI YASHODHAR HEGDE, ADVOCATE)

AND:

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1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER signed by DHARWAD DISTRICT SRIDEVI S DHARWAD - 580 001 Location :

High Court …RESPONDENT of Karnataka (BY SRI S.SANTHOSH GOGI, ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL A/W SRI K.S. HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE)

THIS COMAP IS FILED UNDER SECTION 13(1-A) OF COMMERCIAL COURTS ACT, 2015 PRAYING TO PASS AN ORDER SETTING ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 04.08.2025 PASSED IN COM.A.P. NO.85/2024 BY THE LXXXIII ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, COMMERCIAL COURT, BENGALURU (CCH-84)

(ANNEXURE-A) & ETC.

THIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR JUDGMENT, COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS PRONOUNCED AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POON