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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026

BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM

WRIT PETITION NO. 10861 OF 2026 (GM-ST/RN)

BETWEEN:

1. M/S. HOUSSO VENTURES A PARTNERSHIP FIRM

HAVING ITS OFFICE AT NO.303, PRIME HONEY DEW APARTMENTS

NEXT TO CHAYA HOSPITALS KASTHURI NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 043

REPRESENTED BY ITS PARTNERS

1. MR. MANTENA PRAVEEN S/O SRI.PANDU RANGA RAJU

AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS,

2. MR. HARISHA.V S/O LATE VENKATESH REDDY

AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS Digitally signed by CHAITHRA A 3. MR. SANDEEP H.P Location: S/O PRAKASH H.A

HIGH AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS COURT OF KARNATAKA …PETITIONER

(BY SRI. RAJESH GOWDA, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP BY PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

STAMPS AND REGISTRATION

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DEPARTMENT, M.S BUILDING BANGALORE-560001

2. THE DISTRICT REGISTRAR &

REGISTRAR OF FIRMS STAMPS AND REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (REGISTRATION) AND DISTRICT REGISTRAR OFFICE

SHIVAJINAGAR -REGISTRATION DISTRICT

4^TH FLOOR, MONARK CHAMBERS NO. 122/22, INFANTRY ROAD

BANGALORE-560 001.

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SMT. NAVYA SHEKAR, AGA)

THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENDORSEMENT DATED 17.03.2026 BEARING NO. DRO/SJN/FIRM/2025-26/2396 ISSUED BY THE R-2 VIDE ANNEXURE-A AND DIRECT THE R-2 TO RECORD THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE PETITIONER FIRM, BY ISSUING FORM-V, WITHOUT INSISTING THE SIGNATURE OF EXPELLED

PARTNER.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM

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ORAL ORDER

The captioned petition is filed seeking writ in the

nature of certiorari to quash the endorsement dated 17.03.2026 and direct respondent No.2 to record reconstitution of petitioner/firm by issuing Form-V without

insisting the signature of expelled partner.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and

learned AGA. The short point that needs consideration is as to whether the impugned endorsement is sustainable in the light of order passed by the Coordinate Bench in an identical case where the Coordinate Bench held that Form- V can be filed without insisting the signature of the either

outgoing or expelled partner.

3. This Court therefore deems it fit to extract para

3 and 4 of the order. The same is extracted which read as

under:

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"3. Perusal of Form-V shows that it can be filed by incoming, continuing or outgoing partner.

4. In Jeevanlal it is held as follows:

"7. Section 63(1) of the Indian Partnership Act reads as follows:

"Section 63. Recording of changes in an dissolution of a firm.--(1) When a change occurs in the constitution of a registered firm any incoming, continuing or outgoing partner, and when a registered firm is dissolved any person who was a partner immediately before the dissolution, or the agent or any such partner or person specially authorised in this behalf, may give notice to the Registrar of such change or dissolution, specifying the date thereof; and the Registrar shall make a record of the notice in the entry relating to the firm in the Register of Firms, and shall file the notice alongwith the statement relating to the firm

filed under Section 59."

Thus Section 63(1) consists of two parts.

The first part of Section 63 relates to the retirement of some of the partners which results in reconstitution of the partnership firm and secondly in cases where retirement of partners results in dissolution of the partnership firm. It is made very clear in the said section that after retirement of some of the partners, if the partnership firm is reconstituted and it is continuing then the same has to be intimated by the incoming partners, continuing partners or outgoing partners or by any person who is specially authorised by them to the Registrar. It is only