IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO. 1516 OF 2018 (DEC/INJ)

BETWEEN: SRI C RAJU, S/O LATE CHIKKE GOWDA, R/AT NO.13, 9^TH CROSS, HMT LAYOUT, NAGASANDRA POST, BANGALORE-560073.

...APPELLANT (BY SRI REUBEN JACOB, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI DEVAIAH M P, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. SMT LAKSHMAMMA, AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS, W/O.LATE NARASIMHAIAH, 2. SMT ANURADHA AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, D/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, Digitally signed

3. SMT VIJAYA, by BELUR RANGADHAMA AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, NANDINI D/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA 4. SRI JAYARAM, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, S/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, 5. SRI NARASIMHA MURTHY, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, S/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, 6. KUM VANAJA, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, D/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, 7. KUM BINDU, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, D/O LATE NARASIMHAIAH, ALL ARE RESIDING AT NO.17/A, NARASIMHAIAH COLONY ROAD, LOTTEGOLLAHALLI VILLAGE, RMV II STAGE, SANJAY NAGAR, BANGALORE-560094.

8. SRI AVINASH AGARWAL, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, S/O.SRI RADHAKRISHNA AGARWAL, 9. SMT RITU AGARWAL, W/O AVINASH AGARWAL, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, BOTH ARE R/AT NO.34077, PASEO PADRE PARKWAY, NO.38,