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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 14^TH DAY OF MAY, 2026

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR

WRIT PETITION NO. 15314 OF 2026 (LB-BMP)

BETWEEN:

SMT. K. SHOBHA RAGHUTHAMAN

W/O.SRI. O.RAGHUTHAMAN,

AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS,

RESIDING AT PRASANTHI,

PATRO LANE, KARANGALPADI,

KODIALBAIL POST,

MANGALURU- 575 003.

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. Y.S. HANUMANTHA REDDY, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY

BENGALURU WEST CITY CORPORATION,

1^ST FLOOR, BBMP SWIMMING POOL BUILDING,

9^TH CROSS, HAMPINAGAR, BENGALURU-560 104.

REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER.

Digitally signed

by CHANDANA 2. ASSISTANT REVENUE OFFICER,

B M

GALI ANJANEYA SWAMY DEVASTHNA

Location: H igh SUB DIVISION, 1^ST FLOOR,

Court of

BBMP SWIMMING POOL BUILDING,

Karnataka

9^TH CROSS, HAMPINAGAR,

BENGALURU-560 104.

3. SRI.MAHESH PRASAD K P

S/O. LATE. SRI. PARTHASARATHY.K.R,

AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS,

RESIDING AT NO. 136/B,

4^TH MAIN ROAD, 8^TH CROSS,

BAPUJINAGAR, MYSORE ROAD,

BENGALURU- 560 026.

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. B.S.KARTHIKEYAN, ADVOCATE FOR R-1 & R-2

VIDE ORDER DATED: 14.05.2026, NOTICE TO R-3 IS DISPENSED WITH)

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THIS W.P IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ENDORSEMENT

BEARING NO. SA.KAM.A (G.A.DE) WA 132/PR/36/2025-26 DATED

20.03.2026 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.2, VIDE ANNEXURE-J TO THE

WRIT PETITION.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS

DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR

ORAL ORDER

In this petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:

“(a) Issue Writ of Certiorari and quash the

endorsement bearing no. SA.KAM.A (G.A.DE) WA

132/PR/36/2025-26 dated 20.03.2026 issued by

Respondent No.2, Vide ANNEXURE-J to the Writ Petition.,

(b) Issue Writ of Mandamus directing the

Respondent No.2, not to change or transfer the Katha in

respect of the Schedule Property in the name of the

Respondent No.3, during the pendency of the suit in O.S.

No.3308/2026, pending on the file of the City Civil and

Sessions Judge, at Bengaluru(CCH-16), vide ANNEXURE-

F to the Writ Petition;

(c) Issue such other order or direction this Hon'ble

court deems fit to grant in the facts and circumstance of the

case, in the interest of justice and equity.”

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2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

counsel for respondent Nos.1 and 2 and perused the material on

record.

3. In addition to reiterating the various contentions urged

in the memorandum of petition and referring to the material on

record, learned counsel for the petitioner invited my attention to the

order of the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Sri.

Hemanth Kumar S.K. Vs. The Greater Bengaluru Authority and

others – W.P.No.11151/2026 dated 24.04.2026, in order to

contend that the present petition deserves to be disposed of in

terms of the aforesaid decision.

4. Per contra, learned counsel for respondent Nos.1 and

2 submits that there is no merit in the petition and that the same is

liable to be dismissed.

5. As rightly contended by the learned counsel for the

petitioner, the present petition is directly and squarely covered by

the decision of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Sri.

Hemanth Kumar S.K. Vs. The Greater Bengaluru Authority and

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others – W.P.No.11151/2026 dated 24.04.2026,, which reads as

under:

“There is a dispute in respect of a property between

petitioner and respondent no.3. Respondent no.3 filed

W.P.No.16392/2023 for grant of khata in respect of the

property in his name. This Court has disposed of

W.P.No.16392/2023 by passing the following order.

"i) The petitioner is given liberty to make a fresh

application along with all the necessary particulars

for issuance of khata;

ii) Upon receipt of such an application, the

jurisdictional officer of BBMP shall consider the

same in accordance with law and pass appropriate

orders