- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:9719 WP No. 6506 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO. 6506 OF 2025 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SREE DHARMARAYASWAMY AND DHROWPADAMMA TEMPLE SEVA TRUST, BUDIGERE VILLAGE, CHANNARAYAPATTANA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU - PIN 560 165. REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT RAVI KUMAR. P. 2. SRI. GANESHAPPA, S/O. LATE GURAPPA, AGE ABOUT 75 YEARS, RESIDENT OF RAJA BEEDHI, BUDIGERE VILLAGE, CHANNARAYAPATTANA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 165. 3. SRI. D.V.K. VEKATESHAPPA @ VENKATESH, S/O LATE KRISHNAPPA, AGE ABOUT 65 YEARS, RESIDENT OF BUDIGERE VILLAGE, CHANNARAYAPATTANA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 165. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. M.S.SHYAM SUNDAR, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR SMT. VANDANA P.L., ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:9719 WP No. 6506 of 2025 AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, MULTISTORIED BUILDINGS, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT OFFICES COMPOUND, BEERASANDRA VILLAGE, VISHWANATHAPURA POST, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU - 562 110. 3. THASHILDAR CUM EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY HCGP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE - 560 001. 4. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, BY CHENNARAYA PATTANA P.S., DEVANAHALLI TALUK, REPRESENTED BY HCGP, HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, BANGALORE - 560 001. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.SHAMANTH NAIK, HCGP) *** - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:9719 WP No. 6506 of 2025 THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROVISIONAL ORDER DATED 28/02/2025 ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT THASHILDAR CUM EXECUTIVE MAGISTRATE, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BANGALORE DISTRICT (VIDE ANNEXURE - Q) AND ETC., THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court, seeking quashment of an order dated 28.02.2025 issued by the Tahsildar cum Executive Magistrate, Devanahalli Taluk, and seeks for a consequential direction by orders of a writ in the nature of mandamus to provide Police protection for conduct of 'Karaga Mahotsava' to be held between 10.03.2025 and 15.03.2025 in the petitioner Temple. 2. 2. Learned Senior Counsel Sri.M.S. Shyam Sundar submits that the jurisdictional Police have helped in drawing up a settlement between the parties, which the petitioner is - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:9719 WP No. 6506 of 2025 agreeable to and he has also filed a memo to that effect. The memo is taken on record. 3. In the light of the issue being resolved, nothing further would survive for consideration, at the hands of this Court. The writ petition is thus disposed as having become infructuous. It is needless to observe that the State shall see to that there is no Law and Order problem between 10.03.2025 and 15.03.2025, at the time of 'Karaga Mahotsava'. In the light of the aforesaid order, I.A.No.1/2025 for dispensation becomes unnecessary. Sd/- ______________________ JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA BMV* List No.: 1 Sl No.: 5