- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:373 WP No. 677 of 2021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI MULIMANI WRIT PETITION NO. 677 OF 2021 (GM-R/C) BETWEEN: DR. SHAMGOPAL SHETTY AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS S/O LATE SHEELAVATHI SHETTY DOOR NO.24-09-960 NEAR 1ST RAILWAY BRIDGE MARNAMIKATTA, JEPPU MANGALORE - 575 001. …PETITIONER (BY SRI CHANDRANATH ARIGA K., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE COMMISSIONER, HR AND CE, AND MEMBER SECRETARY, RAJYA DHARMIKA PARISHATH, 2ND FLOOR, ANJANEYA BHAVANA, ALUR VENKATRAO ROAD, CHAMARAJPET, BENGALURU - 560 018. 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, HR AND CE, UDUPI DISTRICT, RAJATHADRI, MANIPAL - 576 104 UDUPI. 3. SRI JAGADISHCHANDRA HEGDE AGED ABOUT 80 YEARS, S/O SRI MAHABALA HEGDE, RAJAMUMUGAL MAIN ROAD, Digitally signed by THEJASKUMAR N Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:373 WP No. 677 of 2021 MUNDKUR VILLAGE - 576 121. KARKALA TALUK, UDUPI DISTRICT. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SADANA DESAI, ADVOCATE FOR R1; SRI MANJUNATH SHETTAR, AGA FOR R2; R3 IS SERVED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, SEEKING CERTAIN RELIEFS. THIS WRIT PETITION IS LISTED FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, AN ORDER IS MADE AS UNDER: ORAL ORDER Sri.Chandranath Ariga.K., counsel for the petitioner and Sri.Mahantesh Shettar., AGA for respondent No.2 have appeared in person. 2. The captioned Writ Petition is filed seeking a Writ of Certiorari to quash the Notification dated 30.04.2020 in No.M08CR/25/2019-20 issued by the first respondent as far as the Mundkur Shree Durgaparameshwari Temple, Karkala Taluk (Sl.No.3 in Udupi district) vide Annexure-F. 3. Heard the arguments and perused the Writ papers with care. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:373 WP No. 677 of 2021 4. The order passed by the first respondent is furnished along with the Writ Petition and the same is marked as Annexure-F. It is dated 30.04.2020. A perusal of the same reflects that it was only for a period of three years. Now we are in the month of January 2025. Due to efflux of time, the order has spent itself. Hence, nothing survives for consideration in the Writ Petition at this juncture. The Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed. 5. Resultantly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. Sd/- (JYOTI MULIMANI) JUDGE TKN List No.: 3 Sl No.: 13