- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:16249-DB CCC No. 620 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. N. V. ANJARIA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION No. 620 OF 2024 BETWEEN: 1. SRI B. M. PATALAIAH, S/O LATE MUNISHAMAPPA, AGED ABOUT 77 YEARS, R/AT CHOKKANAHALLI VILLAGE, HESARGHATTA HOBLI, YELAHANKA TALUK 560064. (FORMERLY BENGALURU NORTH TALUK) BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY HIS GPA HOLDER, SRI MAHALINGAIAH, S/O SRI VARADAIAH, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, R/AT HOUSE No.6, HURALIGERE VILLAGE, NAGASANDRA POST, YEDIYUR HOBLI, KUNIGAL TALUK, TUMAKURU DISTRICT-572142. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI RAMESH K. R., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI ANIL KUMAR AROLIKAR, FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE COMPLAINANT, AGED MAJOR, TAHASILDAR, Digitally signed by VALLI MARIMUTHU Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:16249-DB CCC No. 620 of 2024 YELAHANKA TALUK, YELAHANKA, BENGLAURU URBAN DISTRICT 560064. …ACCUSED 2. STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001. …PROFORMA RESPONDENT (BY SRI NAVEEN CHANDRASHEKAR, AGA) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED No.1 AND 2 FOR HAVING COMMITTED THE CONTEMPT OF THE ORDER DATED 21.02.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.No.5209/2024 AT ANNEXURE - G. THIS CCC COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA) As per order dated 21.02.2024, writ petition was disposed of by learned Single Judge granting liberty to the petitioner to file an application online to the respondent-Tahsildar. The Tahsildar in turn was directed to consider the application of the petitioner and do the needful. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:16249-DB CCC No. 620 of 2024 2. When non-compliance of the above order was alleged, the respondent appeared and filed compliance affidavit along with which the endorsement dated 02.08.2024 passed by the respondent is produced. 3. Looking to the nature of observations of learned Single Judge, the endorsement was passed, by which the respondent could be said to have complied with the direction. 4. The contempt proceedings are therefore not required to be continued any further. 5. The contempt proceedings are accordingly closed. The petitioner shall be at liberty to take recourse to law and avail its remedy against the endorsement and the action reflected on part of the respondent. This Court, however, does not express any opinion on the merits in that regard. Sd/- (N. V. ANJARIA) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (K. V. ARAVIND) JUDGE MV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 62