1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ WRIT PETITION NO.14149 OF 2020 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: SMT. PUSHPAVATHI W/O LATE VENUGOPAL NAIDU AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, R/AT 675, B.B. GARDEN ROAD, KHILLE MOHALLA, MYSURU-570 004. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. NANJUNDA SWAMY N., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. K. PANDURANGA S/O LATE KRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS 2. SRI. K. BABU S/O LATE KRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS 3. SMT. BHARATHI @ RANI D/O LATE KRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS (ABOVE RESPONDENTS ARE LRS OF LATE JAYAMMA D/O LATE SRINIVAS NAIDU) ALL ARE RESIDING AT BEHIND TAPCMS GODOWN, NEELAKANTANAGAR, 2 NANJANGUDU, NANJANGUDU TALUK, MYSURU DISTRICT-571313. 4. SMT. RANGAMMA D/O LATE BALASUNDARA NAIDU W/O LATE VENKATESH NAIDU AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS R/AT 675, B.B. GARDEN ROAD, KHILLE MOHALLA, MYSURU-570004. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. D.N.ARUN KUAMR AND SRI KEMPEGOWDA K.N., ADVOCATES FOR RESPONDENT NOS.1 AND 3; NOTICE SERVED ON RESPONDENT NO.4; VIDE ORDER DATED 02.09.2022 PETITION AGAINST RESPONDENT NO.2 IS ABATED) THIS PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DATED 26.11.2020 PASSED BY THE X ADDL. I CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, MYSURU, IN EX.NO.429/2016 AS PER ANNEXURE-M. THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: ORDER Respondent No.2 in this petition is stated to have expired on 14.08.2018. However, steps are not taken to bring his legal representatives on record. Consequently, the petition against respondent No.2 has abated. Since the decree in question is a joint decree, abatement of the 3 petition as against respondent No.2 would result in abatement of the writ petition in its entirety. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed as abated. Sd/- JUDGE sma