- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:7897-DB WA No. 1138 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR N. V. ANJARIA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.I.ARUN WRIT APPEAL NO.1138 OF 2024 (GM-CC) BETWEEN: 1. B.T. RAVIKUMAR AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS S/O B. THIMMA REDDY RAMALAYA ROAD JAGALUR TOWN DAVANAGERE DISTRICT - 577 528. …APPELLANT (BY SRI VINAYA KEERTHY M., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. ASST. COMMISSIONER HARAPPANAHALLI SUB-DIVISION HARAPPANAHALLI DAVANAGERE DISTRICT - 577 501. 2. TAHSILDAR JAGALUR TALUK - 577 528. DAVANAGERE DISTRICT. Digitally signed by H K HEMA Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:7897-DB WA No. 1138 of 2024 3. RUDRAMUNI AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS S/O B. BHEEMAPPA #103, VIDYANAGAR EXTN. JAGALUR TOWN - 577 528 DAVANAGERE DISTRICT. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI K.S.HARISH, GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE FOR R.1 AND R.2; MS. KRUTHIKA M.L., ADVOCATE FOR SRI K.V. NARASIMHAN, ADVOCATE FOR C/R-3.) THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 03.07.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.NO.668/2021 (GM) AND ALLOW W.P.NO.668/2019 (GM), ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.I.ARUN - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:7897-DB WA No. 1138 of 2024 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA) Learned advocates for the parties stated that the election has been held. 2. In that view, the substratum of the appeal is extinguished and the challenge in the appeal has become infructuous. Also produced before the court is the order dated 08.01.2025 passed in Writ Appeal No.1172 of 2024, which arises out of the very judgment and order impugned in this appeal and the said appeal was dismissed as infructuous. 3. In view of the above, the present appeal will not survive and stands disposed of accordingly. In view of disposal of the appeal, any interlocutory application that may be pending, would not survive and stands accordingly disposed of. Sd/- (N. V. ANJARIA) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE hkh. List No.: 1 Sl No.: 31