- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18968-DB CCC No. 925 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 04TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION No. 925 OF 2023 BETWEEN: 1. SMT CHANDRAMMA W/O RAMACHANDRA REDDY, AGED 68 YEARS, R/AT BADRAPPA LAYOUT, NAGASHETTYHALLI, RMC EXTENSION, BENGALURU – 94 2. SMT. KANTHI W/O C. MOHANRAI, AGED 62 YEARS, R/AT MATHIKERE, BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU – 54 3. SMT. GEETHA W/O K RAGANATH, AGED 53 YEARS, R/AT NO.1/11, 10TH CROSS, 1ST MAIN, RT NAGAR POST TIMMAIAH GARDEN, BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU – 560 032. 4. SMT. K. MOHANA W/O N KRISHNAPPA, AGED 65 YEARS, R/AT RASASNGAR, BENGALURU NORTH, BENGALURU - 560010. Digitally signed by RUPA V Location: High Court of karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18968-DB CCC No. 925 of 2023 5. SMT. SHAKUNTHALA K., W/O C. KRISHAPPA, AGED 59 YEARS, MATADAHALLI, BANASHANKARI, BENGALURU – 32 6. B. PRABHAVATHI W/O LATE BAVARLAL BAPANA, AGED 61 YEARS, R/AT MATADAHALLI, R.T.NAGAR, BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU 7. SMT. ANASUYA G., W/O DODDABORAIAH, AGED 64 YEARS, R/AT R.T.NAGAR, BENGALURU NORTH, BENGALURU – 32 8. SMT. INDIRANI A., W/O ANTHONY, AGED 62 YEARS, R/AT MATADAHALLI, R.T.NAGAR, BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU – 32 …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI KALYAN R, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, VIKAS SOUDHA, BANGALORE - 01 REPTD. BY ITS SECRETARY - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18968-DB CCC No. 925 of 2023 2. NAGARAJU, THE PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, RAJANKUNTE GRAMA PANCHAYAT, BANGALORE NORTH TALUK, BANGALORE - 64. …ACCUSED (BY SMT NAMITHA MAHESH, AGA FOR A1; SRI M.SHIVAPRAKASH, ADVOCATE FOR A2) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANTS, WHEREIN THEY PRAY THAT THE HON’BLE COURT BE PLEASED TO PUNISH THE ACCUSED FOR WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF ORDER DATED 20.04.2023 BY NOT OBEYING THE DIRECTIONS PASSED IN W.P.NO.2534/2022 AS PER ANNEXURE-A TO THIS PETITION FOR HAVING COMMITTED CONTEMPT OF COURT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) This Contempt Petition is filed alleging willful disobedience of the Order dated 20.04.2023 passed by the learned single Judge in W.P.No.2534/2022 (LB-RES). 2. Operative portion of the Order reads as under: (i) The writ petition is allowed. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18968-DB CCC No. 925 of 2023 (ii) The respondent No.3 is directed to consider the representations submitted by the petitioners at Annexure-A to A15 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in accordance with law, if necessary by calling upon the petitioners to supply any further documents. (iii) The petitioners are also permitted to file such documents as the petitioners seek to rely upon to the concerned respondent. (iv) This Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter. 3. In the present contempt petition, accused No.2/respondent has entered appearance and filed statement of objections on 03.11.2023 and 25.03.2025. Along with the statement of objections filed on 25.03.2025, endorsement dated 12.12.2024 was produced. The said endorsement indicates that the representation of the petitioners/ complainants has been considered in detail by assigning reasons and came to be rejected. 4. Sri R.Kalyan, learned counsel for the complainants submits that the contents found in the endorsement dated 12.12.2024 are far from truth and no inspection has been - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:18968-DB CCC No. 925 of 2023 carried out and no constructions have come up as stated in the said endorsement. He also contends that the proceedings were not conducted in the presence of the complainants. The aforesaid submission cannot be gone into in this proceedings. The correctness of the endorsement cannot be adjudicated in the present contempt petition and the complainants have to challenge the same in accordance with law. 5. In view of the said rejection of the representation, present contempt petition is closed reserving liberty to complainants to seek available remedy against the endorsement dated 12.12.2024 in accordance with law. All the contentions urged on the endorsement are kept open. With the above liberty, contempt proceeding is dropped. Sd/- (K.S.MUDAGAL) JUDGE Sd/- (VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) JUDGE kcm List No.: 1 Sl No.: 12