- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44226-DB WP No. 32203 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT PETITION NO. 32203 OF 2025 (GM-RES-PIL) BETWEEN: 1. IRFAN KHAN S/O SANOBAR KHAN PATHAN AGE 39 YEARS OCC: BUSINESS R/O SUBHAS CIRCLE MAKAN GALLI TALUK AND DISTRICT HAVERI - 581 110 2. BASHEER AHMED S/O ABDUL GAFFAR MAKANDAR AGE 50 YEARS OCC: BUSINESS R/O SUBHAS CIRCLE MAKAN GALLI TALUK AND DISTRICT HAVERI - 581 110 3. NASEER AHMED S/O KHADAR SAB PATEL AGE 45 YEARS OCC: BUSINESS R/O SUBHAS CIRCLE MAKAN GALLI TALUK AND DISTRICT HAVERI - 581 110 Digitally signed by SRIDEVI S Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44226-DB WP No. 32203 of 2025 4. ZULFI @ JULFI S/O MOHMUSAB TATTIMANI AGE 33 YEARS OCC: BUSINESS R/O SUBHAS CIRCLE MAKAN GALLI TALUK AND DISTRICT HAVERI - 581 110 …PETITIONERS (BY MR. MD. AKRAM UPPIN, ADVOCATE FOR SRI SAMIT PARVATIKAR, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT M.S.BUILDING BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION V.V. TOWER DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU - 560 001. 3. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER D.C. OFFICE HAVERI - 581 110. 4. THE COMMISSIONER CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, HAVERI TALUK AND DISTRICT HAVERI - 581 110. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA) - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44226-DB WP No. 32203 of 2025 THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED WORK ORDER DATED 22/08/2025 BEARING NO.NaSaHa/TA.V/Vahi/ unnumbered/ 2025-26 ISSUED BY RESPONDENT NO.4 VIDE ANNEXURE-C & ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The petitioners have filed the present public interest litigation, inter alia, praying that the work order dated 28.08.2025 issued by respondent No. 4 be quashed. 2. It is contented by the petitioners that a public toilet in Subash Circle and Makan Galli located in Haveri City is being reconstructed. It is stated that the said location is at the edge of a water tank/pond known as Akka Mahadevi Honda falling in Survey No.258, measuring 13 acres and 17 guntas. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44226-DB WP No. 32203 of 2025 3. The petitioners state that the said water body is located at a height and it serves as a water reservoir for the city. It is the petitioners' case that the construction of a public toilet at the edge of the said lake would pollute the said reservoir. It is stated that the toilet complex had been constructed at same spot earlier, but it had been demolished on account of issues relating to pollution. 4. In view of the above, we consider it apposite to direct that the present petition be considered as a representation before the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board as well as respondent No.4 to take necessary steps in accordance with law. 5. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE SD List No.: 1 Sl No.: 10