- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48830-DB CCC No. 1071 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1071 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. SRI. MUNISHAMAPPA S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS, R/AT NO.240, YELUVAHALLI ROAD, INDIRANAGAR, VIJAYAPURA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT - 562 135. 2. SRI. ERAPPA S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, R/AT NO.92/1 AT B.K.HALLI POST, BANDI KODIGEHALLI, BENGALURU - 562 149. 3. SRI. SADAPPA S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, R/AT NO.225, JAKKUR VILLAGE AND POST, YELAHANKA HOBLI, YELAHANKA TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 064. 4. SRI. RAJAPPA S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, R/O SHETTIHALLI VILLAGE, VIJAYAPURA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT - 562 135. 5. SRI. PILLAPPA S/O LATE MUNIYAPPA, Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48830-DB CCC No. 1071 of 2025 AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/O SHETTIHALLI VILLAGE, VIJAYAPURA HOBLI, DEVANAHALLI TALUK, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT - 562 135. …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI. RAMESH K R., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. MANIVANNAN P. FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE COMPLAINANT, AGED; MAJOR, THE COMMISSIONER, BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, KUMARA PARK WEST, T. CHOWDAIAH ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 020. 2. SMT. KRUPALINI, FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE COMPLAINANT, AGED; MAJOR, THE ADDITIONAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, KUMARA PARK WEST, T. CHOWDAIAH ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 020. …ACCUSED (BY MR. SACHIN MADEV HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. SACHIN B.S., ADVOCATE FOR ACCUSED NO.1; ACCUSED NO.2 IS SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, PRAYING TO a) INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED NO.1 AND 2 FOR HAVING COMMITTED THE CONTEMPT OF THE ORDER DATED 24.01.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.NO.19972/2023 AT ANNEXURE - F AND DEAL WITH THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FOR HAVING COMMITTED SUCH ACTS. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48830-DB CCC No. 1071 of 2025 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 complainants have filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of an order dated 24.1.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.19972/2023 (LA-BDA). The operative part of the said order reads as under: i. Petitioners are given liberty to make a fresh representation to the respondent - Authorities with all the relevant documents and respondent Nos.2 and 3 are directed to consider the request of the petitioners and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of the said representation. ii. The writ petition is accordingly, disposed of 2. The complainants have made a representation. However, the same has not been disposed of. 3. The accused have now filed a memo indicating that a notice dated 7.11.2025 has been issued to the complainants calling upon them to provide certain documents. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48830-DB CCC No. 1071 of 2025 4. It is seen that some of the documents as sought for have already been provided by the complainants under the cover of the letter, which is annexed as Annexure-J. 5. The complainants may provide the further documents and in the event, the documents as sought for by the accused cannot be provided as well as if the said documents are not available, to submit an explanation for the same. 6. Needless to state that the accused shall consider the same and comply with the order dated 24.1.2024. 7. In view of the notice, the complaint is closed. However, with liberty to the complainants to revive the same, if the final orders are not passed. SD/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE SD/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND/List No.: 1 Sl No.: 40