- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:35103-DB WP No. 19271 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VENKATESH NAIK T WRIT PETITION NO. 19271 OF 2022 (GM-KLA) BETWEEN: SMT. SHOBHARANI G., W/O MAHALINGA SWAMY, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS PDO, KOLLEGALA TALUK PANCHAYATH, KOLLEGALA, CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT-571440 R/AT DOOR NO.35, GURUKRUPA NILAYA, BEHIND LUTHARAN CHURCH, G.P. MALLAPPAPURAM, KOLLEGALA, CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT-571 440. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. K.RAVISHANKAR, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATH RAJ(Z.P.) VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. THE REGISTRAR KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTHA M.S. BUILDING, Digitally signed by VASANTHA KUMARY B K Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:35103-DB WP No. 19271 of 2022 DR. B.R.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU-560 001. 3. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ZILLA PANCHAYATH, CHAMARAJANAGAR, CHAMARAJANAGARA DISTRICT-571 313. 4. THE KUNTHUR GRAMA PANCHAYATH REPRESENTED BY ITS PANCHAYATH DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, KUNTHUR GRAMA PANCHAYATH KOLLEGALA TALUK, CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT-571 442. 5. E.MURTHY S/O LATE ERAIAH MAJOR R/AT AMBEDKAR HOSABEEDI KUNTUR VILLAGE AND POST KOLLEGALA TALUK CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT-571 442. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. PRATHIBHA R.K., AGA FOR R1; SRI. VENKATESH ARABATTI, ADVOCATE FOR R2; SRI. CHANDRAKANTH R. GOULAY, ADVOCATE FOR R3; R4 THE KUNTHUR GRAMA PANCHAYATH, KOLLEGALA TALUK - SERVED (AS PER POSTAL TRACK REPORT); R5 IS SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT CERTIORARI AND QUASH THE IMPUGNED REPORT DATED 24.01.2022 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT BEARING No.COMPLAINT/UPALOK/MYS/1333/2020/PP (PRODUCED VIDE ANNEXURE-K) TO THE WRIT PETITION (II) ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND QUASH THE IMPUGNED GOVERNMENT ORDER DATED 30.04.2022 PASSED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT BEARING No.GRA AA PA 22 GRA PUM KAA 2022 (PRODUCED VIDE ANNEXURE-L) TO THE WRIT PETITION. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:35103-DB WP No. 19271 of 2022 THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VENKATESH NAIK T ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH) Heard Sri. K. Ravishankar, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. After arguing the matter for sometime, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he would like to withdraw this writ petition and face the domestic enquiry pursuant to the report submitted by the Lokayukta under Section 12 of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984. 3. Considering the said submission, we dismiss this writ petition as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to participate in the domestic enquiry and raise all pleas as may be available to her. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:35103-DB WP No. 19271 of 2022 Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. SD/- (D K SINGH) JUDGE SD/- (VENKATESH NAIK T) JUDGE DHA List No.: 1 Sl No.: 1