- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36915 WP No. 18358 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO.18358 OF 2025 (KLR-RES) BETWEEN: MRS. REETA A. W/O. SRI JOSEPH AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS R/AT NO.004, GREEN INDIA DAISY APARTMENT, CHOWRAPPA LAYOUT 1ST CROSS ROAD, NEAR RAJKUMAR PARK KAMMANAHALLI BENGALURU – 560 084. …PETITIONER (BY SRI G. B. MANJUNATHA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE MULTISTORIED BUILDING K. R. CIRCLE, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDI BENGALURU – 560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY. 2. THE SPECIAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (REVENUE), BENGALURU DISTRICT K. G. ROAD, BENGALURU–560009. 3. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BENGALURU EAST SUB-DIVISION K. G. ROAD, BENGALURU – 560009. 4. THE TAHSILDAR BENGALURU EAST TALUK Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36915 WP No. 18358 of 2025 K. R. PURAM BENGALURU–560036. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI SESHU V., H.C.G.P.) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE RESPONDENTS TO RESTRAIN FROM INTERFERING WITH THE PEACEFUL POSSESSION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE SCHEDULE PROPERTY OF THE PETITIONER AND FROM DISPOSSESSING THE PETITIONER FROM THE SCHEDULE PROPERTY. THIS WRIT PETITION IS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS ORAL ORDER Learned High Court Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents. 2. The prayer in the writ petition is to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to restrain them from interfering with the peaceful possession of the petition schedule property and to ensure that they do not dispossess the petitioner from the land in question. It is the contention of the petitioner that he has purchased a residential site bearing No.13, BBMP Khatha - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36915 WP No. 18358 of 2025 No.299/7 measuring 3500 square feet under a registered sale date dated 23.07.2021 at Annexure-A. 3. Learned High Court Government Pleader raises an objection that firstly the petitioner has purchased a residential site and she claims that there is a katha registered in the office of the BBMP. This Court is concerned with the matters arising out of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act and not provisions of the BBMP Act or the new Greater Bengaluru Authority Act (for short ‘GBA Act’). Moreover, the prayer sought by the petitioner from dispossession cannot be sought before this Court. The petitioner will have to approach a competent civil court to protect her interest. 4. There is substance in the submission made by the learned High Court Government Pleader. Even if it is a claim by the respondent authorities that the land in question is a Government land, even then the petitioner will have to approach a competent civil court to protect - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36915 WP No. 18358 of 2025 her interest. Such directions not to interfere with the peaceful possession of the petition schedule property cannot be granted in a writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. 5. Learned High Court Government Pleader is permitted to file memo of appearance within a period of four weeks from today. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE KLY/- CT:VC