- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32894 WP No. 5878 of 2021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN WRIT PETITION NO. 5878 OF 2021 (LB-RES) BETWEEN: SRI VIJAYAKUMAR AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, S/O LATE S SHARADHAMMA AND LATE GOPI, SHOP NO.56, 57 AND 91, MANDI MARKET, MANDI MOHALLA, MYSORE-570 001. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. B.S. NAGARAJ, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY M.S. BUILDING, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. THE MYSURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE MYSURU CITY MYSURU-570 001, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. H.K. KENCHEGOWDA, AGA FOR R1; SRI. HEMANTH P., ADVOCATE FOR SMT. M.P. GEETHADEVI, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THIS PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE NOTICES DATED 21.01.2021 MADE IN Digitally signed by GEETHA P G Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32894 WP No. 5878 of 2021 REF.NO.R8(2)PR/255/2020-21 ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.2-MYSURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE VIDE ANNEXURE-A TO A2 RESPECTIVELY AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN ORAL ORDER 1. The writ petition is filed, challenging the notices issued by respondent no.2 calling upon the petitioner to vacate his shop. 2. The learned counsel for respondent No.2 upon instructions submits that the shop admittedly belong to respondent No.2 - the Mysuru Mahanagara Palike. However, the notices have been issued erroneously and hence, subsequently, the same have been withdrawn and appropriate proceedings under the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1974 have been initiated to have the petitioner evicted from the property. 3. It is seen that the writ petition pertains to issuance of impugned notices and nothing else. As the same has been - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32894 WP No. 5878 of 2021 withdrawn, the writ petition is hereby dismissed as having become infructuous. Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE VMB List No.: 1 Sl No.: 27