- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49486-DB WA No. 341 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT APPEAL NO. 341 OF 2024 (GM-R/C) BETWEEN: 1. SRI M R JAYARAM, AGED ABOUT 76 YEARS, DHARMADHIKARI, SREE YOGI NAREYANA MUTT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SRI YOGINAREYANA ASHRAMA) SRI KSHETHRA KAIWARA CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT-563128. 2. SRI RAJAPPA S/O MUNIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/AT ALAMBAGIRI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 3. SRI M A NARAYANASWAMY S/O ASHWATHAPPA, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, R/AT MAILAPURA, KAIWARA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563128. Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49486-DB WA No. 341 of 2024 4. SRI RAVINDRA NAIDU S/O CHENNAIAH, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, R/AT KAIWARA CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563128. 5. SRI SRINIVASA REDDY S/O CHINNAPPAYYA, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, R/AT ALAMBAGIRI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 6. SRI C VENKATESH S/O CHIKKAMUNIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, R/AT ALAMBAGIRI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 7. SRI A N MANJUNATH S/O NANJAPPA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/AT ALAMBAGIRI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMAIN TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 8. SRI NARAYANA SWAMY S/O LATE ANJAPPA, AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS, R/AT MUNAGANAHALLI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 9. SRI B N NAGARAJ - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49486-DB WA No. 341 of 2024 AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, S/O NARAYANAPPA, R/AT BALAJIGARA BEEDHI, KAIWARA, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563128. 10. SRI KRISHNAPPA S/O DODDAYYA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS R/AT KAIWARA, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563128. …APPELLANTS (BY SRI. JAGADEESH C K, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT, CHIKKABALLAPUR-562101. 2. SRI V RAMACHAR S/O SRI VASUDEVACHAR, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, RESIDING AT ALAMBAGIRI VILLAGE, KASABA HOBLI, CHINTAMANI TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT-563125. 3. SRI SUDARSHANACHAR S/O SRI VASUDEVACHAR, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, RESIDING AT KODANDARAMASWAMY, TEMPLE, EJIPURA, BANGALORE-560047 4. SRI SRINIVASACHAR S/O VENKATANARASIMHACHAR, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49486-DB WA No. 341 of 2024 RESIDING AT VENKATARAMANASWAMY AND ANJANEYA SWAMY TEMPLE, ANKATHATTI VILLAGE, KOLAR TALUK AND DISTRICT-563102. 5. THE COMMISSIONER FOR HINDU RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS MINTO ANJANEYA BHAVAN, A V ROAD, CHAMARAJPET, BANGALORE-560018. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K.S. HARISH, ADVOCATE FOR R1 & R5) THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 29.11.2023, PASSED BY THE HONBLE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HONBLE COURT IN WRIT PETITION No.20932/2010 TO 20945/2010 (GM-R/C) AND REMIT BACK THE ABOVE MATTER TO THE HONBLE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE FOR FRESH CONSIDERATION OF THE GRIEVANCES OF THE APPELLANTS HEREIN ON MERITS. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. None appears for the appellants. 2. A memo has been filed to withdraw the present appeal. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49486-DB WA No. 341 of 2024 3. In view of the memo, the present appeal is dismissed as withdrawn. 4. All pending applications stand disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE BS List No.: 2 Sl No.: 7