- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO REGULAR FIRST APPEAL NO. 1445 OF 2022 (DEC/POS) BETWEEN: 1. THIPPESHAPPA S/O KAMPLAMMA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/O. NEAR I.T.I. COLLEGE SARASWATHI NAGARA SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 2. R. RAMESH S/O RAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/O. KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 …APPELLANTS (BY SRI. MANJUNATHA P., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SMT. SHARADAMMA W/O LATE OBLAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS 2. T.O. MANJUNATHA S/O LATE OBLAPPA AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS Digitally signed by CHANNEGOWDA PREMA Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 3. SMT. GEETHA D/O LATE OBLAPPA AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS 4. SMT. ROOPA D/O LATE OBALAPPA AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS 5. T.O. ANNAPPA SWAMY S/O LATE OBLAPPA AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS RESPONDENTS No.1 TO 5 ARE AGRICULTURISTS R/O. SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK-577 522 6. SMT. HANUMAMMA W/O LATE BASAPPA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS R/O. KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK-577 522 7. SMT. GOWRAMMA W/O KEMPANNA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS R/O. KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK-577 522 8. ONKARAPPA S/O KAMPLAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/O KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK SINCE DEAD BY LRS SMT YASHODAMMA W/O LATE ONKARAPPA - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS R/O. KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK-577 522 9. MURTHAPPA S/O LATE ONKARAPPA AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS R/O. KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK-577 522 10. 11. R. NAVEEN KUMAR S/O RAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS KALIKAMBA STREET SANTHEBENNURU VILLAGE CHANANGIRI TALUK MURTHAPPA S/O NARASIMHAPPA AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS R/O BEHIND POLICE STATION NAYAKA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK SINCE DEAD BY LRS SMT. SUDHA W/O LATE MURTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS R/O. NAYAKA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 12. VIJAYA KUMAR S/O LATE MURTHAPPA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS R/O. NAYAKA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 13. OBLAPPA S/O NARASIMHAPPA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/O. BEHIND POLICE STATION NAYAKA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 14. SMT. LOLAKSHA S/O NARASIMHAPPA AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS R/O. BEHIND POLICE STATION NAYAKA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 15. SMT. GANGAMMA W/O MANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS KALIKAMBA STREET SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 16. G.S. PRAMODA S/O G.P. JAGANATH AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS DR. PRAMODH CLINIC SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 17. HONNAPPA GOWDA S/O NINGANA GOWDA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS E-GRAM NEAR CANARA BANK SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 18. HANUMANTHAMMA W/O NINGANA GOWDA AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS BHEEMANERI VILLAGE - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 19. V. ANITHA W/O CHIGATERAPPA AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 20. RUDRESH S/O LATE BADAGI K.V. VEERABHADRACHARI AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS R/O. SHANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 522 21. V.B. RUDRESH S/O C.H. BASAVARAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS BHEEMANERI CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 22. Y. RAMACHANDRAPPA S/O YALLAPPA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS BHEEMANERI VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 23. H.S. PRAKASH AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS R/O. NAGARIKA SEVA SAMITHI SHIVAGANGA COLONY SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 225 24. K. MADAPPA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS R/O. NAGARIKA SEVA SAMITHI SHIVAGANGA COLONY SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 225 - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 25. SMT. KAVITHA W/O RAVIKUMAR AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 225 26. T.R. SRINIVASA S/O T. RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS HIRE KOGALURU CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 27. S.V. NAGAMANI W/O K.H. CHIDANANDA MURTHY AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS CHIKKAPETE, BASAVANNA TEMPLE CHITRADURGA DISTRICT-577 501 28. SMT. RENUKAMMA W/O GULEDARA SHIVAMURTHY AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS R/O. GUMMANOOR DAVANAGERE DISTRICT-577 534 29. D.S. RAJAPPA S/O SIDDAPPA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS SIDDANAMATTA VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 30. SMT. NIRMALA W/O MAHADEVAPPA AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 225 31. J. POORNIMA W/O RUDRESH AGED ABOUT 39 YARS SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 225 - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 32. D.K. PREMA W/O P.S. SIDDAPPA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS MEDIKERE VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 33. SHASHIKALA W/O ONKARAPPA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS NEAR I.T.I. COLLEGE SARASWATHI NAGARA SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 34. SMT. R. RADHAMMA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS UPPANAYAKANAHALLI VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 35. P.S. PRADEEP KUMAR S/O SHANTHAVEERAPPA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS 'B' DURGA, HOLALKERE NOW R/AT. SANTHEBENNURU CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 36. SHIVAMURTHY S/O PUTTA NAIKA OCC: TEACHER SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 37. S.M. SUDHA W/O SHANKRAPPA AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS R/O. YAKKEGONDI VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 38. R. NAGESH NAIKA S/O RAMA NAIKA AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 39. R. THIPPESHA NAIKA S/O RAMA NAIKA AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS 40. SMT. GANGAMMA W/O RUDRAPPA RESPONDENTS No.38 TO 40 ARE R/O. NEAR KEB, SANTHBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 41. J. JAYAPRAKASH S/O J. MANJUNATHA JAWALI AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS COLLEGE ROAD CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 213 42. S.V. SAKAMMA W/O S.R. BASAVAAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS 1ST CROSS, 4TH MAIN NEAR KRISHNA BUILDING VINOBA NAGARA DAVANAGERE PRESENT ADDRESS: SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 43. Y.B. RAVINDRA S/O YALIGAR BASAVARAJAPPA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS SANTHEBENNUR VILLAGE CHANNAGIRI TALUK-577 552 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. DEVENDRAPPA, ADVOCATE FOR R1 TO R5; SRI. MANJUNATH C., ADVOCATE FOR R15; SRI. R. GOPAL, ADVOCATE FOR R16 TO R23, R25, R26, R28, R29, R32 TO R38, R40 & R42) - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 THIS RFA IS FILED UNDER SECTION 96 OF CPC AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 11.07.2022 PASSED IN OS No.9/2013 ON THE FILE OF THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, CHANNAGIRI, DECREEING THE SUIT FOR DECLARATION AND POSSESSION AND ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN) Learned counsel for the appellants filed a memo seeking leave of the Court to withdraw the appeal. 2. The memo reads as under:- "The appellants above named most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble court be pleased to permit to withdraw the above said appeal and kindly direct the office to return entire court fee in the name of Appellant No.2 in the interest of justice and equity". 3. The memo is placed on record. 4. In view of the memo, the appeal is dismissed as withdrawn. - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:28137-DB RFA No. 1445 of 2022 5. The Court fee shall be refunded to appellant No.2 on proper identification, as applicable. Sd/- (ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE Sd/- (DR.K.MANMADHA RAO) JUDGE RAK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 53