- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:40181-DB CCC No. 485 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 485 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SRI. VENKATACHALAIAH S/O LATE VENKATARAMANAIAH AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, RESIDING AT BANASAVADI VILLAGE KASABA HOBLI, NELAMANGALA TALUK BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT-562 130. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. OMKARA MURTHY G.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT REVENUE DEPARTMENT, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BANGALORE-560 001. 2. SRI. AMRUTH ATHRESH.H.R TAHASILDAR, NELAMANGALA TALUK NELAMANGALA, BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT -562 123. …ACCUSED (BY SRI. NAVEEN CHANDRASHEKAR., AGA; MEMO A/W DOCUMENT FILED IN COURT BY AGA, TAKEN ON RECORD AND THE SAME IS KEPT WITH FILE) Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:40181-DB CCC No. 485 of 2025 THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE APPROPRIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR THE WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE AND CONTEMPT OF THE ORDER DATED 10.09.2024 PASSED IN WP NO.18626/2024 (KLR-RES) VIDE ANNEXURE-D AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainant has filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 10.9.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.18626/2024. 2. The operative portion of the said order reads as under: 8. For the foregoing reasons, this Court proceeds to pass the following; ORDER (i) The writ petition is allowed. (ii) Respondent No.3 – Tahasildar is hereby directed to take cognizance of the Official Memorandum No.LND:SR:162:99-2000 dated 05.05.2006 as per Annexure-B and pass appropriate orders. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:40181-DB CCC No. 485 of 2025 (iii) Respondent No.3 – Tahasildar shall take cognizance of the observations made by this Court supra and shall also take note of Saguvali Chit issued to the similarly placed applicants, which is evidenced at Annexure-H. (iv) This exercise shall be accomplished within a period of three months." 3. Learned counsel for the accused has handed over a memo enclosing therewith an endorsement dated 9.9.2025, whereby the complainant’s case for issuance of a saguvali chit was considered and rejected. 4. In view of the above, the present complaint is closed with liberty to the complainant to challenge the endorsement, if so advised. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND List No.: 1 Sl No.: 37