- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S SUNIL DUTT YADAV WRIT PETITION NO. 5350 OF 2014 (KLR-RR/SUR) BETWEEN: M/S CITILIGHTS ESTATES PVT. LTD., A COMPANY REGISTERED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 1956, HAVING THEIR BRANCH OFFICE AT: NO.3795, 7TH MAIN, HAL 2ND STAGE, INDIRANAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 038 REPRESENTED BY ITS COO, MR. ARUN BALAKRISHNAN. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. F.M. PARVEEZ, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, M.S BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BANGALORE - 560 001. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF REGISTRATION AND COMMISSIONER OF STAMPS, DEPARTMENT OF STAMPS AND REGISTRATION 8TH FLOOR, KANDAYA BHAVAN, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009. Digitally signed by VIJAYA P Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 3. THE TAHSILDAR, ANEKAL TALUK, BANGALORE URBAN DISTRICT, BANGALORE - 562 106. 4. THE SUB-REGISTRAR, SARJAPUR HOBLI, ANEKAL TALUK, BANGALORE URBAN DISTRICT, BANGALORE - 562 106. 5. MR. S. DAVID S/O LATE STEPHEN, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, R/A BEGUR VILLAGE, BEGUR HOBLI, BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK - 560 068. 6. MR. A. MANJUNATH S/O SRI. ARJUNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, R/A DODDAKAMMANAHALLI VILLAGE, GOTIGERE POST,BANNERGHATTA ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 083. 7. MR. V. RAVI KUMAR S/O SRI H.S. VENKATA RAO, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/AT NO.25-A, 9TH CROSS, J.P NAGAR, 1ST STAGE, BANGALORE - 560 078. 8. MR. G.N. MAHESH REDDY, S/O SRI. G.P. NARAYANA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 R/A NO.L-75, 15TH CROSS, 6TH SECTOR, HSR LAYOUT, BANGALORE - 560 102. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SPOORTHY HEGDE, AGA FOR R1 TO R4) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE R-4 TO SEND INTIMATION SLIPS AS PER RULE 63 OF THE KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE RULES, 1966 TO THE R-3 REGARDING PURCHASE OF THE SCHEDULE PROPERTIES BY THE PETITIONER AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S SUNIL DUTT YADAV ORAL ORDER The present petition has been filed seeking for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus to direct respondent No.4 to send intimation slip to respondent No.3 regarding purchase of schedule properties by the petitioner. 2. The petitioner in effect has sought for effecting of revenue entries of land which has been converted to non-agricultural purpose. It is made out from the facts - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 that respondent No.5 had sold the schedule properties to M/s. Prestige Valley View Estates Pvt. Ltd., under registered sale deed and in the year 2009 onwards, M/s. Prestige Valley View Estates Pvt. Ltd., is stated to have executed sale deeds conveying the schedule properties to the petitioner. It is submitted that despite such sale deeds reflecting transfer of ownership, there was no change in the entries. 3. Learned Additional Government Advocate submits that as the land is a converted land, the petitioner is required to make out a fresh representation to the Tahsildar - respondent No.3 and if such representation is made, giving details of the sale deeds along with orders effecting conversion of land to non-agricultural propose, necessary entries would be effected as per procedure and in terms of the applicable law. 4. Learned counsel to the petitioner submits that they have made various representations, but would make - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 a fresh representation within 10 days on receipt of the order from this Court disposing of the writ petition. 5. In light of the stand of the learned Government Counsel, petition is disposed of. The petitioner to make out representation to respondent No.3 - Tahsildar within 10 days, seeking effecting of transfer of revenue entries by enclosing sale deeds, copy of orders converting land to non-agricultural purpose and other documents. Upon such representation being made and the petitioner making out all other clarifications and submitting documents as may be required, the respondent - State to pass necessary orders on the said representation within a period of six weeks thereafter. 6. Insofar as the request of the petitioner at prayer No.(i) is concerned, learned Additional Government Advocate submits that the question of sending intimation slip does not arise so far as land is already converted to non-agricultural purpose. The said submission is taken - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41756 WP No. 5350 of 2014 note of. In the interregnum, the State not to effect any further revenue entries till the request of the petitioner is disposed of. 7. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Sd/- (S SUNIL DUTT YADAV) JUDGE MCR