- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD 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. 67 OF 2025 BETWEEN: 1. THE KARNATAKA STATE NOMADIC TRIBES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (REG). REP. BY ITS STATE PRESIDENT SRI S. RAMASWAMY AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, NO.5, 1ST MAIN ROAD VAISHNAVI LAYOUT, VIDYARANYAPURA, BENGALURU 560097 2. SMT. BHAGYAMMA, W/O HANUMAYYA, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O RANGANAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMAKURU DISTRICT-572132. 3. SMT. BHAGYAMMA W/O CHIKKATIMMAYYA AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, R/O NEERKALLU CHINNENAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKURU DISTRICT-572133. 4. SMT. SAVITRAMMA, W/O LATE NAGAPPA, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 R/O MEDIGESHI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKURU DISTRICT-572133 5. SMT SAVITRAMMA, W/O RANGARAJU AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS R/O BRAHMADEVARAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKURU DISTRICT-572132. 6. SMT SANEEVAMMA W/O SHIVANNA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS. R/O BRAHMADEVARAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKURU DISTRICT-572132. 7. SMT. SAKAMMA W/O. THIMMARAJU AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, R/O BRAHMADEVARAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKURU DISTRICT-572112., 8. SMT. SOUBHAGYA, W/O GOVINDRAJU, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O MAGADIPALYA. BADAVANAHALLI DODDERI, MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKURU DISTRICT-572132 9. SRI NARASIMHAMURTHY. S/O BASAVAIAH, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O CHINAKAVAJRA MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 10. SMT. NAGAMANI K., W/O BALAKRISHNA, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O KAMBADAHALLI, NAGAMANGALA TALUK, MYSURU DISTRICT-571802 11. SMT. NAGARATNA W/O LATE RANGASWAMY AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, R/O AAVIKATTI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572225. 12. SMT. PARVATHAMMA, W/O. NAGARAJU, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O BANDENAHALLI VILLAGE, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572124 13. SMT. PRABHAVATAMMA, W/O C. R. SRINIVAS REDDY. AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O CHENNENAHALLI, MEDIGESHI MAHDUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572133 14. SMT. SHAILAJA G. N W/O. LINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O DODDAMALUR, KODIGENAHALLI GUBBI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572127. 15. SMT LAKSHMAMMA, W/O K MALLESHAWARAIAH, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O KATTIGENAHALLI CHENNENAHALLI GUBBI TALUK TUMAKURU DISTRICT-572133. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 16. SMT LAKSHMAMMA W/O HANUMANTARAYAPPA AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/O NEERAKALLU MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572133 17. SMT. SHILPA D/O SHIVANNA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/O TIMMALAPURA DODDER, MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572112. 18. SMT SHIVAMMA W/O NANJUDAPPA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, R/O KAMBAAHALLI VILLAGE KORATGERE TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 19. SRI SHIVAKUMAR S/O. BOREGOUDA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O CHINAKAVAJRA MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 20. SRI MALLIKARJUNAPPA S/O ADINARAYANAPPA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O HOGE BEELU GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT - 572216. 21. SRI MUKUNDAYYA M. D. S/O LATE DODDAYYA M. S. AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O MARABHALLI KASABA VILLAGE KUNIGAL TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572130. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 22. SMT MUDDAMMA W/O LATE GOVINDAPPA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O DEVANAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 23. SRI VENKATESHBABU S/O LATE NAGABHUSHANA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O TIPPAGONDANAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT.-572132 24. SMT. YASHODA W/O LATE RAJANNA AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O TUNGOTI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 25. SMT. ANNAPURNAMMA W/O. CHIKKARANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, R/O MANCHENAHALLI TURUVEKERE TALUK OR D. V. HALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 26. SMT. AMBIKA W/O. KRISHNARAJU, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/O. DEVANAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 27. SMT. ARUNA W/O. RAMALINGA REDDY. C. R., AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O. CHENNENAHALLI, MEDIGESHI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 28. SMT. ASHA W/O. AKASH. N. S AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/O. HARIJAN COLONY, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 29. SMT. ASHARANI, W/O. GOVINDAIAH. AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O. BHUVI COLONY. K.R. BADAWANE, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 30. SMT. IRAMMA, W/O. K. RANGAIAH, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/O. CHENNENAHALLI, MEDIGESHI. MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133. 31. SMT. USHA W/O. RAMANJANAIAH, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O. BEDATTUR. MEDIGESHI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 32. SMT. RAVIPRAKASH. S. V. S/O. VEERABADRAIAH, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O. SIDDAPURA MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 33. SMT. UMADEVI, W/O. NAGARAJU. C. AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS, - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 R/O. NEERKALLU, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133. 34. SMT. RANGATAYAMMA W/O. RAMAKRISHNA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/O. GONGODANA HALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 35. SMT. RATNAMMA W/O. CHIKKANANJAPPA. AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O. DODDAVEERAGONDANA HALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 36. SMT. RATNAMMA W/O. NAGABHUSHANA, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, R/O. TIPPAGONDANAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132 37. SRI. UDDAIAH, S/O. DODDAIAH. AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, R/O. ITAKUDIBBANAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 124. 38. SMT. HANAMAKKA, W/O. RANGAPPA, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O. BRAHMADEVARAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 39. SMT. KANTAMANI, - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 W/O. SHANTAMANI, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O. KATTIGENAHALLI, CHENNENAHALLI, GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133. 40. SRI. KRISHNAPPA, S/O. HANUMANTARAYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS, R/O. D. V. HALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 41. SMT. KOMALAMMA, W/O. SHIVANNA, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/O. KATTIGENAHALLI, CHENNENAHALLI, GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133. 42. SRI. GOVINDARAJU. M. S. S/O. SANNAPPA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O. MARIPALYA, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 112. 43. SMT. GOWRAMMA, W/O. LATE MALERANGAPPA, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS R/O. BRAHMADEVARAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 44. SMT. GEETHA W/O. THIMMANNA, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, R/O. BRAHMADEVARAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132 - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 45. SRI. THIMMARAJU S/O. LATE THIPPESWAMI, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, R/O. THIPPAGONDANAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132 46. SMT. CHANDRAMMA, W/O. LATE THIPPESWAMI, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, R/O. BASAVANAHALLI, SHIRA TALUK, TUMAKURU DISTRICT-572 132 47. SRI. CHANDRAKUMAR. K. N. AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, S/O. NARAYANASWAMI, R/O KURUDINAHALLI KUNIGAL TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 130 48. SMT. CHAITRA. R D/O. HEMANTHGOUDA, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O. AREGUJJANAHALLI, URDIGERE, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 140. 49. SMT. CHOWDAMMA W/O. THIPPESWAMI, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/O. THIPPAGONDANAHALLI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 50. SMT. BHULAKSHMAMMA W/O. ASHWATTAPPA, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, R/O. BORAMUTHANAHALLI, - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 51. SMT. SANNARANGAMMA W/O. PALLAPPA. R, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS R/O. CHINNENAHALLI, MEDIGESHI, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572133. 52. SMT. SHIVAMMA W/O. HANUMANTAPPA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O. S. M. KRISHNA BADAWANE, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572132. 53. SMT. JAYAMMA, W/O. RAMANNA, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, R/O. CHINAKAVAJRA, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 54. SMT. PADMAVATHI W/O. C. VENKATESH, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/O. BHOVI COLONY, K.R. BADAVANE, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 132. 55. SRI. KAMARAJU S/O SHETTYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/O BRAHMADEVARAHALLI MADHUGIRI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 112 56. SMT. PUTTAMMA - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 W/O RANGANATHAYYA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS R/O SAJJE HOSAHALLI, DODDERI. MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 112. 57. SMT. PUTTAMMA W/O. JAGANATAPPA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/O. DODDAHOSAHALLI, PURAVARA MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 175 58. SMT PADMAVAN W/O JAYARAW REDDY C. R.. AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/O. CHENNENAHALLI, MEDIGESHI, MADHUGIRI TALUK. TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 133 59. SMT. PADMAVATI W/O. SHIVALINGAIAH. AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, R/O SOORENAGENAHALLI, DODDAMALURU, KODIGENAHALLI. MADHUGIRI TALUK. TUMKUR DISTRICT-572 112. …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI. SOMASHEKHARAIAH R P, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560001 2. SMT. SUSHEELAMMA K.A.S. AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 THE MANAGING DIRECTOR. RAJIV GANDHI RURAL HOUSING CORPORATION, 7TH FLOOR, CAUVERY BHAVAN, BENGALURU 560044 3. SRI SURESH, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, THE CHIEF OFFICER CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MADHUGIRI TOWN AND TALUK TUMAKURU DISTRICT 572132 4. DR. N. THIPPESWAMY K.S. K.A.S AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS THE ADDL. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER TUMAKURU DISTRICT TUMAKURU - 572132 …ACCUSED (BY SRI. NAVEEN CHANDRASHEKAR,AGA FOR A1 & A4 SMT SUMANA BALIGA, ADVOCATE FOR A2 SRI NAGARAJ D, ADVOCATE FOR A3) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE, CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ACCUSED PERSONS FOR WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDERS PASSED BY THIS HONBLE HIGH COURT IN WP NO.17776/2023 DATED 19/04/2024 UNDER ANNEXURE-A AND SENTENCE THEM FOR IMPRISONMENT. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA - 13 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainants have filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 19.04.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.17776/2023 (LB-RES). In terms of the said order, the Court had directed the accused to redo the exercise and publish a fresh list of beneficiaries, after considering the candidature of petitioners whose names featured in the list, annexed as Annexure-G to the said petition. 2. It was one of the contentions advanced during the course of the proceedings that Annexure-G also included the names of persons, who do not belong to nomadic community, but belong to forward classes. In the aforesaid backdrop, the Court had observed as under: 4. It remains indisputable that Annexure-G also contains the names of those who indeed belong to nomadic communities, and if they are identified for allotment in the year 2018 on such basis, this Court is of the considered view that this list [Annexure – G] cannot be ignored entirely in review on the ground that persons who do not belong to this community are included. This Court must interfere solely on this ground and direct the Additional Deputy Commissioner - 14 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 concerned to redo the exercise and publish a fresh list of beneficiaries after considering the candidature of the petitioners whose names figure in the list in Annexure-G. 5. Hence, the petition stands disposed of accordingly enabling the petitioners to file their representations with the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Madhugiri for re- consideration as now directed, and the petitioner will be at liberty to file their representations within a period of four [4] weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. It is clarified that in the light of this specific direction, the respondents cannot give effect to the resolution dated 05.01.2024. 3. The accused has filed an affidavit of compliance, inter alia, affirming that the selection committee had passed an order dated 25.09.2024 examining the names of persons reflected in Annexure- G to the writ petition and redoing the list in compliance with the said order. The said order is also annexed as Annexure-R1 to the affidavit of compliance. The same also includes a fresh list of persons found eligible for allotment. 4. In view of the above, the order passed by the Court has been complied with and therefore, the present complaint is closed. We, however, clarify that this would not preclude the complainants from - 15 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41920-DB CCC No. 67 of 2025 availing any remedies in respect of the order dated 25.09.2024 and the fresh list as compiled by the accused, in accordance with law. SD/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE SD/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND List No.: 1 Sl No.: 52