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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19th DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO.494 OF 2024
BETWEEN:
SRI. PRAVEEN KUMAR B.N.
S/O NAGAPPA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/AT No.1300, 1ST FLOOR 21ST B MAIN, HSR LAYOUT SECTOR 1 BENGALURU-560 102 ...COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. VINOD PRASAD, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1 . SMT. RANJITHA L.
W/O KARTHIK AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS CEO/SECRETARY KARNATAKA STATE COLLEGE LECTURERS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
No.55/1, 3RD CROSS GURUKULA LAYOUT J.P. NAGAR, KUPPULRU MYSURU-570 031
2 . SRI. MAHADEVA SWAMY M.S.
S/O SHIVAPPA M. PRESIDENT KARNATAKA STATE COLLEGE LECTURERS
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2 AND SCHOOL TEACHERS HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
No.22, 2ND CROSS BASAWESHWARA MARGA (IN-FRONT OF THE PARK) GURUKULA LAYOUT J.P. NAGAR, KUPPULRU MYSURU-570 031 …ACCUSED
(BY SRI. DEVI PRASAD SHETTY, ADVOCATE FOR A1 & A2)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT PRAYING TO INITIATE ACTION FOR THE WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER OF THIS COURT DATED 05.12.2023 PASSED IN W.P.No.19832/2022, WHEREBY THE POSITIVE ORDER OF ADDL. REGISTRAR, CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES DATED 12.04.2022, TO ALLOT THE SITE IS CONFIRMED.
THIS PETITION HAVING BEEN HEARD AND RESERVED FOR
JUDGMENT ON 06.08.2025 AND COMING ON FOR PRONOUNCEMENT OF JUDGMENT THIS DAY, ANU SIVARAMAN J., PRONOUNCED THE FOLLOWING:
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K
CAV JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN)
This Contempt of Court case is filed alleging non- compliance of the
order dated 05.12.2023 in W.P.No.19832/2022. The writ petition was filed challenging the communication dated 12.04.2022 in No.HSG- 1/61/HHS/2021-22 issued by respondent No.2. The writ
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3 petition was dismissed holding that the petitioner's conduct disentitled him to relief, whereby upholding the Registrar of Co-operative Societies order dated 12.04.2022 for allotment of Site No.219 in the name of Shri. Praveen Kumar B.N, the complainant.
2. We have heard Shri. Vinod Prasad, learned counsel for the complainant and Shri. Devi Prasad Shetty,
learned counsel for accused No. 1 and 2.
3. The complainant submits that though the writ petition filed against the order of the Registrar of Co- operative Societies was dismissed by this Court, the allotment in favour of the complainant has still not been effected.
4. Having considered the contentions advanced, we are of the opinion that since the writ petition filed by the Society stands dismissed, it is for the complainant to work out his remedies for allotment of the Site if the same has not been done in compliance with the order passed by the competent officer under the Co-operative Societies Act.
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4 Since the writ petition stands dismissed there is no question of non-compliance with the directions of this Court and a complaint alleging Contempt of Court would not be maintainable in the facts and circumstances of the case.
5. The Contempt of Court Case is closed without prejudice to the right of the complainant to avail the appropriate remedies as available to him under law and to seek allotment in terms of applicable orders.
Sd/- (ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE
Sd/- (RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE
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