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HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36418-DB CCC No. 827 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 827 OF 2024
BETWEEN:
SMT. NAGAMMA W/O LATE VENKATARAJU AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS R/AT No.68, NEW BINNAMANGALA AK COLONY INDIRANAGAR BENGALURU - 560 038. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI SRINIVASAMURTHY S.R., ADV.)
AND:
1.
STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU - 560 001.
…PROFORMA RESPONDENT
Digitally signed by CHANNEGOWDA PREMA Location: High Court of Karnataka
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2.
H. SRINIVAS TAHASILDAR BENGALURU SOUTH TALUK REVENUE BHAVANA BENGALURU - 560 001. …ACCUSED (BY SMT. SARITHA KULKARNI, AGA)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHEREIN PRAYS THAT THE HONBLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR HAVING NOT CONSIDER OR PASS ANY ORDERS PURSUANT TO THE DIRECTIONS ISSUED BY THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA IN WP NO.24749/2022, DATED 10.08.2023.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,
JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K
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HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36418-DB CCC No. 827 of 2024
ORAL JUDGMENT
(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K)
This Civil Contempt proceeding is initiated against the respondents/accused for the willful disobedience of the
order passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.24749/2022 dated 10.08.2023, whereby the learned Single Judge passed the following order;
(i)
"The writ petition is allowed.
(ii) A mandamus is issued directing respondent No.5 to consider the representations dated 08.09.2017, 11.10.2018, 28.06.2022 at Annexure-E series within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this
order."
2. Learned Additional Government Advocate has filed a compliance affidavit dated 04.09.2025 along with an endorsement issued by respondent No.2- Tahsildar, Bengaluru South Taluk, Bengaluru.
3. We have perused the endorsement. The same depicts that the representations of the complainant dated
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08.09.2017, 11.10.2018 and 28.06.2000 have been considered by respondent No.2.
4. In that view of the matter, considering the limited scope of this contempt petition, same is dropped. However, if the complainant is aggrieved by the said endorsement, she is at liberty to challenge the same in accordance with law.
Sd/- (ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE
Sd/- (RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE
PN List No.: 3 Sl No.: 82