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2026 DAILYLAW 20659 (KAR)

PRATHIKSHA TECHNOLOGIES v. STATE OF KARNATAKA

WP/2007/2024 · 2026-06-08

Suraj Govindaraj

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- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27030 WP No. 2007 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 2007 OF 2024 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: PRATHIKSHA TECHNOLOGIES A PROPRIETORSHIP FIRM 15-2-142, NASIR COMPLEX, SINDHANUR ROAD MANVI, RAICHUR - 584 123 REPRESENTED BY ITS PROPRIETOR DEVIPRASAD HIREMATH. …PETITIONER (BY SMT. PREETI K, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLOGY NO.49, KHANIJA BHAVAN RACE COURSE ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 001. 3. ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (ADMINISTRATION) Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27030 WP No. 2007 of 2024 TRANSPORT AND ROAD SAFETY 1ST FLOOR, BMTC BUILDING K.H. ROAD, SHANTINAGAR BENGALURU - 560 027. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. MOHAMMED JAFFAR SHAH, AGA) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED UPDATE (UNDATED) ON R2s WEBSITE VIDE ANNEXURE-G AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ ORAL ORDER 1. Petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs: a. issue a Writ of Certiorari quashing the impugned update (undated) on Respondent No. 2's website vide Annexure-G; b. issue a Writ of Mandamus directing Respondent No. 2 to permit any ARAI and ICAT certified AIS-140 GPS device to be installed in mining vehicles; c. issue any other writ, order, direction as this Hon'ble Court deems fit to pass in the facts and circumstances of this case in the interest of justice and equity. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:27030 WP No. 2007 of 2024 2. A memo for withdrawal dated 08.06.2026 has been filed signed by the counsel for the petitioner, which reads as under: "The undersigned counsel for the Petitioner files this memo praying to withdraw this petition. Hence this memo." 3. Accepting the said memo and the submission of the counsel for the petitioner, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn. SD/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE GJM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 43