- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34296 MFA No. 4072 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO. 4072 OF 2025 (LAC) BETWEEN: 1. MRS N MANJULA WIFE OF LATE MR. T. P. NATRAJ, AGED 65 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 849, 7TH CROSS, 17/F MAIN, 6TH BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE - 560095. …APPELLANT (BY SRI. VASANTH VINCENT FERNANDES.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER BANGALORE DISTRICT, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OFFICE, K. G. ROAD, BANGALORE- 560 009. 2. MRS. SACHITRA PARAMESHWARAPPA WIFE OF MR. NITIN KOHLI, AGED 41 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.3/4. SACHITRA NILAYA, 8TH CROSS, SANJIVINI NAGARA, Digitally signed by GAVRIBIDANUR SUBRAMANYA GUPTA SREENATH Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34296 MFA No. 4072 of 2025 MOODALAPALYA, BANGALORE - 560 072. 3. MR. N. MANJUNATH NILAGIRI SON OF LATE MR. H. M. NANJAIAH, AGED 63 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.71, 2ND FLOOR, 9TH MAIN, 13TH CROSS, WILSON GARDEN, BANGALORE - 560 027 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.B.J.ESHWARAPPA., AGA FOR R1) THIS MFA IS FILED U/S.54(1) OF LAND ACQUISITION ACT, AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND AWARD DT.04.02.2025 PASSED IN LAC NO.48/2015 ON THE FILE OF THE II ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU, (CCH NO.17), PARTLY ALLOWING THE REFERENCE PETITION U/S.17 OF THE KARNATAKA SLUM DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACT, 1973. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34296 MFA No. 4072 of 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT Learned counsel for the appellant has filed a memo. 2. The memo reads as under: "The Appellant submits that the Registry has raised an Objection on the maintainability of the above Miscellaneous First Appeal and, on verification, it is submitted that a Writ Petition ought to have been filed instead of the Appeal. The Respondent No.2 has also expressed that she would like to join with the Appellant herein to file the Writ Petition. This Honourable Court may kindly permit the conversion of this Appeal into a Writ Petition, or, in the alternative, may kindly permit withdrawal of this Appeal with liberty to file a Writ Petition on the same Cause of Action with further liberty to the second Respondent to join as a Petitioner in the said Petition. If this Honourable Court were to permit withdrawal of this Appeal with liberty as prayed above instead of leave to convert this Appeal into a Writ Petition, the Registry may kindly be directed to return the documents filed along with this Appeal." - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:34296 MFA No. 4072 of 2025 3. The memo is accepted. The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn. 4. Liberty is reserved to the appellant to file fresh proceedings in accordance with law. Time spent herein shall be condoned. 5. Certified copies of the documents produced shall be returned to the learned counsel for the appellant. Sd/- (PRADEEP SINGH YERUR) JUDGE RCK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 9