- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010266192026 NC: 2026:KHC:39499-DB WP No. 12465 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO.12465 OF 2026 (GM-RES-PIL) BETWEEN: SRI K.C. RAJANNA S/O LATE CHIKKAMUNISWAMY, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, R/AT 3RD MAIN ROAD, GANDHINAGAR, BENGALURU - 560001. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. AVINASH P., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001. 2. SRI. U.T. KHADER HON'BLE SPEAKER, KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, KARNATAKA LOKAYUKTA, KOLAR UNIT, KOLAR-563 101. Digitally signed by MAHALAKSHMI B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010266192026 NC: 2026:KHC:39499-DB WP No. 12465 of 2026 4. SRI. K.M. NARAYAN SWAMY, MEMBER OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, BANGARPET CONSTITUENCY, KOLAR DISTRICT - 563 114. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA FOR R-1) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA R/W RULE 14(1) OF THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA (PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION) RULES, 2018, PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS DIRECTING RESPONDENT NO.2 TO GRANT A SANCTION FOR PROSECUTION AGAINST THE RESPONDENT NO.4 UNDER SECTION 17A OF THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988 (AS AMENDED IN 2018) AND SECTION 197 OF CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S. HEMALEKHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The learned Additional Government Advocate accepts notice for respondent No.1. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner, at the outset, submits that the Lokayukta has already filed W.P.No.11395/2026 in regard to the offences alleged in the present writ petition and seeks liberty to be impleaded in the said writ petition. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010266192026 NC: 2026:KHC:39499-DB WP No. 12465 of 2026 3. Since the issues sought to be raised in the present petition are already the subject matter of another writ petition, we do not consider it apposite to entertain the present petition as a public interest litigation. 4. Insofar as the petitioner's request to permit him to be impleaded in W.P.No.11395/2026 is concerned, we do not propose to pass any such order. However, it shall be open to the petitioner to move an appropriate application before the concerned Court in W.P.No.11395/2026. 5. It is needless to state that if any such application is moved before the concerned Court, the same shall be considered on its own merits. The petition is, accordingly disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (K.S. HEMALEKHA) JUDGE AT List No.: 1 Sl No.: 3