- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010470482026 NC: 2026:KHC:37017 WP No. 21191 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 21191 OF 2026 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: 1. SRI.RAMACHANDRA REDDY, S/O LATE THIMMA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, 2. SRI. YELLA REDDY, S/O LATE THIMMA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, BOTH ARE RESIDING AT BANAHALLI VILLAGE, ATTIBELE HOBLI, ANEKAL TALUK, BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT - 562 107. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. SOMASHEKARA K.M., ADVOCATE) AND: THE SPECIAL LAO, KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD, CAUVERY BHAVAN, BENGALURU - 560 009. …RESPONDENT Digitally signed by SUVARNA T Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010470482026 NC: 2026:KHC:37017 WP No. 21191 of 2026 THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE LEARNED PRL. SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC., ANEKAL, TO EXPEDITE THE PROCEEDINGS IN OS NO.745 OF 2022 (ANNEXURE-C) AND DISPOSE OF THE SUIT ON MERITS WITHIN A TIME- BOUND PERIOD. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI ORAL ORDER The present writ petition is filed seeking the following prayers: "i) Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or Order or direction directing the learned Prl. Senior Civil Judge and JMFC., Anekal, to expedite the proceedings in OS No.745 of 2022 (Annexure-C) and dispose of the suit on merits within a time-bound period, as may be deemed fit and proper by this Hon'ble Court, in the interest of justice and equity; ii) Grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit in the facts and circumstances of the case to meet the ends of justice." - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010470482026 NC: 2026:KHC:37017 WP No. 21191 of 2026 2. The suit is of the year 2022. In the light of the Order passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of High Court Bar Association Allahabad Vs, The State Of Uttar Pradesh in Crl.A.No.3589/2023 dated 29.02.2024, the High Court cannot direct the trial Court to dispose of the matters in a routine manner, unless and until it is an exceptional case or it makes out to be a ground warranting such an order. 3. In the considered opinion of this Court, this is not a case where the Court has to pass an order directing the trial Court to expeditiously disposed of the matter. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. 5. All pending I.As., in the writ petition shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE BH List No.: 1 Sl No.: 22