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2026 DAILYLAW 32789 (KAR)

SMT. DEVAMMA v. SMT. NEELAMMA

WP/23082/2026 · 2026-07-28

Lalitha Kanneganti

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- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010507892026 NC: 2026:KHC:39206 WP No. 23082 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 23082 OF 2026 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: 1. SMT. DEVAMMA W/O LATE PARAMESHA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS 2. SMT. PRATHIMA D/O LATE PARAMESHA W/O CHETHAN KUMAR AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS 3. SRI. RAGHUNANDANA S/O LATE PARAMESHA AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS PETITIONERS ARE RESIDENTS OF KADATHANALU VILLAGE K.SHETTIHALLI HOBLI SRIRANGAPATNA TALUK-571 435 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. HEGDE S. RAMAKRISHNA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SMT. NEELAMMA W/O NINGEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS Digitally signed by SUVARNA T Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010507892026 NC: 2026:KHC:39206 WP No. 23082 of 2026 2. SRI. NINGEGOWDA S/O LATE DEVEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS 3. SRI. BHARATH K.N S/O NINGEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS 4. SRI. RAJATH K.N S/O NINGEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS RESPONDENT NOS.1 TO 4 ARE RESIDENTS OF KADATHANALU VILLAGE K.SHETTIHALLI HOBLI SRIRANGAPATNA TALUK-571 435 5. SMT. SHRUTHI K.N W/O SRINIVASA T.N D/O NINGEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, NO.581, SAMRUDI NEAR PES ENGINEERING COLLEGE APMC ROAD MARIGOWDA LAYOUT MANDYA TOWN-571 401 6. SMT. PUSHPALATHA D/O LATE SIDDEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS R/O OF KADATHANALU VILLAGE K.SHETTIHALLI HOBLI SRIRANGAPATNA TALUK-571 435 …RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 09.12.2023 PASSED BY THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, PANDAVAPURA, IN O.S. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010507892026 NC: 2026:KHC:39206 WP No. 23082 of 2026 NO.131/2023 ANNEXURE-A AND ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT QUASHING THE IMPUGNED COMPROMISE DECREE DATED 09.12.2023 PASSED BY THE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC PANDAVAPURA, IN O.S. NO.131/2023 ANNEXURE-B AND ETC. 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 questioning the orders passed in OS.No.131/2023 dated 09.12.2023 by the Senior Civil Judge & JMFC, Pandavapura and judgment passed in RA.No.5013/2024 dated 02.06.2026 by the III Addl. District & Sessions Judge, Mandya (sitting at Srirangapatna). 2. Learned counsel for the petitionr submits that they has filed RA.No.5013/2024 questioning the compromise decree passed in OS.No.131/2023 dated 09.12.2023, the appellate court has dismissed the RA, as the appeal is not maintainable and they are entitled to challenge the compromise decree in an appropriate writ petition. Questioning the same, the petitioner is before this court. - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010507892026 NC: 2026:KHC:39206 WP No. 23082 of 2026 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, perused the material on record. Petitioner is not a party to the proceedings and the compromise is recorded by a competent court. In those circumstances, the writ petition filed before this court is not maintainable. Hence this court is passing the following: ORDER i. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of giving liberty to petitioners to avail appropriate remedy. ii. Pending I.As., in this petition shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE TS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 82