- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010601232026 NC: 2026:KHC:46589 WP No. 26941 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 26941 OF 2026 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: SRI. VITTAL BHAT S/O LATE SRIPATHI BHAT, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.8-22, MUNDKUR POST, KARKALA TALUK, UDUPI DISTRICT - 576 121. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SANDHYA U. PRABHU, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HINDU RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS, D C OFFICE BUILDING, RAJATHADRI, MANIPAL UDUPI - 576 104. 2. SRI. RAMDAS ACHARYA, S/O LATE JAYARAMA ACHARYA, MAJOR, PRADHANA ARCHAKA, SRI DURGAPARAMESHWARI TEMPLE, UDUPI DISTRICT - 576 121. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. SARITHA KULKARNI, AGA FOR R1; NOTICE TO R2 IS DISPENSED WITH VIDE ORDER DATED 28.08.2026) Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010601232026 NC: 2026:KHC:46589 WP No. 26941 of 2026 THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASHING THE ENDORSEMENT VIDE NUMBER DC UDP 19011(23)/21/2026 E 259237 DATED 12.03.2025 ISSUED ON 01.04.2026 ISSUED BY R1 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-H 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. Learned Additional Government Advocate accepts notice for respondent no.1. 2. Notice to respondent no.2 is dispensed with in view of the proposed order to be passed. 3. Petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs: a. Issue a writ of certiorari quashing the endorsement vide Number DC UDP-19011(23)/21/2026 E- 259237 dated 12/03/2025 issued on 01.04.2026 issued by respondent No.1 produced at Annexure- H. b. Grant such further and other reliefs as this Hon'ble Court may consider fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice and equity. - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010601232026 NC: 2026:KHC:46589 WP No. 26941 of 2026 4. The grievance of the petitioner is that the application filed by the petitioner to further cross-examine the applicant's witness has been rejected. 5. A perusal of the order sheet would indicate that the matter was posted for arguments way back on 16.01.2023, and thereafter, the matter had been adjourned on several occasions. It is only on 18.10.2025 that the petitioner filed an application for reopening the evidence and for cross-examination. Thereafter, also, the petitioner took multiple adjournments. 6. The application having been filed after the matter was posted for arguments, the petitioner having been impleaded in the proceedings in the year 2022, and the re-opening application having been filed on 18.10.2025, after nearly three (3) years, has resulted in the matter being kept pending for the last several years. 7. No grounds being made out, the petition stands dismissed. Sd/- (SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE GJM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 22