- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010313942023 NC: 2026:KHC:54293 WP No. 13477 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 30TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA WRIT PETITION NO. 13477 OF 2023 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SRI.K.RAJU S/O LATE KANNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS RESIDENT OF VENKATESWARA, NAGARA, KADUR TOWN, KADUR TALUK, CHIKKAMAGALURU DISTRICT - 577 501 2. SRI MURALI @ MURALIKRISHNA S/O P NAGARAJU AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS RESIDENT OF VENKATESWARA, NAGARA, KADUR TOWN, KADUR TALUK, CHIKKAMAGALURU DISTRICT - 577 501 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. RAGHAVENDRA K., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE KARNATAKA STATE MINES AND GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT CHIKKAMAGALURU REPRESENTED BY GEOLOGIST NAMELY DAYANANDA S/O SHIVARAMEGOWDA A J Digitally signed by ANNAPURNA G Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010313942023 NC: 2026:KHC:54293 WP No. 13477 of 2023 AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS RESIDENT OF MARULASIDDAPPA COMPLEX, A I T CIRCLE JYOTHI NAGARA CHIKKAMAGALURU - 577 501 …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. WAHEEDA M.M., HCGP) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 READ WITH SECTION 482 OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE PRIVATE COMPLAINT FILED BY RESPONDENT ON WHICH COGNIZANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR THE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTIONS 4(1), 4(1-A), 21 OF MMDR ACT 1957 AND RULES 3(1), 36(3), 43 AND 44 OF KMMC RULES, 1994 AND REGISTERED A CASE IN C.C NO. 1034/2022 BY THE PRL.CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, KADUR, WHICH IS PRODUCED AT ANNX-A. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V SRISHANANDA ORAL ORDER 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo. Memo reads as under : - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010313942023 NC: 2026:KHC:54293 WP No. 13477 of 2023 "The petitioners submits that they be permitted to withdraw the above writ petition or the trial before the trial court has commenced, as there was no stay in this writ petition, in the ends of justice." 2. Placing the memo on record, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Sd/- (V SRISHANANDA) JUDGE SNC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 52