- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2722 WP No. 9658 of 2018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 9658 OF 2018 BETWEEN: SMT. VATSALA W/O. SRI. MOHAN NAIK, R/O. HEBBAILU, UPPINAPATNA POST, KUMTA TLAUK - 581 444, NORTH KANNADA DISTRICT. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. PRABHAKAR L SHETTY., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER KUMTA SUB DIVISION, KUMTA, NORTH KANNADA DISTRICT 2. SRI. SITARAM BIRAPPA NAIKA AGED ABOUT 74 YEARS S/O. BIRAPPA NAIK, R/O. HEBBAILU, KUMTA TLAUK-581444, NORTH KANNADA DISTRICT. 3. SMT. BALIYAMMA SUKRAPPA AMBIGA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS W/O. SUKRAPPA KARIYA AMBIGA, R/O. HEBBAILU, KUMTA TLAUK-581 444, Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2722 WP No. 9658 of 2018 NORTH KANNADA DISTRICT. 4. SRI. LAKSHMANA DEVU MUKRI S/O. DEVU MUKRI, R/O. HEBBAILU, KUMTA TLAUK-581 444, NORTH KANNADA DISTRICT. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. K.P.YOGANNA., AGA FOR R1 R3 SERVED - UNREPRESENTED) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR THE RELEVANT RECORDS FROM THE KARNATAKA APPELLATE TRIBUNAL IN APPEAL NO.383 OF 1996 INCLUDING THE ORDER DTD. 20.01.2018 VIDE ANNX-A AND FROM THE R-1 IN NO.LRM.CR.5793-94 INCLUDING THE ORDER DTD. 23.07.1996 VIDE ANNX-G AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner along with the petitioner has filed a memo dated 09.01.2026 seeking leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition as not pressed. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2722 WP No. 9658 of 2018 2. The memo is taken on record, subject to all just exceptions. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition stands dismissed as withdrawn. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE KLY CT: JL