- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.13542 OF 2025 (GM-CPC) C/W WRIT PETITION NO.8907 OF 2025 (GM-CPC) IN WP No.13542/2025 BETWEEN: SMT. KATHYANYINI Y. P. AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, D/O LATE K. G. YELLAPPA REDDY RESIDING AT NO.16, PRESTINE MAGNUM, SRINIVAGILU, 28TH CROSS, INNER RING ROAD, KORAMANGALA, BANGALORE - 500 034. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. LAXMIKANTHA K B., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. UMEDHA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS, S/O LATE K.G. YELLAPPA REDDY, RESIDING AT NO.440, DODDA THOGURU VILLAGE, ELECTRONIC CITY POST, BANGALORE - 560 100. 2. SRI. SIDDARATHA P S REDDY, AGED 38 YEARS, S/O SRI. Y.P. SUDHANVA REDDY, 3. SRI. VIKRAM P S REDDY, AGED 36 YEARS, S/O SRI. Y.P. SUDHANVA REDDY. Digitally signed by CHANDANA B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 BOTH RESPONDENT NO.2 & 3 RESIDING AT NO.109, SURYA COMPLEX, DODDA ELECTRONIC CITY POST, BANGALORE - 560 100. 4. SRI. G. ASHOK REDDY, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, S/O LATE GURUVE REDDY, RESIDING AT NO.59, 3RD MAIN, 3RD CROSS, BAKER'S COLONY, RING ROAD, BHOGADI, MYSORE - 570 026. 5. SMT. BHAVANI, W/O SHANTHKUMAR, AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.4/1, NEAR A.E.T COLLAGE, DODDAKENEHALLI, SARJAPURA ROAD CROSS, CARMALRAM POST, BANGALORE – 560 035. 6. SMT. NANDA REDDY @ PRATHIBHA, W/O SOMASHEKAR REDDY, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, R/AT HOUSE NO.80/1, KOTHANUR VILLAGE, VENKATESHWARA LAYOUT, S.O.S POST, J.P.NAGAR 8TH PHASE, UTTARAHALLI HOBLI, BANGALORE SOUTH TALUK – 560 036. 7. SRI. RAMESH REDDY, S/O MUNI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/AT NO.12, AECS LAYOUT, PARAPPANA AGRAHARA SINGASANDRA, ELECTRONIC OITY POST, BANGALORE - 560 100. 8. SMT. REETHA, W/O RAMESH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 R/AT BUILDING, 3RD CROSS, NEAR VEERABHADRA SWAMY TEMPLE ELECTRONIC CITY PHASE-II, DODDANAGAMANGALA, BANGALORE - 100 9. SRI. NARAYAN SWAMY S/O MUNI BADDY, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, B/AT 572, A.E.C.S LAYOUT, SINGASANDRA, MADIWALA POST, BANGALORE - 68. 10. SMT. MAMATHA, D/O MUNI REDDY, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS. R/AT NO.592, NEAR HDFC BANK, BELLANDUR GATE, SARJAPURA MAIN ROAD, AGRAHARA POST, BANGALORE – 560 034. 11. KARNATAKA BANK LTD., 1 PHASE, NO.152/5, E.K PLAZA, NEELADRI LAYOUT, OPP. FERNHILLS APARTMENT. ELECTRONIC CITY BRANCH. BANGALORE - 560 100. REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER – 560 034. 12. STATE BANK OF INDIA, NO.50, 18TH MAIN, 20TH CROSS, 3RD SECTOR, HSR LAYOUT, BANGALORE - 560 102. REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER – 560 034 13. STATE BANK OF INDIA RAMAKRISHNANAGAR BRANCH, RAMAKRISHNANAGAR, MYSORE - 570 022, REPRESENTED BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER – 560 034. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 14. SMT. JAYASHREE AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, D/O LATE K.G.YELLAPPA REDDY, W/O LATE MUNISWAMY REDDY K H RESIDING AT NO.2291, HIG 3RD STAGE, YELAHANKA NEW TOWN, CLARANCE ROAD, LANGFORD TOWN, BANGALORE - 560 064. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. JAYASHREE P., ADVOCATE FOR R1 & R4; SRI. RAJESH MAHALE, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. M.D.BASAVANNA, ADVOCATE FOR R2 & R3; SRI. PRASAD N, ADVOCATE FOR R5; SMT. DIVYA PURANDAR, ADVOCATE FOR R11; SRI. G.V.SHASHI KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R8 & R10; R3, R12, R13, R14 ARE SERVED BUT UNREPRESENTED) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO i) ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR ANY OTHER WRIT OR ORDER DIRECTING THE PETITIONER AND RESPONDENTS TO CO-OPERATE FOR DISPOSAL OF I.A NO.I, II, III AND VII IN O.S NO.274/2018 PENDING ON THE FILE OF III ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BENGALURU RURAL AS FOUND AT ANNEXURE-C, C1, C2 AND C3 TO THE WRIT PETITION IN CONSONANCE WITH RULE 6 OF KARNATAKA CASE FLOW MANAGEMENT; ii) ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF PROHOBITARY ANY OTHER WRIT OR ORDER RESTRAINING THE RESPONDENTS FROM OPERATING OR WITHDRAWING MONIES FROM PETITION SCHEDULE A PROPERTY PENDING DISPOSAL OF THE OF I.A NO.I, II, III AND VII IN O.S NO.274/2018 PENDING ON THE FILE OF III ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BENGALURU RURAL; iii) AND TO GRANT SUCH OTHER RELIEF/S OR ORDER/S WHICH THIS HON’BLE COURT DEEMS FIT TO GRANT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE INCLUDING AWARDING OF COST. IN WP NO. 8907/2025 BETWEEN: SMT. IN WP NO. 8907/2025 BETWEEN: SMT. JAYASHREE AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, D/O LATE K.G.YELLAPPA REDDY, - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 W/O LATE MUNISWAMY REDDY K H R/O NO.2291, HIG 3RD STAGE, YELAHANKA NEW TOWN, CLARANCE ROAD, LANGFORD TOWN, BENGALURU - 560 064. ...PETITIONER (BY SRI. SUNIL S RAO, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. T SESHAGIRI RAO., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. SIDDARATHA P S REDDY, S/O SRI. Y.P. SUDHANVA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, R/O NO.109, SURYA COMPLEX, DODDA THOGURU GATE, ELECTRONIC CITY POST, BENGALURU - 560 100. 2. SRI. VIKRAM P.S. REDDY, S/O SRI. Y. P. SUDHANVA REDDY, AGE ABOUT 43 YEARS, R/O NO.109, SURYA COMPLEX, DODDA THOGURU GATE, ELECTRONIC CITY POST, BENGALURU - 560 100. 3. SRI. UMEDHA REDDY, S/O LATE K G YELLAPPA REDDY, AGE ABOUT 67 YEARS, R/O NO.440, DODDA THOGURU VILLAGE, ELECTRONIC CITY POST, BENGALURU - 560 100. 4. SRI.G. ASHOK REDDY AGE ABOUT 42 YEARS, R/O NO.59, 3RD MAIN, 3RD CROSS, BAKER'S COLONY, RING ROAD, BHOGADI, MYSORE - 570 026. 5. KARNATAKA BANK LTD., ELECTRONIC CITY BRANCH, 1ST PHASE, NO.152/5, E.K. PLAZA, NEELADRI LAYOUT, - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 OPP. FERNHILLS APARTMENT, BENGALURU – 560 100 REP. BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER. 6. STATE BANK OF INDIA, NO.50, 18TH MAIN, 20TH CROSS, 3RD SECTOR, HSR LAYOUT, BENGALURU - 560 102, REP. BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER. 7. STATE BANK OF INDIA, RAMAKRISHNANAGAR BRANCH, RAMAKRISHNANAGAR, MYSORE - 570 022 REP. BY ITS BRANCH MANAGER ...RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RAJESH MAHALE, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. M.D.BASAVANNA, ADVOCATE FOR C/R1 & R2; R3, R5, R6 ARE SERVED BUT UNREPRESENTED; SRI. LAXMIKANTHA K B, ADVOCATE FOR PROPOSED R8) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO I) ISSUE WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI / ORDER / DIRECTION QUASHING THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 07.12.2024, PASSED BY THE PRL. DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT IN M.A NO.131/2020, AT ANNEXURE-A AND CONSEQUENTLY RESTORE THE ORDER ONE PASSED BY THE ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT PASSED IN O.S.NO.124/2018 DATED 16.01.2018; B) GRANT ANY OTHER AND FURTHER RELIEF/S OR ORDER/S, AS THIS HON’BLE COURT DEEMS FIT AND JUST IN THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE TO MEET THE ENDS OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THESE PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 ORAL ORDER W.P.No.8907/2025 is filed by the plaintiff in O.S.No.124/2018 is directed against the interim order dated 07.12.2024 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, whereby the said appeal filed by respondent Nos.1 to 4 aggrieved by the order dated 16.01.2018 passed by the trial Court was allowed by the First Appellate Court. W.P.No.13542/2025 is filed by the plaintiff in O.S.No.274/2018 on the file of the III Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru seeking direction to respondents to co-operate for disposal of I.A.Nos.I, II, III and VII in accordance with law. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Senior Counsel for respondents and perused the material on record. 3. A perusal of the material on record will indicate that the petitioner in W.P.No.8907/2025 - plaintiff instituted a suit in O.S.No.124/2018 before the trial Court for partition and separate possession of her alleged share in the suit schedule immovable - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 property and for other reliefs. Along with the suit, the petitioner- plaintiff having filed an application for Temporary Injunction restraining disbursement of the said amount in favour of the defendant, the trial Court passed an order dated 16.01.2018 allowing the application for temporary injunction filed by the petitioner-plaintiff. Aggrieved by the same, respondent Nos.1 to 4 - appellants filed the instant appeal in M.A.No.131/2020, which was allowed by the First Appellate Court by holding as hereunder: “ORDER I.A.No.V filed by respondent No.1 under Order XLI Rule 27 CPC is allowed. The documents produced along with said I.A. are taken on record and considered at the time of passing this judgment. The miscellaneous appeal filed by the appellant under Order XLIII Rule (r) of CPC is allowed by setting aside the order dated 16.01.2018 on I.A.No.I passed in O.S.No.124/2018 on the file of Additional Civil Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru. I.A.No.I filed by plaintiff under Order XXXIX Rule 1 and 2 CPC in O.S.No.124/2018 is dismissed. - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 Under the facts and circumstances of the case, parties are directed to bear their own costs. Send copy of this judgment to trial court along with Trial Court records.” 4. Aggrieved by the impugned order passed by the First Appellate Court, petitioner is before this Court by way of the present petition. Though several contentions have been urged by both sides in support of their respective claims, a perusal of the material on record will indicate that there are contentious issues and disputed question of law and fact that arises for consideration in the suit will have to be decided only after full fledged trial. The entire said compensation relating to the branch of Sudhanva Reddy has been deposited in respondent No.5, Karnataka Bank, Electronic City Branch and the said amount is earning a monthly interest which has also not been disbursed or withdrawn by any of the parties. 5. Heard learned Senior Counsel for respondent No.1 and respondent No.2 who are defendant Nos.1 and 2 submits that defendant Nos.1 and 2 have no avocation or means for livelihood and portion of the interest accruing from the said deposit in relation - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 to the branch of Sudhanva Reddy, may be disbursed in favour of defendant Nos.1 and 2 and with a direction to the trial Court to dispose of four pending suits in O.S.Nos.714/2017, 274/2018, 742/2018 and 30/2021, pending on the file of III Additional Senior Civil Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, within a stipulated time frame. 6. It is also submitted that the present suit in O.S.No.124/2018 which is currently pending before the I Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, may be withdrawn from the said Court to be consolidated, tried and disposed of along with the four suits pending on the file of III Additional Senior Civil Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru, in accordance with law. 7. By way of a reply, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the withdrawal of portion of the interest amount by defendant Nos.1 and 2 is to be made subject to the final outcome of the suits shall be without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the parties and the present order should not be treated as a precedent nor shall have any precedential value, for any purpose, whatsoever and the Trial Court may be directed to dispose of five - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 suits in O.S.Nos.124/2018, 714/2017, 274/2018, 742/2018 and 30/2021, along with the interim arrangement made in the present order by leaving open all contentions of the parties. 8. In the result, I pass the following: ORDER i) W.P.No.8907/2025 is hereby disposed of. ii) The impugned order dated 07.12.2024 in M.A.No.131/2020 and Order dated 16.01.2018 passed in OS No.164/2018 are hereby modified. iii) Respondent Nos.5, 6 and 7 - Banks are hereby directed not to disburse any amount in favour of the parties till disposal of the suit except portion of the interest amount as indicated herein below. iv) Respondent No.5 - Karnataka Bank, Electronic City Branch is directed to disburse a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- each in favour of respondent Nos.1 and 2 out of interest accruing from the amount in deposit pertaining to Sudhanva Reddy for a period of 6 months commencing from 01.02.2026. - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 v) Registry of the Bengaluru Rural District Court, Bengaluru is directed to withdraw O.S.No.124/2018 from the file of the I Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru and transfer the same to the Court of the III Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru to be clubbed, consolidated, tried and disposed of along with O.S.Nos.714/2017, 274/2018, 742/2018 and 30/2021 pending before that Court i.e., III Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru. vi) All parties are directed to appear before the Court of the III Additional Senior Civil Judge, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru on 16.02.2026. vii) It is made clear that a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- per month commencing from 01.02.2026 for a period of six months to be disbursed out of the interest accrued on the deposit in respondent No.5 - Karnataka Bank, Electronic City Branch, in favour of respondent Nos.1 and 2 shall be without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the parties and the same would be subject to the final outcome of the suits. - 13 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4921 WP No. 13542 of 2025 C/W WP No. 8907 of 2025 viii) The Trial Court i.e., the Court of III Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Bengaluru Rural District, Bengaluru is directed to dispose of all the five suits in O.S.Nos.124/2018, 714/2017, 274/2018, 742/2018 and 30/2021 within a period of six months from 16.02.2026. ix) The parties are directed to co-operate with the Trial Court for expeditious disposal of the suits as stated supra. x) All rival contentions on all aspects of the matter are kept open and no opinion is expressed on the same. In view of disposal of the W.P.No.8907/2025, W.P.No.13542/2025 is also disposed of with a direction to parties to co-operate with the Trial Court for expeditious disposal of the suits as stated supra. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE MDS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 37