- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 39108 OF 2025 (KLR-RES) BETWEEN: VINAYA B.N W/O SANTHOSH BALASUBRAMANYA, AGED 31 YEARS R/A NO.422, 5TH CROSS 3RD B MAIN, 3RD BLOCK, KALYAN NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 043. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ARUN SHYAM, SR. COUNSEL FOR SRI. HIRAN KRISHNASWAMY, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE TAHSILDAR, BENGALURU EAST TALUK, HOODI, K R PURAM, BENGALURU - 560 048. 3. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS, BENGALURU EAST TALUK, K.R. PURAM, BENGALURU - 560 048. Digitally signed by JUANITA THEJESWINI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 4. THE REVENUE INSPECTOR, HOODI, KR PURAM, BENGALURU EAST, BENGALURU - 560 048. 5. THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND EX-OFFICIO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS, 4TH FLOOR, KG ROAD, BENGALURU DISTRICT, BENGALURU - 560 001. 6. CHANDRIKA REDDY, W/O LATE H.K. DWARAKANATH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/AT NO. 708-709, B BLOCK, KEERTHI SIGNATURE APARTMENTS, ITPL MAIN ROAD, HOODI, WHITEFIELD, BENGALURU - 560 048. 7. SMT. HARSHITHA DWARAK, W/O K.V. KARTHIK REDDY, D/O LATE H.K. DWARAKANATH REDDY, AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS, R/AT NO. 708-709, B BLOCK, KEERTHI SIGNATURE APARTMENTS, ITPL MAIN ROAD, HOODI, WHITEFIELD, BENGALURU - 560 048. 8. H.K. BRUNDA DEVI, D/O LATE H.P. KRISHNA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 188, 1ST MAIN, MAHALAXMI LAYOUT, BENGALURU - 560 086. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 9. JAYANT VENKATESH, S/O. LATE H K VENUGOPAL REDDY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. F8, SAI GOKUL, 16TH MAIN, 30TH CROSS, JAYANAGAR 4TH BLOCK, BENGALURU - 560 041. ALSO RESIDING AT 230/1, GARDEN HOUSE, HOODI, RAJPALYA, WHITEFIELD MAIN ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 048. 10. MINU VENUGOPALA REDDY, D/O. LATE H K VENUGOPAL REDDY, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. F8, SAI GOKUL, 16TH MAIN, 30TH CROSS, JAYANAGAR 4TH BLOCK, BENGALURU - 560 041. ALSO RESIDING AT NO. 9, COUNTRY CANDLE LANE, NORTH BOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - 01532. 11. K. HARINDRANATH, S/O LATE H.P. KRISHNA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 71 YEARS, R/AT NO. 2AC, 712, 2ND CROSS, HRBR LAYOUT, 1ST BLOCK, KALYAN NAGAR, BENGALURU - 560 043. 12. B BHASKAR NAIDU, S/O SRI. B SURYANARAYANA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, R/AT 1040, 10TH MAIN ROAD, - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 JUDICIAL LAYOUT, GKVK POST, YELAHANKA, BENGALURU - 560 065. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. G.L. VISHWANATH, SR. COUNSEL FOR SRI. ABRAHAM JOSEPH, ADVOCATE FOR R6 TO R8, R11; SRI. SHAMANTH NAIK, ADVOCATE FOR R1 TO R5; SRI. P.S. RAJAGOPAL, SR. COUNSEL FOR SRI. AMRUTHESH G, ADVOCATE FOR R9 AND R10; SRI. RAGHAVENDRA C, ADVOCATE FOR R12) THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE CANCEL THE IMPUGNED PHODI DTD. 12.10.2022 BEARING APPLICATION NUMBER 20040922475868 (ANNX-A) PASSED BY THE R-3 AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 ORAL ORDER Learned Senior Counsel Sri.G.L.Vishwanath, appearing for respondent Nos.6 to 8 and 11 submits that the petitioner is the cousin brother of respondent Nos.9 and 10 who are already before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal questioning the very same order passed by respondent No.3-Assistant Director of Land Records. Further that the said appellants have already filed an application for impleading the petitioner herein in the said proceedings. Learned Senior Counsel therefore submits that the Tribunal may be directed to allow the application, implead the petitioner in the said appeal and proceed in accordance with law. 2. Learned Senior Counsel Sri.Aruna Shyam, appearing for the petitioner however submits that the petitioner has a different cause of action when compared to respondent Nos.9 and 10 who are already before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal. Since the petitioner had in fact challenged the order passed by respondent No.3-Assistant Director of Land Records before the Deputy Director of Land Records in proceedings bearing No.P.R.471/2023-2024. However, the Deputy Director - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 of Land Records issued an endorsement dated 28.12.2023 at Annexure-J rejecting the appeal filed by the petitioner. 3. At this juncture, learned Senior Counsel Sri.G.L.Vishwanath submits that the said endorsement was admittedly issued on 28.12.2023 and has attained finality. Moreover, the rejection of the appeal is further appealable or revisable before the competent authority and therefore, at any rate, the petitioner cannot file a writ petition challenging the two orders. 4. There is substance in the submission made by the learned Senior counsel for the respondents. If one of the aggrieved persons has already approached the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, the petitioner is also required to undergo the proceedings before the Appellate Tribunal and cannot maintain this writ petition separately. If this writ petition is allowed, it will give rise to multiplicity of proceedings. 5. In that view of the matter, the writ petition stands disposed of, reserving liberty to the petitioner to pursue the remedy before the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal. The tribunal is - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:6293 WP No. 39108 of 2025 also directed to consider the impleading application filed by the appellants therein, having regard to the observations made by this Court. Any other interlocutory application pending consideration also stands disposed of. Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE rv