- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9955-DB WP No. 2023 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA WRIT PETITION NO. 2023 OF 2026 (LB-RES-PIL) BETWEEN: 1. M/S KASTURI NAGARA WELFARE ASSOCIATION (R) O/AT CA8, 3RD D CROSS (NEAR BWSSB WATER TANK) KASTURI NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 043 REPRESENTED BY ITS HON. SECRETARY SRI P. SOMASHEKAR S/O LATE S. PANCHAKSHARI AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS …PETITIONER (BY SRI HARISH KUMAR M.S., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT O/AT ROOM NO. 436, 4TH FLOOR VIKASA SOUDHA BANGALORE - 560 001 2. THE WARD DELIMITATION COMMISSION REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN AND THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY HUDSON CIRCLE BANGALORE - 560 001 Digitally signed by PRABHAKAR SWETHA KRISHNAN Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9955-DB WP No. 2023 of 2026 3. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER THE GREATER BENGALURU AUTHORITY O/AT HUDSON CIRCLE BANGALORE - 560 001 …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA FOR R-1) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA READ WITH RULE 14(1) OF THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA (PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION) RULES, 2018 PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI OR ANY OTHER WRIT OR ORDER & TO QUASH THE FINAL NOTIFICATION DATED 19/11/2025 ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA VIDE NO.NaAaE 289 BBS 2025 IN SO FAR AS INCLUSION OF 1ST MAIN ROAD, 1ST A MAIN ROAD AND 2ND MAIN ROAD OF KASTURI NAGARA INTO KRISHNAIANNA PALYA WARD NO.9 FROM KASTURI NAGAR WARD NO.8 VIDE ANNEXURE-E1 AS THE SAME IS ILLEGAL AND ERRONEOUS & ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The petitioner has filed the present public interest litigation impugning a final notification dated 19.11.2025 issued by the Government of Karnataka which, inter alia, sets out the limits of Kasturi Nagar Ward. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9955-DB WP No. 2023 of 2026 2. It is the petitioner's case that 1st main road, 1st 'A' main road and 2nd main road have been included in Krishnaianna Palya Ward No.9. 3. According to the petitioner, the said roads are required to be included in Kasturi Nagar Ward No.8. 4. The controversy sought to be raised in the present case relates to the fixing of boundaries of Kasturi Nagar Ward No.8. There is no impediment for the residents of Kasturi Nagar Ward to use the road in question. 5. We are unable to accept that the inclusion of certain roads in one ward or the other would call for interference of this Court. We are also unable to accept that any statutory or fundamental rights of the petitioner have been violated. 6. The present petition is accordingly dismissed. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE KPS, List No.: 2 Sl No.: 1