- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF WRIT APPEAL NO.636 OF 2026 (LA-BDA) BETWEEN: SRI MOHAMMED ZAHEER S/O. LATE MOHAMMED IMAM SAB REPRESENTED BY HIS GPA HOLDER SRI MOHAMMED JAFFER S/O. MUSHTAQ AHMED AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS R/O NO.1/4, NMH ROAD-HOSUR ROAD BENGALURU-560 027 …APPELLANT (BY SRI LAKAMAPURMATH CHIDANANDAYYA, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER KUMARA PARK EAST BENGALURU-560 020 2. SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY KUMARA PARK EAST BENGALURU-560 020 Digitally signed by VASANTHA KUMARY B K Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 3. SRI THIMMAIAH S/O. UTHANALAPPA R/O. NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU-560 064 4. SMT. PILLAMMA W/O. GATE MUNIYAPPA AGED MAJOR 5. SRI PAPPAIAH S/O. GANGAPPA AGED MAJOR 6. SRI MUNIYAPPA S/O. GATE MUNIYAPPA AGED MAJOR 7. SRI PILLA NARASAPPA S/O. GATE MUNIYAPPA AGED MAJOR 8. SRI PATTALAPPA S/O. GATE MUNIYAPPA AGED MAJOR RESPONDENT NOS.4 TO 8 ARE R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 9. SMT. RAMAKKA AGED MAJOR W/O. KEMPAIAH R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 BENGALURU-560 064 10. SRI K. JAYARAMAIAH AGED MAJOR S/O. KEMAPAIAH R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 11. SRI BYRAPPA AGED MAJOR S/O. APPAIAH R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 12. SRI MUNIVEERAPPA S/O. ERAPPA AGED MAJOR 13. SRI MUNIYAPPA S/O. SAKAPPA AGED MAJOR 14. SRI S. KEMPAIAH S/O. SAKAPPA AGED MAJOR 15. SRI DODDAIAH S/O. SAKAPPA AGED MAJOR RESPONDENT NOS.12 TO 15 ARE RESIDENT OF ANANTHPURA VILLAGE YELAHANKA HOBLI BENGALURU NORTH-560 064 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 16. SRI DASAPPA S/O. SOMBAIAH AGED MAJOR R/O. NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU-560 064 17. SRI MUNIDASAPPA S/O. SAKAPPA AGED MAJOR 18. SRI BYANNA AGED MAJOR S/O. SAKAPPA RESPONDENT NOS.17 AND 18 ARE RESIDING AT KITHIGANOOR VILLAGE BIDARAHALLI HOBLI BENGALURU SOUTH TALUK BENGALURU-560 079 19. SRI B. CHANDRAPPA AGED MAJOR 20. SRI B. NARAYANAPPA AGED MAJOR RESPONDENT NOS.19 AND 20 ARE RESIDENTS OF NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 21. SMT. MUNIYAMMA AGED MAJOR R/O. NAGENAHALLI VILLAGE YELAHANKA HOBLI - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU-560 064 22. SRI N. B. NANJAPPA SINCE DECEASED SRI N. P. RAJASHEKARAPPA AGED MAJOR S/O. PILLAPPA RESIDENT OF NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 23. SMT. AMMAYAMMA W/O. PUTTAIAH AGED MAJOR 24. SMT. CHIKKAMMA W/O. MAHADEVAIAH AGED MAJOR 25. SRI APPE GOWDA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS S/O. VEERCHIKKAPPA RESPONDENT NOS.23 TO 25 ARE RESIDING AT AVALAHALLI VILLAGE YELAHANKA HOBLI BENGALURU NORTH-560 064 26. SRI N. H. ANJANAPPA AGED MAJOR S/O. HANUMANTHAPPA R/O. NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 BENGALURU-560 064 27. SRI T. N. NAGARAJ AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS S/O. NANJUNDAPPA R/O. THIMMASANDRA JALA HOBLI BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 28. SMT. VENKATAMMA W/O. LATE MUNISWAMAPPA AGED MAJOR 29. SRI NAGARAJ S/O. MUNISWAMAPPA AGED MAJOR RESPONDENT NOS.28 AND 29 ARE RESIDENT OF AVALAHALLI VILLAGE YELAHANKA HOBLI BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 30. SRI NARAYANASWAMY AGED MAJOR S/O. LATE NARASAPPA 31. SRI KRISHNAPPA S/O. LATE SRI NARASAPPA AGED MAJOR RESPONDENT NOS.30 AND 31 ARE R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 32. SMT. YASHODAMMA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 W/O. K. NARAYANAPPA R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 33. SRI N. K. RAMAIAH MAJOR S/O. KEMPANNA 34. SRI N. R. RAVI MAJOR S/O. N. K. RAMAIAH 35. SMT. N. R. SHASHIKALA MAJOR S/O. N. K. RAMAIAH RESPONDENT NOS.33 TO 36 ARE RESIDENT OF NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 36. SMT. SUBBALAKSHMAMMA SINCE DECEASED BY HER LRS. 36(A) SMT. SUMITHRA W/O. NARAYANAPPA D/O. LATE SUBBALAKSHMAMMA AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS R/O. NAGENAHALLI YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 37. SRI RAMAKRISHNAPPA AGED MAJOR - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 S/O. MUNIVENKATAPPA R/O. NO.669/5, BUNDAPPA ROAD YESHWANTHPUR BENGALURU-560 040 38. SRI K. NARAYANAPPA AGED MAJOR S/O. KEMPAIAH R/O. NAGENAHALLI, YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGANAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 39. SMT. GOWRAMMA W/O. LATE AMARESH N. AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS 40. SMT. AMBUJA A. D/O. LATE AMARESH N. AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS 41. SRI NAVEEN KUMAR A. S/O. LATE AMARESH N. AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS 42. SRI SHIVAKUMAR N. S/O. LATE N. B. NANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 57 YEARS 43. SMT. LATHA H. W/O. LATE SRINIVASMURTHY N. AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS 44. SMT. PUSHPA S. D/O. LATE SRINIVASMURTHY N. AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS 45. SMT. NANDAN S. W/O. LATE SRINIVASMURTHY N. AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 46. SMT. GEETHA M. W/O. LATE SURENDRA N. AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS 47. KUMARI AMRATHA S. D/O. LATE SURENDRA N. AGED ABOUT 17 YEARS 48. MASTER GNANESH GOWDA S/O. LATE SURENDRA N. AGED ABOUT 12 YEARS SINCE RESPONDENT NOS.47 AND 48 I.E., KUMARI AMRATHA S., AND MASTER GNANESH GOWDA ARE MINORS, BY THEIR NATURAL GUARDIAN MOTHER SMT. GEETHA M. BY R-46 49. SMT. PADMA N. W/O. LATE VASU D/O. LATE N. B. NANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS 50. SRI MANJUNATH N. S/O. LATE N. B. NANJAPPA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS RESPONDENT NOS.30 TO 50 ARE RESIDING AT 90, NAGENAHALLI VILLAGE YELAHANKA HOBLI SINGENAYAKANAHALLI POST BENGALURU NORTH BENGALURU-560 064 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI SHARATH N., ADVOCATE FOR R-10; SRI T. M. CHOWDA REDDY ADVOCATE FOR C/R14; SRI V. M. LAKSHMIPATHI, ADVOCATE FOR C/R32; SRI PRAKASH T. HEBBAR, ADVOCATE FOR R31) - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S. 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 22/01/2026 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS HON'BLE COURT IN WP NO.10028/2024(LA-BDA) AND ALLOW THE PRAYERS AS PRAYED FOR BY THE APPELLANTS IN WP NO.10028/2024(LA-BDA). THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH) The present intra Court appeal has been filed impugning the judgment and order dated 22.01.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.10028/2024 (LA-BDA), filed by appellant herein. 2. The parties are referred to as per their ranking before the learned Single Judge, for the sake of convenience. 3. The petitioner, who claims right on the basis of some unregistered agreement of sale in respect of the land in question initially challenged the land acquisition proceedings - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 in respect of the lands in Item Nos.1 to 28, for which the preliminary notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short 'the Act') was issued on 30.05.1988 and thereafter, the final notification under Section 6(1) of the Act came to be issued on 15.03.1989. 4. The land owners' challenge to the said acquisition proceedings in W.P.Nos.8188-8201/1989 before the learned Single Judge, met with success vide order dated 11.07.1996. 5. M/s.Trinity House Building Co-operative Society, which was respondent No.4 in W.P.Nos.8188-8201/1989 challenged the order dated 11.07.1996 passed by the learned Single Judge before the Division Bench in Writ Appeal Nos.7543-7557/1996 and connected matters. The Division Bench vide judgment and order dated 06.05.2004 allowed the appeals and set aside the judgment of the learned Single Judge. - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 6. The owners challenged the decision of the Division Bench before the Supreme Court by filing SLP (C) Nos.13656-13684/2004. However, the Supreme Court vide order dated 15.09.2016 dismissed the said S.L.Ps. 7. The petitioner who claims right on the basis of some unregistered Agreement to sell and power of attorney filed impleading applications before the Supreme Court in the pending Civil Appeals. However, the Supreme Court dismissed the applications with the following observation:- "45. The Impleadment Application Nos.74-102 of 2010 filed in the appeals arising out of SLP (C) Nos.13656-13684 of 2004 are also liable to be rejected, as the applicant therein claims to be the power-of-Attorney(s) holder of some of the lands in question and agreements of sale. Since he neither approached the High Court nor this Court by way of filing SLPs and neither the agreements of sale nor the power of attorney(s) confer any right upon him at this time, as the same is barred by the provisions of the Land Reforms Act, 1952, provisions of the Specific Relief Act as well as the Limitation Act, the - 13 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 applicant has no legal right to come on record to challenge the impugned judgment and therefore the Impleadment Applications are rejected, as the same are wholly unsustainable in law." 8. After the Supreme Court decided the issue finally, the appellant/petitioner has filed writ petition before the learned Single Judge. The learned Single Judge vide impugned judgment and order dated 22.01.2026 has dismissed the writ petition by observing as under :- "This Court was following the judgment of the Apex Court wherein the Apex Court holds that an agreement holder registered or unregistered would not get any right whatsoever, as the instrument of conveyance requires the agreement of sale to be taken to its logical conclusion, which has not happened therein and which did not happen in the case at hand as well. Therefore, the agreements of sale have remained as agreements. Thus, the petitioner has no right to claim compensation, plainly on the observation of the Apex Court on his impleading application, as quoted hereinabove." 9. We see no reason to interfere with the impugned Judgment and Order dated 22.01.2026 passed by the - 14 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:14071-DB WA No. 636 of 2026 learned Single Judge inasmuch so far as the rights of the petitioner on the basis of unregistered agreement of sale and power of attorney are concerned, the Supreme Court has already decided the issue finally and nothing is left to be decided by this Court. Therefore, we dismiss this writ appeal. 10. In view dismissal of the appeal, pending interim applications, if any do not survive for consideration, hence stand disposed of. Sd/- (D K SINGH) JUDGE Sd/- (T.M.NADAF) JUDGE NG CT: VC LIST NO.: 1 SL NO.: 3