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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:16149-DB CCC No. 889 of 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF MARCH, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 889 OF 2025 BETWEEN:
SMT GOWRAMMA W/O LATE VENKATARAMAIAH AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS R/O HANCHIMALLANAHALLI VILLAGE C.S.DURGA HOBLI KORATAGERE TALUK TUMAKURU DISTRCT-572129. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI. D.S. DODDAIAH, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. MANJUNATHA K, ADVOCATE)
AND:
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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP BY ITS SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE M.S.BUILDING. BENGALURU-572120.
2. SRI.MANJUNATH THE TAHASILDAR KORATAGERE TALUK TUMAKURU-572 101 …ACCUSED (BY SRI. S.H. RAGHAVENDRA, AGA)
Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location:
HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:16149-DB CCC No. 889 of 2025
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR HAVING DISOBEYED THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS HONBLE COURT ON 13.12.2023 IN WP NO.10968/2023 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-A AND TO PUNISH THE ACCUSED FOR WILLFULLY AND DELIBERATELY DISOBEYING THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS HONBLE COURT.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, 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 complainant has filed the present complaint alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 13.12.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.10968/2023 (KLR-RES). In terms of the said order, the learned Single Judge had, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case,
directed the respondents to consider the representation made by the complainant, which were annexed as Annexures- E, F, G and H to the writ petition.
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:16149-DB CCC No. 889 of 2025
2. The accused has filed compliance affidavit, affirming that after receiving the report from the Assistant Director of Land Records, Koratagere, the accused with the assistance of the jurisdictional Police and Revenue Officials successfully removed the illegal encroachment. The accused has also annexed the photographs along with the compliance affidavit.
3. In view of the above, the complaint is closed.
4. All pending applications are also disposed of.
Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE
Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE
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