SWAMI SUKHABODHANANDA SARASWATI v. STATE OF KARNATAKA
WP/4311/2026 · 2026-02-17
R Devdas
body2026
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9514 WP No. 4311 of 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 17TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO. 4311 OF 2026 (KLR-RES)
BETWEEN:
SWAMI SUKHABODHANANDA SARASWATI AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, S/O LATE CMS MOORTHY, R/AT NO.1, NIRGUNA MANDIR LAYOUT, ST BED AREA, 1ST BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU-560 047.
DULY REP. BY SPA HOLDER MR. JITENDER V. JOSHI, AGED 65 YEARS, SON OF MR. VISHNUDAS JOSHI. …PETITIONER
(BY SRI. RENUKA PRASAD, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. K.G. KAMATH, ADVOCATE)
AND:
1.
STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560 001, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.
2.
THE SPL. TAHSILDAR BENGALURU SOUTH TALUK, BENGALURU URBAN, BENGALURU-560 009. …RESPONDENTS
Digitally signed by LAKSHMI T Location: High Court of Karnataka
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9514 WP No. 4311 of 2026
(BY SMT. NAVYA SHEKHAR, AGA)
THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS PARTICULARLY THE 2ND RESPONDENT, TO CONSIDER AND DISPOSE OF THE REPRESENTATIONS DATED 31.07.2025 AND 22.08.2025 (ANNEXURES-C AND C1) AND TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ENTRIES IN THE REVENUE RECORDS/RTC, OF THE PENDENCY OF LITIGATION WHEREIN “STATUS QUO”
ORDER IN PREVAILING.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R DEVDAS
ORAL ORDER
Learned Additional Government Advocate takes notice for the respondents.
2. The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondent No.2-Special Tahsildar, Bengaluru South Taluk, is not acting in terms of the order of temporary injunction granted by the learned I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Bengaluru Rural District in OS No.1268/2025, despite a communication being made by the petitioner in terms of Annexure-C dated 31.07.2025 and Annexure-C1 dated
22.08.2025.
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HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:9514 WP No. 4311 of 2026
3. Having regard to the Circular dated 25.11.2019 issued by the Revenue Department of the State Government, the respondent No.2-Special Tahsildar is required to proceed to make entries in Column No.11 regarding the orders passed by the Civil Court.
4. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.2-Special Tahsildar to immediately enter in Column No.11 the orders passed by the Civil Court in O.S.No.1268/2025 dated 21.01.2026, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this
order.
Sd/- (R DEVDAS) JUDGE
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