K Y Venkataswamy v. D P Manjunath
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 38508 of 2025 (CS-RES); oral order dated 19-12-2025 by Mrs. Justice M G Uma. Petitioners K Y Venkataswamy and K M Venkatesh (counsel Srikanth NV) sought quashing of a society meeting notice dated 12.12.2025 (Annexure-A) issued by respondent No.3. Dismissed: no relief sought against the State, so certiorari writ unavailable against a non-State actor; the registered Society was not impleaded, so the petition did not survive; pending interlocutory application disposed of. Keywords: Article 226, writ of certiorari, non-State actor, society meeting notice, impleadment of society, Bangalore Rural/Hoskote, CS-RES.
What did the court decide?
As the petitioners are not seeking any relief against the State, they cannot seek issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the meeting notice dated 12.12.2025 issued by respondent No.3 (Annexure-A).