Mrs. Diana George Vs Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara… — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2025)

Mrs. Diana George Vs Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara… — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

None. The petition was dismissed as withdrawn pursuant to the petitioners' memo dated 08.10.2025; no directions were issued on demolition, statutory clearances, or the sanctioned-plan deviations; all pending applications also stand dismissed.

Issue for consideration

Whether Respondent No.1 (BBMP) should be directed to demolish and remove the illegal portions of construction on the schedule property in violation of the sanctioned plan(s), and whether Respondent No.9 or persons claiming through or under him should be restrained from proceeding with construction unless statutory clearances are obtained and deviations from the sanctioned plan dated 23.01.2023 (Annexure-L) are removed. NOTE: this issue was never adjudicated because the petition was withdrawn.

Ratio / Principle

The Court took on record the memo dated 08.10.2025 filed by learned counsel for the petitioners seeking permission to withdraw the writ petition.

Key takeaways

In view of the withdrawal memo, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn.ratio¶46
As a consequence of the dismissal of the petition, all pending applications in the petition stand dismissed.ratio¶47

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Karnataka (Bengaluru), Writ Petition No. 7958 of 2023 (LB-BMP), oral order dated 14.10.2025 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. Nataraj. Four resident-petitioners had prayed for directions to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to demolish and remove illegal portions of construction on a schedule property that violated the sanctioned plan dated 23.01.2023 (Annexure-L) approved by Respondent No.4, and for restraint on Respondent No.9 (and persons claiming through him) from continuing construction until statutory clearances were obtained and deviations removed. Respondents included BBMP officers of Mahadevapura Zone, BESCOM, BWSSB, Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services and a private individual. Before any adjudication, counsel for the petitioners filed a memo dated 08.10.2025 seeking withdrawal; the Court took the memo on record, dismissed the petition as withdrawn, and consequently all pending applications stood dismissed. No issue was examined, no precedent cited, and no proposition of law emerges from this order.

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HC-KAR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 14^TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 7958 OF 2023 (LB-BMP)

BETWEEN:

MRS. DIANA GEORGE W/O MR. VERGHESE GEORGE AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS RESIDING AT #257, BOREWELL ROAD DODSWORTH LAYOUT WHITEFIELD

BANGALORE-560 066

MR. VERGHESE GEORGE S/O LATE COL. K.M. GEORGE AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS RESIDING AT #257, BOREWELL ROAD DODSWORTH LAYOUT WHITEFIELD BANGALORE-560 066

Digitally signed by SUMA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

MR. BUNTY PEERBHOY S/O LATE MR. AYAZ PEERBHOY AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS RESIDING AT 16/21, BINNY CRESCENT BENSON TOWN, BANGALORE-560 046 ALSO AT 5 AND 6 BOREWELL ROAD DODSWORTH LAYOUT WHITEFIELD BANGALORE-560 066

MRS. SHALINI MAKHIJA W/O MR MAHESH MAKHIJA AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS RESIDING AT 16/A, KKMP BUILDING MILLERS ROAD VASANTHNAGAR

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BANGALORE-560 052

…PETITIONERS

(BY SRI. ROHAN KOTHARI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE N.R.SQUARE, BANGALORE-560 002 THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER\

THE JOINT COMMISSIONER MAHADEVPURA ZONE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE WHITEFIELD MAIN ROAD RHB COLONY, OPP.PHOENIX MARKET CITY

BANGALORE-560 048

THE CHIEF ENGINEER MAHADEVPURA ZONE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE WHITEFIELD MAIN ROAD RHB COLONY OPP.PHOENIX MARKET CITY BANGALORE-560 048

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (TOWN PLANNING) MAHADEVPURA ZONE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE WHITEFIELD MAIN ROAD RHB COLONY OPP.PHOENIX MARKET CITY

BANGALORE-560 048

THE WARD ENGINEER WARD 84, WHITEFIELD BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE WHITEFIELD MAIN ROAD RHB COLONY, OPP.PHOENIX MARKET CITY

BANGALORE-560 048

BANGALORE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED, CORPORATE OFFICE K.R.CIRCLE, BANGALORE-560 001 THROUGH ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR

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BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BOARD, 2^ND FLOOR CAUVERY BHAVAN KEMPEGOWDA ROAD BANGALORE-560 009 THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN

KARNATAKA FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES #1, RAMASWAMY MUDALIAR ROAD HERMIT COLONY, SIVANCHETTI GARDENS BANGALORE-560 042 REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE

MR. RAGHUNANDAN REDDY BEERAM #10/262, ASHOK NAGAR FIRST LINE, BADVEL CUDDAPAH, ANDHRA PRADESH-516 227

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. MALLIKARJUN REDDY K.S, ADVOCATE FOR R1 TO R5; SMT. SWETA RANJAN, ADVOCATE FOR R6; SRI. PRASHANT T. PANDIT, ADVOCATE FOR R7; SMT. SPOORTHY V, HCGP FOR R8; SRI. N.S. SHESHADRI, ADVOCATE FOR R9)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE RESPONDENT NO.1 TO TAKE STEPS TO DEMOLISH AND REMOVE THE ILLEGAL PORTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SCHEDULE PROPERTY WHICH ARE IN VIOLATION OF SANCTIONED PLAN(S) APPROVED BY RESPONDENT NO.4 ONE OF WHICH IS PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-L AND DIRECT RESPONDENT NO.9 OR ANY PERSON CLAIMING THROUGH OR UNDER HIM TO NOT PROCEED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE SCHEDULE PROPERTY UNLESS ALL STATUTORY CLEARANCES ARE OBTAINED AND THE DEVIATIONS FROM THE SANCTIONED PLAN DATED 23.01.2023 (ANNEXURE-L) ARE REMOVED AND ETC.

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HC-KAR

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. NATARAJ

ORAL ORDER

Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo dated 08.10.2025 seeking permission of this Court to withdraw this writ petition.

2. The memo is taken on record.

In view of the memo, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn .

Consequently, all pending applications stand

dismissed.

Sd/(R. NATARAJ) JUDGE

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