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K P Murthy v. Deputy Commissioner

Karnataka HC23 Jul 2026WA/745/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Non-merits disposal: writ appeal dismissed as withdrawn with liberty of counsel; useful only procedurally. Search terms: withdrawal of writ appeal; dismissal as withdrawn; Section 4 Karnataka High Court Act 1961; WA 745/2025; challenge to Single Judge order dated 09.07.2024 in WP 26976/2018; KLR-RES land records matter; parties K.P. Murthy v. Deputy Commissioner Bangalore Urban District, Technical Assistant/Ex-officio Deputy Director of Land Records, Tahsildar Bangalore East Taluk, and private respondents including LRS of Sri K Narayana Reddy, Sri N. Jaganath and Sri Muni Anjanappa (Bidarahalli/K.R. Puram, Bengaluru East Taluk); coram D K Singh and T.M. Nadaf, JJ.; decided 23.07.2026. No issues framed, no cases cited, no rulings on merits; limited citability.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the writ appeal; appeal dismissed as withdrawn and pending interlocutory application disposed of as not surviving for consideration.

What the court decided

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Outcome

Permission to withdraw the writ appeal; appeal dismissed as withdrawn and pending interlocutory application disposed of as not surviving for consideration.

Key takeaways

Upon learned counsel for the appellant submitting, after arguing the matter for some time, that the appellant may be permitted to withdraw the writ appeal, the Court dismissed the writ appeal as withdrawn; the pending interlocutory application, if any, does not survive and stands disposed of. No question on the merits of the underlying land records dispute was adjudicated.¶54

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Karnataka High Court, Division Bench (D K Singh and T.M. Nadaf, JJ.; judgment per D K Singh, J.), 23 July 2026, in Writ Appeal No. 745 of 2025 (KLR-RES) — an appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 against the Single Judge's order dated 09.07.2024 in WP No. 26976/2018 (a land records/revenue matter involving the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District, the Tahsildar, Bangalore East Taluk, and private respondents). After arguing the matter for some time, counsel for the appellant K.P. Murthy sought permission to withdraw the appeal; the Division Bench dismissed the writ appeal as withdrawn and directed that the pending interlocutory application, if any, did not survive for consideration and stood disposed of. The appeal was not decided on the merits; no precedent value attaches to this order.

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HC-KAR

NC: 2026:KHC:37986-DB WA No. 745 of 2025

CNR: KAHC010319032025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 23^RD DAY OF JULY, 2026

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF WRIT APPEAL NO. 745 OF 2025 (KLR-RES)

BETWEEN:

K.P. MURTHY, S/O PAPAYYA REDDY, AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, RESIDING AT KACHARAKANAHALLI ST.THOMAS TOWN POST, BANGALORE - 560 084.

…APPELLANT

(BY SRI. S KALYAN BASAVARAJ., ADVOCATE)

AND:

Digitally signed by REKHA R Location: High Court of Karnataka

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BANGALORE URBAN DISTRICT, KANDAYA BHAVAN, K.G. ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND EX-OFFICIO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LAND RECORDS BANGALORE URBAN DISTRICT K G ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

TAHSILDAR, BANGALORE EAST TALUK, K.R. PURAM, BANGALORE - 560 049.

SRI. DEVARAJU, S/O NARAYANAPPA, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS,

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HC-KAR

NC: 2026:KHC:37986-DB WA No. 745 of 2025

CNR: KAHC010319032025

R/O YERRAPPANAHALLI DODDA, GUBBI POST BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, BANGALORE EAST TALUK, BANGALORE - 560 049.

SRI K NARAYANA REDDY @ K NARAYANA, S/O LATE N KRISHNA REDDY SINCE DEAD BY LRS

SRI. KIRAN KUMAR N.,

1. S/O LATE NARAYAN REDDY, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS,

SRI. PRAVEEN NARAYAN REDDY, S/O LATE NARAYAN REDDY, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,

RESPONDENT NO.5 AND 6 ARE R/O NO.41, 14^TH CROSS, KACHARAKANAHALLI, ST. THOMAS TOWN POST, BANGALORE - 560 084.

SMT. RUKMINI, W/O LATE NARAYAN REDDY, AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS, AGRICULTURIST, R/O NO.41, 14^TH CROSS, KACHARAKANAHALLI, ST. THOMAS TOWN POST, BANGALORE - 560 084.

SRI. N. JAGANATH, S/O NARAYANAPPA, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS

SRI. PRAVEEN J., S/O LATE JAGANNATH, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS,

SMT. SUNANDA, S/O LATE JAGANNATH, AGED ABOUT 67 YEARS,

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HC-KAR

NC: 2026:KHC:37986-DB WA No. 745 of 2025

CNR: KAHC010319032025

RESPONDENTS NO.8 AND 9 ARE R/AT BIDARAHALLI VILLAGE NAGAR POST, BENGALURU EAST TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 049.

SRI MUNI ANJANAPPA, S/O HANUMAIAH, SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LRS

SMT. CHOWDAMMA, W/O LATE NAGARAJ, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS,

MS. CHAITRA, D/O LATE NAGARAJ, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS,

SRI. ANIL KUMAR, S/O LATE NAGARAJ, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS,

SHRI. M MURTHY, S/O LATE NAGARAJ, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, RESPONDENTS NO.10 TO 13 ARE R/AT BOMMASANDRA VILLAGE, BIDARAHALLI HOBLI, DODDAGUBBI POST, K.R. PURAM EAST TALUK, BENGALURU - 560 007.

…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. M.N.SUDEV HEGDE, AGA FOR R1 TO R3)

THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, 1961, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED:09.07.2024 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE IN WP NO.26976/2018 ON THE FILE OF THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE AND ETC.,

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HC-KAR

NC: 2026:KHC:37986-DB WA No. 745 of 2025

CNR: KAHC010319032025

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)

After arguing the matter for some time, learned counsel for the appellant submitted that the appellant may be permitted to withdraw the writ appeal.

In view of the said submission, the writ appeal is dismissed as withdrawn .

Pending interlocutory application, if any, does not survive for consideration and the same is disposed of.

Sd/(D K SINGH) JUDGE

Sd/(T.M.NADAF) JUDGE

PK List No.: 2 Sl No.: 1; ct-vn

Statutes considered

1 provisions across 1 enactments

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Karnataka High Court Act, 1961Section 4¶45

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Order under challenge
Order dated 09.07.2024 of the learned Single Judge in WP No. 26976/2018, which the writ appeal prays to set aside¶45
Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore (Single Judge) · 09.07.2024
Prior proceeding
Writ Petition No. 26976/2018 instituted before the Single Judge, High Court of Karnataka, culminating in the impugned order dated 09.07.2024; the appeal itself was filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961¶45

Parties & counsel

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appellant
K.P. Murthy, S/o Papayya Reddy¶11
SRI. S KALYAN BASAVARAJ.
respondent
Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District¶16
SRI. M.N.SUDEV HEGDE
respondent
Technical Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner and Ex-officio Deputy Director of Land Records, Bangalore Urban District¶17
SRI. M.N.SUDEV HEGDE
respondent
Tahsildar, Bangalore East Taluk¶18
SRI. M.N.SUDEV HEGDE
respondent
Sri. Devaraju, S/o Narayanappa¶19
respondent
Sri. Kiran Kumar N.¶26
respondent
Sri. Praveen Narayan Reddy, S/o Late Narayan Reddy¶28
respondent
Smt. Rukmini, W/o Late Narayan Reddy¶30
respondent
Sri. Praveen J., S/o Late Jagannath¶32
respondent
Smt. Sunanda, S/o Late Jagannath¶33
respondent
Smt. Chowdamma, W/o Late Nagaraj¶40
respondent
Ms. Chaitra, D/o Late Nagaraj¶41
respondent
Sri. Anil Kumar, S/o Late Nagaraj¶42
respondent
Shri. M Murthy, S/o Late Nagaraj¶43

Coram

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D K SINGHauthor¶53
T.M.NADAFmember¶57

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Karnataka HC
Decided on: 23 Jul 2026 · July
Registered: 9 May 2025
Case no.: WA/745/2025
CNR: KAHC010319032025
Bench: D K Singh T.m.nadaf
Disposal: DISMISSED
Case type: Writ Appeal

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Cite this judgement

K P Murthy v. Deputy Commissioner, WA/745/2025 (KA), decided on 23 July 2026.

The High Court of Karnataka publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Statutes1

Karnataka High Court Act, 1961Section 4

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Procedural history2

Order dated 09.07.2024 of the learned Single Judge in WP No. 26976/2018, which the writ appeal prays to set asideHon'ble High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore (Single Judge) · 09.07.2024
Writ Petition No. 26976/2018 instituted before the Single Judge, High Court of Karnataka, culminating in the impugned order dated 09.07.2024; the appeal itself was filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961

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Bench / Coram

D K SINGH and T.M.NADAF

Parties & counsel