M/S Abhisheka Properties Vs the Principal Secretary — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

M/S Abhisheka Properties Vs the Principal Secretary — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Liberty to the petitioners to place a certified copy of this order in the pending suits with a request to the civil Court to consider the interim applications for injunction expeditiously; no mandamus issued to the revenue or panchayat authorities.

Issue for consideration

Whether the jurisdictional Tahsildar should be directed to take action against private respondents to stop them from changing the nature of the scheduled properties from agricultural to residential purposes. +2 more

Ratio / Principle

When civil Courts are seized of the matter, an interested party seeking to secure the nature of the property from being changed must necessarily approach the civil Court before filing representations with the authorities, especially where it is undisputed that the party has filed applications with the civil Court for temporary injunction against changing the nature of the properties.

Key takeaways

The writ petitions must be disposed of, but with liberty to the petitioners to place a certified copy of this order in the pending suits with a request to the civil Court to consider the interim applications expeditiously.ratio¶306

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by M/s Abhisheka Properties seeking directions to the Tahsildar, Bengaluru North Taluk, to restrain private respondents from changing the nature of scheduled agricultural lands into a residential layout without permission and to initiate criminal prosecution against them. The High Court observed that multiple proceedings were pending or decided, including suits for specific performance protecting asserted sale-agreement interests, and that the petitioners had already applied to the civil Courts for temporary injunctions about six months earlier which remained unconsidered. Holding that where civil Courts are seized of the matter, the interested party must approach the civil Court before filing representations with the authorities, the Court disposed of the petitions with liberty to place a certified copy of the order in the pending suits requesting expeditious consideration of the injunction applications. Single-judge oral order of Justice B M Shyam Prasad dated 23 January 2026.

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
M/S ABHISHEKA PROPERTIES¶14
H C SHIVARAMU
respondent
THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY REVENUE DEPARTMENT¶20
Saritha Kulkarni
respondent
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BENGALURU URBAN DISTRICT¶26
respondent
THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, BENGALURU NORTH TALUK¶27
respondent
THE TAHSILDAR, BENGALURU NORTH TALUK¶28
respondent
THE COMMISSIONER, KARNATAKA PANCHAYAT RAJ COMMISSIONERATE¶29
respondent
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE ZILLA PANCHAYAT¶30
respondent
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE TALUK PANCHAYAT, BENGALURU NORTH TALUK¶31
respondent
THE PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER DASANAPURA GRAMA PANCHAYAT¶32
respondent
THE NELAMANGALA PLANNING AUTHORITY¶33
respondent
SMT. CHANDRAKALA¶38
respondent
SRI.R.GANGARAJU¶39
respondent
SRI.THAMMAYAPPA¶40
respondent
SMT. BYLAMMA¶41
respondent
SRI. RAMANJINAPPA¶42
respondent
SRI.T.MANJUNATH¶43
respondent
SRI.T.SHIVASHANKAR¶44
respondent
SRI.T.PRASHANTH¶45
respondent
SRI.T.NANJUNDA¶51
respondent
SMT. PUTTAMMA¶54
respondent
SMT. LAKKAMMA¶55
respondent
SMT. RANGAMMA¶56
respondent
SMT.LAKSHMAMMA¶62
respondent
SMT. SUSHEELAMMA¶63
respondent
SMT. PRAMILA¶64
respondent
SRI.JAYARAM¶65
respondent
SMT. SARASWATI¶66
respondent
SRI. HARISH¶71
respondent
SRI. DEVARAJ¶72
respondent
M/S. CLASSIC LAND DEVELOPERS¶74
respondent
SRI.K.RAMU¶76
respondent
SRI.C.GANGAIAH¶77
respondent
SRI. SRIRANGA RAJ¶85
respondent
SRI. PRASHANT KOLPE¶87
respondent
SMT.LUCY S PINTO¶89
respondent
SMT.M.H.SHOBHA¶90
respondent
SRI. SREENIVASA PRASAD M.A¶91
respondent
SRI.BONA PINTO¶97
respondent
SRI.G.B.CHITRA SHEKARAIAH¶98
respondent
SRI.H.S.SRINIVASAN¶99
respondent
SRI.B.K. POORNESH¶100
respondent
SRI.N.ANAND RAO¶101
respondent
SMT.PADMINI RAMA KUMAR¶108
respondent
SRI. ADARSH RAMAKUMAR¶109
respondent
SRI.M.C.KRISHNA PRASAD¶111
respondent
SRI.S.ELANGOVAN¶116
respondent
SMT.ALAKA PURANIK¶117
respondent
MRS.H.USHA RANI¶118
respondent
SMT.SUBHA SRIDHAR¶119
respondent
SMT.SUDHA MADHUSUDHAN¶120
respondent
SMT. VIJAYALAKSHMI¶121
respondent
SMT. DEEPASHREE M¶127
respondent
SRI. RAJASHEKAR SIDDAPPA BADEMI¶128
respondent
SRI. BASAVARAJ SIDDAPPA BADEMI¶129
respondent
SMT JAYAMMA¶163
respondent
SMT SAROJAMMA¶164
respondent
SMT ANNAPOORNA¶169
respondent
SMT. LAKSHMIDEVI¶170
respondent
SMT. VANAJAKSHI¶171
respondent
SMT. SOUMYA¶172
respondent
SMT. YASHODAMMA¶178
respondent
SMT.RAJANI¶179
respondent
SRI.SHASHISHEKARA¶180
respondent
SMT. RANGAMMA (WP 139)¶181
respondent
SRI. KIRAN KUMAR¶185
respondent
SMT. KEERTHI¶186
respondent
M/S.CLASSIC LAND DEVELOPERS (WP 139)¶187
respondent
SRI.H.C.RAMESH¶189
respondent
SRI.C.GANGAIAH (WP 139)¶194
respondent
SMT. REVATHI B.S¶195
respondent
SMT. RAMANI B.S¶196
respondent
SRI. MANJUNATH K.H¶197
respondent
SRI. OBALAPPA LINGAPPA¶198
respondent
SMT. LAKSHMI M.G¶204
respondent
SRI. HARISH B.S¶205
respondent
SMT. CHITRA P.S¶206
respondent
SRI. KARTHIK K KULKARNI¶207
respondent
SRI. RAGHAVENDRA RAO P.S¶216
respondent
SMT. LILLY RODRIGUES¶217
respondent
SRI KANTHA RAJ M.C¶218
respondent
SMT. K. VISHALAKSHI¶219
respondent
SMT.S.SARASWATHI¶220
respondent
SMT.N.LAKSHMI¶226
respondent
SRI B R PRADEEP¶228
respondent
SRI KARTHIK S¶229
respondent
SRI.V.SRINIVASA MURTHY¶238
respondent
SRI.P.Y YADUNANDAN¶239
respondent
SMT. VINODA BHAT¶240
respondent
SRI. VARADARAJAN P.K¶241
respondent
SRI.MANOHAR K.N¶246
respondent
SRI. MOHAN K.N¶247
respondent
SRI. MURALIDHAR K.N¶248
respondent
SRI.K.R.JAGADISH¶249
respondent
SRI.DR.RAVI H.B¶250
respondent
SRI.T.N. KRISHNA MURTHY¶251
respondent
SMT. MANJULA RAMESH¶253
respondent
SMT. N.NAGALATHA BADARI PRASAD¶259
respondent
SRI. R.BADARI PRASAD¶261
respondent
SMT.SARASWATHI R¶263
respondent
SRI.M.KRISHNAN¶270
respondent
SRI.K.V.SETTY¶271
respondent
RAKESH V¶272
respondent
SRI.V.VINAY¶277
respondent
SMT.MANJULA CHANDRASHEKARA¶278
respondent
SMT. USHA PRADEEP¶279

Coram

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B M SHYAM PRASADauthor¶8