M/S. Aparna Constructions and Estates Private… — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

M/S. Aparna Constructions and Estates Private… — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Remand to the Justice K N Keshavanarayana Committee for a fresh report on whether the exclusion of the petitioner's land meets the parameters set out in Bondu Ramaswamy's case; petitioner to be heard; disposal requested within four months.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned report of the Justice K N Keshavanarayana Committee recorded any finding on the validity of the exclusion of the petitioner's land from the final notification dated 18.06.2014 against the parameters set out by the Supreme Court in Bondu Ramaswamy's case, or addressed only the procedural aspect of the exclusion. +1 more

Court's answer

The Committee's impugned report did not record any finding on whether the exclusion of the land from the final notification dated 18.06.2014 meets the parameters set out by the Supreme Court in Bondu Ramaswamy's case; it went only into the procedural aspect of the exclusion.

Ratio / Principle

The mandate of the Committee is not confined to testing the correctness of the procedure adopted for exclusion; it extends to an independent enquiry whether the land would come within the parameters set out in Bondu Ramaswamy's case.

Key takeaways

The writ petition is disposed of and the matter remanded to the Hon'ble Justice K.N.Keshavanarayana Committee to re-examine the matter and submit a fresh report on whether the exclusion of the petitioner's land meets the parameters set out in Bondu Ramaswamy's case.ratio¶41
On remand the petitioner would be heard by the Committee and it will be open to the petitioner to make all available submissions in support of its case that the exclusion of the land meets the parameters set out in Bondu Ramaswamy's case.ratio¶45-46

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Karnataka (DB), WP No. 22609 of 2025 (LA-BDA), decided 09.02.2026; Bench: D K Singh (order per him) and S Rachaiah, JJ. M/s. Aparna Constructions and Estates Pvt. Ltd. sought certiorari under Articles 226 and 227 against the report (KNKV No.168/2022, dt. 13.06.2025) of the Justice K N Keshavanarayana Committee (constituted by the learned Single Judge's common judgment dt. 27.09.2021 in WP No. 51929/2014) concerning exclusion of its land (Sy.No.1/4 – 2A 4.5G, Sy.No.1/5 – 2A 15G, Sy.No.3/1 – 1A 7G; total 5A 26.5G, K.Narayanpura Village) from the final notification dt. 18.06.2014. Held: the Committee examined only the procedural aspect of the exclusion and recorded no finding whether the exclusion satisfies the parameters laid down by the Supreme Court in Bondu Ramaswamy v. Bangalore Development Authority and others, 2010(7) SCC 129; the Committee's mandate requires an independent substantive enquiry against those parameters, not merely a procedural review. Writ petition disposed of; matter remanded to the Committee for a fresh report on whether the exclusion meets the Bondu Ramaswamy parameters, with the petitioner to be heard and permitted to advance all available submissions; disposal requested within four months.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S RACHAIAH WRIT PETITION NO. 22609 OF 2025 (LA-BDA)

BETWEEN:

Digitally signed by SREEDHARAN BANGALORE SUSHMA LAKSHMI Location: High Court of Karnataka

M/S. APARNA CONSTRUCTIONS AND ESTATES PRIVATE LIMITED (A COMPANY INCORPORATED THE COMPANIES ACT) HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT NO. 802 ASTRAL HEIGHTS D. NO. 6-3-352/2 AND 3 ROAD NO.1 BANJARA HILLS HYDERABAD - 560 034. AND HAVING ITS BRANCH OFFICE AT LATUS TOWERS 3^RD FLOOR NO. 34, DEVRAJ URS ROAD RACE COURSE ROAD REPRESENTED BY AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY SHRI. M DEVARAJU

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. DHANANJAY V JOSHI, SR. ADVOCATE FOR SRI. H U VACHAN, ADVOCATE)

AND:

STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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M.S. BUILDING

DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU - 560 001. REP. BY ITS SECRETARY.

JUSTICE K N KESHAVANARAYANA COMMITTEE (CONSTITUTED BY THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT IN WP NO. 51929/2014) KRISHI BHAVAN, 4^TH FLOOR,HUDSON CIRCLE BENGALURU - 560 002.

BENGALURU DEVELOPMETN AUTHORITY T. CHOWDAIAH ROAD, KUMARA PARK WEST BENGALURU - 560 020. REP. BY ITS COMMISSIONER

SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER BENGALURU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY T CHOWDAIAH ROAD, KUMARA PARK WEST BENGALURU - 560 020.

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. G S ARUNA, HCGP FOR R1; SRI. MURUGESH V CHARATI, ADVOCATE FOR R3 & R4; NOTICE OF R2 IS DISPENSED WITH V/O DATED 20/08/2025)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND SET ASIDE THE REPORT BEARING KNKV NO.168/2022 DATED 13.06.2025 PASSED BY RESPONDENT NO.2, JUSTICE K N KESHAVANARAYANA COMMITTEE AT ANNEXURE-A AND ETC.,

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

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S RACHAIAH

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ORAL ORDER

(PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH)

The present writ petition has been filed impugning the report of Hon’ble Justice K.N.Keshavanarayana Committee dated 13.06.2025 in respect of land bearing Sy.No.1/4 measuring 2 acres 4.5 guntas, Sy.No.1/5 measuring 2 acres 15 guntas and Sy.No.3/1 measuring 1 acre 7 guntas forming one contiguous block in all measuring 5 acres 26.5 guntas situated at K.Narayanpura Village.

This land was not part of the final notification issued by the State Government on 18.06.2014. The learned Single Judge of this Court, by the common judgment and order dated 27.09.2021, had constituted Justice K.N.Keshavanarayana Committee with a mandate to examine the legality and validity inter-alia inclusion and exclusion of the lands in the final notification as per the parameters set out by the Supreme Court in the case of Bondu Ramaswamy v. Bangalore Development Authority and others¹ .

1 2010(7) SCC 129

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The Committee in its impugned report has not recorded any finding regarding validity of the exclusion of the land from the final notification dated 18.06.2014 i.e., whether the exclusion meets the parameters as set out by the Supreme Court in Bondu Ramaswamy’s case or not. Rather, the Committee has gone into the procedural aspect of exclusion of the land from the final notification. Even if the procedure for exclusion was not valid or correct, the Committee should have independently enquired whether the land in question would come within

the parameters as set out in Bondu Ramaswamy’s case. The mandate of the Committee is not only to see whether the procedure adopted for exclusion of the land was correct or not, but also to look into whether it would come within the parameters as set out in Bondu Ramaswamy’s case.

Therefore, we dispose of this writ petition and remand the matter back to the Hon'ble Justice K.N.Keshavanarayana Committee to re-examine the matter and submit a fresh report as to whether the exclusion of the petitioner's land would meet the parameters as set out by the Supreme

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Court in Bondu Ramaswamy’s case. The petitioner

would be heard by the Committee and it will be open to

the petitioner to make all submissions which may be available in support of the case that the exclusion of the land meets the parameters as set out in Bondu Ramaswamy’s case.

With the aforesaid observation, writ petition is disposed of.

We request the Committee to dispose of the matter on remand expeditiously within a period of four months from today.

Sd/(D K SINGH) JUDGE

Sd/(S RACHAIAH) JUDGE

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