Smt K R Manjula Vs State of Karnataka — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

Smt K R Manjula Vs State of Karnataka — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition partly allowed: petitioner permitted to submit a plan for sanction to respondent No.2 on or before 23.1.2026; respondent No.2 to consider and process the plan in accordance with law and sanction it within 30 days of receipt of the application; upon sanction, respondent No.2 to issue the necessary No Objection for securing electricity and water connection to the petitioner's property. The Endorsements (Annexures M, N and Q) were not expressly quashed in the operative order.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Endorsements issued by respondent No.2 withholding water connection and the NOC required for an electricity connection to the petitioner's construction ought to be quashed, and whether mandamus should issue for the connections (prayers (a) and (b)). +1 more

Court's answer

Once plan sanction is issued, respondent No.2 is directed to issue the necessary No Objection for the purpose of securing electricity and water connection to the petitioner's property.

Ratio / Principle

On perusal of the photographs produced with the petition, the construction is a farmhouse and there is enough and sufficient space for the petitioner to comply with the applicable laws.

Key takeaways

The petitioner ex facie failed to obtain plan sanction for the construction; however, at this stage the failure cannot be said to be deliberate, and the petitioner was ready to submit the plan for sanction to respondent No.2.ratio¶37
The petitioner is permitted to submit a plan for sanction to respondent No.2 within 15 days, i.e., on or before 23.1.2026.ratio¶41
If the application along with the plan is submitted by 23.1.2026, respondent No.2 is directed to consider the plan and process it in accordance with law, and sanction the same within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Karnataka High Court (Suraj Govindaraj, J.) partly allowed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 filed by Smt. K.R. Manjula challenging endorsements (Annexure-M dated 23-06-2025 in No.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/2025-26/30, Annexure-N dated 23-06-2025 in No.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/2025-26/31, and Annexure-Q dated 24-10-2025 in No.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/55/2025-26) issued by the Panchayat Development Officer, Lakkenahalli Village Panchayat, whereby electricity and water connections had not been issued to her farmhouse construction. The Court found the construction ex facie lacked plan sanction, though not deliberately, and that sufficient space existed to comply with applicable laws. The petitioner was permitted to submit a plan for sanction on or before 23.1.2026; respondent No.2 was directed to process and sanction it in accordance with law within 30 days of receipt and, once sanction issued, to grant the necessary No Objection for electricity and water connections.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6^TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ WRIT PETITION NO. 34430 OF 2025 (LB)

BETWEEN:

SMT. K.R. MANJULA D/O. LATE VENKATALAKSHMAMMA, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, R/AT: SURVEY NO.161 (R.S.NO.215) TG PALYA, LAKKENAHALLI VILLAGE, SOLURU HOBLI, MAGADI TALUK, BENGALURU SOUTH DISTRICT-562 127

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. HARIPRASAD Y., ADVOCATE)

AND:

Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY REVENUE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU–560 001.

THE PANCHAYAT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER LAKKENAHALLI VILLAGE PANCHAYAT, SOLURU HOBLI, MAGADI TALUK, BENGALURU SOUTH DISTRICT-562 127.

…RESPONDENTS

(BY SRI. BOPPANNA BELIYAPPA, AGA FOR R1; SRI. M.S. DEVARAJU, ADVOCATE FOR R2)

THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO: (A) QUASH THE

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ANNEXURE-M DATED 23-06-2025 ISSUED BY THE 2^ND RESPONDENT IN NO.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/2025-26/30 AND THE ANNEXURE-N DATED 23-06-2025 ISSUED BY THE 2^ND RESPONDENT IN NO.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/2025-26/31 AND ALSO ANNEXURE-Q DATED 24-10-2025 ISSUED BY THE 2^ND RESPONDENT IN NO.LGP/ENDORSEMENT/55/2025-26; AND ETC.

THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN B-GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

ORAL ORDER

Petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:

“(a) Issue writ of certiorari and quash the Annexure-M dated 23-06-2025 issued by the 2^nd Respondent in No.LGP/Endorsement/202526/30 and the Annexure-N dated 23-06-2025 issued by the 2^nd Respondent in No.LGP/Endorsement/2025-26/31 and also Annexure-Q dated 24-10-2025 issued by the 2^nd Respondent in No.LGP/Endorsement/ 55/2025-26.

(b) Issue writ of mandamus directing the 2^nd Respondent to provide water connection and issue NOC to the Petitioner's house to get the electricity connection.

(c) Allow the writ petition with costs;

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(d) Grant any relief/s as this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the circumstances of the case.”

The grievance of the petitioner is that electricity and water connection have not been issued to the construction put up by the petitioner, it is in that background that the petitioner is before this court seeking for the aforesaid reliefs to quash the Endorsement so issued. On enquiry with the learned counsel for the petitioner as to whether the petitioner has got a plan sanctioned for the construction, he fairly submits that there is no such plan which has been applied for by the petitioner. That the petitioner is ready to submit such a plan for approval if so permitted, within a period of two weeks from today.

A perusal of the photographs that has been produced along with the petition indicates that it is a farmhouse which has been constructed and there is enough and sufficient space for the petitioner to

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comply with the applicable laws and ex-facie it appears that the petitioner has failed to obtain the plan sanction, which cannot be said to be deliberate at this stage. Considering that the petitioner is ready to submit the plan for sanction to respondent No.2,

in that view of the matter, I pass the following:

ORDER

i. Writ petition is partly allowed.

ii. The petitioner is permitted to submit a plan for sanction to respondent No.2 within a period of 15 days from today i.e., on or before 23.1.2026.

iii. If such an application along with the plan are submitted by 23.1.2026, respondent No.2 is directed to consider the said plan and process in accordance with law and sanction the same within a period of

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30 days from the date of receipt of the

application.

iv. Once such a plan sanction is issued, respondent No.2 is directed to issue necessary No Objection for the purpose of securing electricity and water connection to the property of the petitioner.

SD/(SURAJ GOVINDARAJ) JUDGE

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