Sri Sachin Narayan v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
E-auction of municipal commercial shops by TMC Krishnarajapete (Mandya) - existing shop tenants challenging e-auction publication No. Pu.Ka.Kru/Kam/Sha/E-Auction/01/2025-26 dated 19.01.2026 - tenant cannot hold over after expiry of lease - 2019 guidelines requiring TMCs to dispose of public properties by public auction - option for existing tenant to participate in auction or exercise Right to First Refusal by paying 5% over and above highest bid - handover of possession within 30 days if RFR not exercised in time - liberty to exercise RFR post e-auction dated 18.02.2026 - eviction permissible under law thereafter - writ petition under Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India - certiorari - disposed of - WP No.4991 of 2026 (LB-RES) - NC: 2026:KHC:9435 - Suraj Govindaraj, J. - High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, 16.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty reserved to the petitioners to exercise their Right to First Refusal after the e-auction scheduled on 18.02.2026 and to make their offer in terms of the guidelines within the time frames stipulated therein; if no such offer is made, the respondents are free to take action for eviction as permissible under law after the expiry of 30 days from the date of the auction.