Case Note & Summary
The matters involve twelve writ appeals filed before the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961. The appeals arise from a common order dated 13-01-2025 passed by a learned Single Judge in multiple writ petitions, primarily concerning land acquisition by the Karnataka Housing Board. The appellant landowners hail from villages such as Konasandra, Kadujakkanahalli, Adur, Bommanda Halli, and others in Anekal Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District, near Bannerghatta National Park. The respondents include the State of Karnataka, Karnataka Housing Board, Special Land Acquisition Officer, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Assistant Director of Land Records and Survey Settlement, and Union of India through Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The appeals challenge the single judge's orders, with each appeal seeking to set aside the order passed in the corresponding writ petition and either allow or dismiss the writ petition as originally prayed for. As the provided text consists only of the cause title, party details, advocate appearances, and prayers of the appeals, no substantive arguments, legal reasoning, or final decision are available. The court's bench comprised Hon'ble Mr. Justice D K Singh and Hon'ble Mr. Justice H. Shanthi Bhushan. The judgment was dated 29 August 2026. The case numbers include WA No. 418/2025 (LA-KHB) along with connected appeals WA No. 391/2025, 392/2025, 434/2025, 436/2025, 437/2025, 609/2025, 627/2025, 2047/2025, 2072/2025, 2082/2025, and 2087/2025. The appeals appear to have been consolidated for hearing. The substantive merits, issues framed, arguments, ratio decidendi, and final decision are not discernible from the extracted text.
Headnote
Not mentioned (substantive judgment not provided in the available text; only cause titles and prayers of consolidated writ appeals are present).
Issue of Consideration
Whether the order dated 13-01-2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in various writ petitions is liable to be set aside in the writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961.
Law Points
- Writ appeal under Section 4 of Karnataka High Court Act
- 1961
- challenge to single judge order
- land acquisition
- Karnataka Housing Board
- Bannerghatta National Park
- consolidation of appeals
Case Details
2026 LawText (KAR) (08) 81
WA No. 418/2025 (LA-KHB) c/w WA No. 391/2025, WA No. 392/2025, WA No. 434/2025, WA No. 436/2025, WA No. 437/2025, WA No. 609/2025, WA No. 627/2025, WA No. 2047/2025, WA No. 2072/2025, WA No. 2082/2025, WA No. 2087/2025
D K Singh, H. Shanthi Bhushan
Udaya Holla, Chandrashekar P V, K. Shashi Kiran Shetty, Ismail Zabiulla, B. Ravindranath, S.N. Ashwathanarayana, S.A. Sudhindra, Arvind Kamath, S. Rajashekar, Mutaguppi Laxmesh Putta, C Shankar Reddy, D.R. Ravishankar, H.L. Pradeep Kumar
Multiple appellants across twelve writ appeals, including Sri R. Govinda Reddy, Smt. Puttarajamma (deceased represented by LRs), Sri Srinivasa and others, Sri M. Mahadevaiah and others, Sri H. Nagesh Reddy and others, Sri M. Papanna, Sri Lingappa and others, and others
State of Karnataka, Karnataka Housing Board, Special Land Acquisition Officer, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Assistant Director of Land Records and Survey Settlement, Union of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change), and private respondents
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Nature of Litigation
Writ appeals under Section 4 of Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 against common order passed by Single Judge in land acquisition writ petitions.
Remedy Sought
Appellants seek setting aside of order dated 13-01-2025 passed by Single Judge in their respective writ petitions and consequent allowance/dismissal of the writ petitions as originally prayed.
Filing Reason
Aggrieved by the Single Judge's order dated 13-01-2025 in various writ petitions involving land acquisition by Karnataka Housing Board.
Previous Decisions
Common order dated 13-01-2025 passed by learned Single Judge in several writ petitions including WP No. 43342/2015, WP No. 49297/2015, WP No. 4492/2021, WP No. 29789/2015, WP No. 43344/2015, WP No. 36164/2015, WP No. 2401/2016 and others.
Issues
Whether the order dated 13-01-2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in the various writ petitions is liable to be set aside in the writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961.
Submissions/Arguments
In each writ appeal, the appellants prayed for setting aside of the order dated 13-01-2025 passed in the corresponding writ petition and for allowing or dismissing the writ petition as prayed for.
Judgment Excerpts
THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 13/01/2025 PASSED IN WP NO.43342/2015 BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE AND CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW THE WRIT PETITION AS PRAYED FOR.
Procedural History
Writ petitions were filed before the High Court of Karnataka concerning land acquisition by Karnataka Housing Board. The learned Single Judge passed a common order dated 13-01-2025 in those writ petitions. Aggrieved by the said order, the appellants filed the present writ appeals under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961. The appeals were consolidated and heard together by the Division Bench.
Acts & Sections
- Karnataka High Court Act, 1961: Section 4
