- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL WRIT PETITION NO. 13707 OF 2021 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: SRI. JAGADEESHA S/O BALYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, RESIDENT OF GADIKOPPA VILLAGE, SHIVAMOGGA. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. GURUPRASAD HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. S.V. PRAKASH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. VENKATESHA NAIKA P S/O PAPA NAIKA, Digitally signed by AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of 2. SRI. VENKATESHA K Karnataka S/O KASNA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, 3. SRI. DUDYA NAIKA S/O DEVIYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, 4. SRI. NAGU NAIKA S/O MANJA NAIKA, - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, RESPONDENTS 1 TO 4 ARE RESIDENT OF DUMMALLI VILLAGE, NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK - 577 201. 5. SMT. LAKSHMI BAI W/O PAPA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, 5(A). JAYANNA S/O LATE PAPA NAIKA AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS RESIDENT OF DUMMALI VILLAGE NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK. 6. SMT. GOWRI BAI W/O LATE PAPA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, 7. SRI. RUDRA NAIKA S/O KASNA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, 8. SMT. MOTHIBAI W/O LATE DEVIYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, 9. SRI. MANJA NAIKA S/O LATE CHANDYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, RESPONDENTS 5 TO 9 ARE RESIDENT OF DUMMALLI VILLAGE, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540

WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK - 577 201. …RESPONDENTS (R1 TO R4, R6 TO R9, R5(A) ARE SERVED) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 12.07.2021 ON I.A.NO.4 IN O.S.NO.487/2018 BY THE III ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC AT SHIVAMOGGA AND SAME IS HEREWITH PRODUCED AND MARKED AS ANNEXURE-H AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking leave of the court to withdraw the writ petition, with a liberty to file additional written statement. 2. The memo reads as under: "In the captioned petition, the petitioner sought for quashing of the order dated 12.07.2021 passed on I.A.No.4 by the trial court wherein the trial court permitted the respondents to amend the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 plaint. The petitioner on the legal advice does not want to prosecute the above writ petition and therefore the writ petition may be dismissed as withdrawn reserving liberty to the petitioner to file additional written statement on filing of the amended plaint by the respondents raising the defense as are available to him in law by allowing this memo in the interest of justice."

3. In view of the aforesaid memo, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, reserving liberty to the petitioner to file additional written statement to the amended plaint within a period of three weeks. Sd/- (VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) JUDGE SHS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 9

- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL WRIT PETITION NO. 13707 OF 2021 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: SRI. JAGADEESHA S/O BALYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, RESIDENT OF GADIKOPPA VILLAGE, SHIVAMOGGA. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. GURUPRASAD HEGDE, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. S.V. PRAKASH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. VENKATESHA NAIKA P S/O PAPA NAIKA, Digitally signed by AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, SHARADAVANI B Location: High Court of 2. SRI. VENKATESHA K Karnataka S/O KASNA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, 3. SRI. DUDYA NAIKA S/O DEVIYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, 4. SRI. NAGU NAIKA S/O MANJA NAIKA, - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, RESPONDENTS 1 TO 4 ARE RESIDENT OF DUMMALLI VILLAGE, NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK - 577 201. 5. SMT. LAKSHMI BAI W/O PAPA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 68 YEARS, 5(A). JAYANNA S/O LATE PAPA NAIKA AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS RESIDENT OF DUMMALI VILLAGE NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK. 6. SMT. GOWRI BAI W/O LATE PAPA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, 7. SRI. RUDRA NAIKA S/O KASNA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, 8. SMT. MOTHIBAI W/O LATE DEVIYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, 9. SRI. MANJA NAIKA S/O LATE CHANDYA NAIKA, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, RESPONDENTS 5 TO 9 ARE RESIDENT OF DUMMALLI VILLAGE, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540

WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 NIDIGE POST, SHIVAMOGGA TALUK - 577 201. …RESPONDENTS (R1 TO R4, R6 TO R9, R5(A) ARE SERVED) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 12.07.2021 ON I.A.NO.4 IN O.S.NO.487/2018 BY THE III ADDL. CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC AT SHIVAMOGGA AND SAME IS HEREWITH PRODUCED AND MARKED AS ANNEXURE-H AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking leave of the court to withdraw the writ petition, with a liberty to file additional written statement. 2. The memo reads as under: "In the captioned petition, the petitioner sought for quashing of the order dated 12.07.2021 passed on I.A.No.4 by the trial court wherein the trial court permitted the respondents to amend the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:37540 WP No. 13707 of 2021 CNR: KAHC010265812021 plaint. The petitioner on the legal advice does not want to prosecute the above writ petition and therefore the writ petition may be dismissed as withdrawn reserving liberty to the petitioner to file additional written statement on filing of the amended plaint by the respondents raising the defense as are available to him in law by allowing this memo in the interest of justice."

3. In view of the aforesaid memo, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, reserving liberty to the petitioner to file additional written statement to the amended plaint within a period of three weeks. Sd/- (VIJAYKUMAR A. PATIL) JUDGE SHS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 9