1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25 TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2015 BEFORE THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND BYRAREDDY WRIT PETITION No.14123 OF 2014 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN: Mr. A. Muni Reddy, Aged 63 years, Son of Late Avalappa, Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, No.797/1B, 1 st Cross, HAL III Stage, Bangalore 560 075. (Karnataka) PETITIONER (By Shri E.V.Gopalakrishnan Potty, Advocate) AND: 1. State of Karnataka, Through Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore 560 001. (Karnataka) 2. Director General of Police, And Inspector General of Police,
2 Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore (Karnataka) 560 001. 3. Commissioner of Police, Infantry Road, Bangalore (Karnataka) 560 001. 4. Mr. Balakrishnan, Former Station House Officer of Kothanur Police Station, Kothanur, Bangalore North East, Bangalore (Karnataka) 560 054. 5. Shri K.C.Ramamurthy, Aged 62 years, Son of Late Chikka Muniyappa Reddy, Resident of C.M.R.Colony, Babusabpalya, Kalyannagar P.O., 6. Shri K.S.Shanker Reddy, Aged 40 years, Son of K.C.Srinivas Reddy, Resident of Nidhi Nilaya, C.M.R.Garden, #417, 4 th Cross, 2 nd Block, HRBR Layout, Kalyannagar P.O., 7. K.S.Balasundar Reddy, Aged 35 years, Son of K.C.Srinivas Reddy, Resident of No.3, Veerabhadra Nilaya, CMR Garden, 3 rd Main, 4 th Block,
3 HRBR Layout, 8. George Varghese, Aged 58 years, Son of K.V.George, Resident of Flat No.402, Jerrico Apartment, Kempegowda Road, 1 st Main, 1 st Stage, 4 th Block, HBR Layout, Bangalore - 560 023. 9. Mr. K.V.Rajagopala Reddy, Aged 58 years, Son of Vengala Reddy, Resident No.1, Sri. Bhagavati Panathur Road, Near Bellandur Tank, Yamalur Post, Bangalore 560 037. 10. Biju M Parel, Aged 40 years, Son of Mani Parel, Resident No.3, 3 rd Cross, Horamavu Agara, 11. Raju C. Ninan, Aged 64 years, Son of C.V.Ninan, Resident of Chackola Mannil House, Koothaddaukulam Kunnaan Vechoochira, P.O.Pathanamthitta,
4 Kerala (India) 689 102. 12. B.K.Mohan Kumar, Aged 35 years, Resident of Bileshivale, Bidarahalli, Bangalore - 560 067. 13. Jerry Soman, Aged 40 years, Son of Soman Vazhayil Abraham, Resident of Bethel Street, Kammanahalli Banasawadi Post, 14. Mr. Soman Vazhayil Abraham, Aged 68 years, Son of V.K.Abraham, Resident of Bethel Street, Kammanahalli Banasawadi Post, 15. Mohan Vazhayil Abraham, Major, Resident of Bethel Street, Kammanahalli Banasawadi Post, 16. T.J.Varghese, Son of T.T.Joseph, Major, Resident of Vazhayil Jerry Villa, Koipuram Post 689 100, Chengannur (Kerala).
5 17. Smt. Grace Varghese, Wife of T.J.Varghese, Major, Resident of Vazhayil Jerry Villa, Koipuram Post 689 100, Chengannur (Kerala). 18. Alex Thomsa, Aged 56 years, Son of Shri Vodakothil Chako Thomas, Resident of Mangattu House, Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Kerala (India) 689 101. 19. Mr. Joseph Chacko, Aged 54 years, Son of Late P.J.hacko, Resident of 176/B, Park Avenue, Horamavu Agara, Horamavu Post, 20. D. Manuel, Son of Late Devadas, Aged 54 years, Resident of House No.373, Horamavu AGara, Horamavu Post, 21. Jacob Thomas, Aged 64 years, I.P.C. Kuwait, P.O.Box 4825, Safat 13049, Kuwait.
6 22. Mr. K.R.Jayadeep, Aged 30 years, Son of Mr. K.C.Ramamurthy, Resident of C.M.R.Colony, Babusabpalya, Kalyan Nagar P.O., 23. Mr. Shanker Mahadev Bidari, Former Director General and Inspector General of Police For the State of Karnataka, Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore 560 001. 24. The Commissioner, Bangalore Development Authority, T. Chowdaiah Road, Kumarapark West, Bangalore 560 020. 25. John Peter, Son of Late Susai Nathan, Aged 44 yearse, Resident of No.63, Someshwara Temple, Venkateshpuram, Arabic College Post, Bangalore 560 045. 26. The CBI., represented by Superintendent of Police, Bellary Road, Bangalore.
7 [cause title amended As per court order dated 02.04.2014] RESPONDENTS (By Shri Vijaykumar A Patil, Additional Government Advocate for Respondent Nos. 1 to 3; Shri Mohammed Akhil, Advocate for Respondent No.4; Shri M.S.Shyam Sundar, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 5 and 22; Shir H. Aravind Reddy and Shri Bhanu Prakash.N, Advocate for M/s. Reddy and Reddy Associates for Respondent No.6; Shri Reuben Jacob, Advocate for Respondent Nos.8 and 10; Shri M. Narayan Reddy, Advocate for Respondent No.9; Shri Sandesh J Couta, Advocate for Respondent Nos.19 and 20; Shri K. Krishna, Advocate for Respondent No.24; Shri Hegde Devaru Ganapathi, Advocate for M/s. Jadhav Law Associates, for Respondent No.26; Shri P.B.Ajith, Advocate for Respondent No.7; Shri Shantalingayya B Mathapathi and Shri Gururaj Deshpande, Advocates for Respondent No.23; Shri Shashidhar.G, Advocate for M/s. S.S.Associates for Respondent Nos. 13 and 14; Respondent Nos. 11, 12 and 19 served) ***** This Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to than an CBI Inquiry be constituted for fairly investigating into the cases of land grabbing involving properties of NRIs in the city of Bangalore with reference to survey No.12, 4/7, 4/8 and 49/2B. Or in the alternative, a court monitored investigation may be ordered with reference properties mentioned above in sub-clause[i].
8 This Writ Petition coming on for Orders this day, the court made the following: O R D E R The learned Counsel for the petitioner files a memo seeking to withdraw the petition. The memo is placed on record and the petition is dismissed as withdrawn. Sd/- JUDGE nv