IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H. T. NARENDRA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.36198/2013(GM-RES) BETWEEN:
SRI HANUMANTHAPPA S/O LATE. KARIYAPPA AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS R/AT GAYATHRI NILAYA 7TH CROSS, V. V. NAGAR (KALLAHALLI)MANDYA-571401 ... PETITIONER (BY SRI. P.N.NANJA REDDY, ADV.) AND 1. KARNATAKA STATE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER REPTD., BY ITS COMMISSIONER NO 14/3 1ST FLOOR SRI ARAVIND BHAVAN (MITHIC SOCIETY), NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BANGALORE 560 001.
2. KARNATAKA SLUM DEVELOPMENT BOARD REPTD BY ITS COMMISSIONER NO 55 RISHILDAR ROAD SESHADRIPURAM BANGALORE 560 020.
3. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER KARNATAKA SLUM DEVELOPMENT BOARD NO 1 SUB DIVISION JAWA FACTORY ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY CIRCLE MYSORE 570 021 ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.G. B. SHARATH GOWDA, ADV. FOR R1, SRI.M.P.SRIKANTH, ADV. FOR SRI.M.S.PARTHASARATHI, ADV. FOR R2, R3 IS SERVED BUT UNREPRESENTED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DTD.25.4.2013 PASSED IN CASE NO.K.I.C.9905.PTN.2012 VIDE ANNEX-F DIRECTED BY R1 AND THE ORDER DTD.22.6.2013 PASSED IN KIC.9905.PTN.2012 DIRECTED BY R1 VIDE ANNEX-K AS SAME ARE ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY AND CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT & ETC.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R The learned counsel for respondent No.2 has filed a memo along with the copy of the death certificate of the petitioner stating that the sole petitioner died on 1.7.2015.
Memo is placed on record.
Since, no steps have been taken to bring the legal representatives of deceased petitioner on record, the petition stands abated.
Sd/- JUDGE DM