Sanjay Shetty vs The Additional Commissioner
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Karnataka High Court

Sanjay Shetty vs The Additional Commissioner on 12 January, 2026

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                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

                      DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026

                                     PRESENT
                  THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE
                                        AND
                      THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA
                         WRIT APPEAL NO. 1353 OF 2025 (MV)

            BETWEEN:

            SANJAY SHETTY
            S/O SHEENA SHETTY
            AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS,
            POONJA TRAVELS,
            RESIDING AT SAROJINI
            KORANGARAPADY
            UDUPI TALUK AND DISTRICT 574118.

                                                    ...APPELLANT
            (BY SRI. B R SUNDARA RAJA GUPTA.,ADVOCATE)
Digitally
signed by
NIRMALA     AND:
DEVI
Location:   1.   THE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER
HIGH             FOR TRANSPORTS AND SECRETARY
COURT OF         KSTA OFFICE AT NO.1,
KARNATAKA        1ST FLOOR, TTMC BUILDING,
                 SHANTHINAGAR,
                 BENGALURU 560027.

            2.   THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHROITY
                 DAKSHINA KANNADA MANGALORE
                 MAIDAN ROAD OPP: NEHRU MAIDAN
                 ATTAVAR, MANGALORE
                 KARNATAKA 575001.
                 REP BY ITS CHAIRMAN
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3.   THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT AUTHORITY
     UDUPI, RAJATADRI MANIPAL,
     UDUPI DIST 576104.
     REP BY ITS CHAIRMAN

4.   RATHNAKAR ADHIGIRI
     S/O PADHMARAJ
     MAHAVEER MOTORS
     R/AT SHIVABHAGH MAIN ROAD,
     MANGALORE-567502

5.   RAGHAVENDRA BHAT
     S/O SUBRAMANYA BHAT
     AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS,
     BHARATHI MOTORS,
     RESIDING AT LION'S MARGA
     BRAHMAGIRI, UDUPI
     KARNATAKA 576101.

6.   MR. GANAPATHI HEGDE
     S/O K JAYACHANDRA HEGDE
     AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS,
     HEGGADE MOTOR TRANSPORT
     RESIDING AT SRIBEEDU, UDUPI,
     KARNATAKA 576101.

7.   SRI SUDESH MAROLI
     S/O RAVINDRA MAROLI,
     AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS,
     MAROLI TRAVELS,
     RESIDING AT ULLALA
     MANGALORE
     KARNATAKA 575020.

                                        ...RESPONDENTS

     THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED U/S 4 OF THE KARNATAKA
HIGH COURT ACT PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER OF
THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE PASSED IN THE WRIT
PETITION NO.19731/2025 DATED 07/07/2025 AND GRANT
SUCH OTHER RELIEFS.
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    THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY,
JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE
       and
       HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA

                             ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appeal

has abated.

2. The present appeal is abated as no application has been

filed for bringing the legal heirs of the deceased appellant on

record.

3. Pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.

SD/-

(VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE

SD/-

(C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE

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