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5. Consequent to the said judgment and decree dated 17.04.2022, the appellants made an application dated 9.12.2022 before the Revenue Officer of the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike [hereinafter referred to as 'BBMP'] to change the khatha of the said property in the name of the appellants and to show the name of the appellants as the khatha holders of the said property. The said request was rejected by the fourth respondent (Assistant Revenue Officer) vide endorsement dated 26.07.2023. Questioning the same, the appellants preferred Writ Petition No.23893/2023, which was dismissed by the learned Single Judge by order dated 20.02.2025 on the ground that there was no document of title in favour of the appellants.

6. It is the case of the appellants in the present appeal that, having regard to Section 153 of the Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act, 2020 [hereinafter referred to as 'the said Act'], the khatha in respect of the said property is required to be issued in the name of the appellants to enable the BBMP to collect NC: 2025:KHC:40310-DB HC-KAR tax in respect of the said property from the appellants. It is the further case of the appellants that since the suit of the appellants being OS No. 9550/2004 having been decreed and the suit being OS No.7843/2003 having been dismissed by a common judgment dated 17.10.2022, the request made by the appellants to incorporate their name as the khatha holders of the said property, ought to have been granted.