The Attara Kacheri as the Karnataka High Court, dates back to 1867, built under the reign of Tipu Sultan, the Emperor of Mysore. It's Graeco-Roman style of architecture – a structure of vast expanse with Ionic porticoes at the center and at the two ends of the elevation.
It was earlier named as Old Public Offices and got its name of Attara Kacheri when the eighteen departments in the general and revenue secretariat of the Mysore Government were shifted here from their crowded premises in Tipu Sultan's summer palace.
The construction was taken up in 1864 and completed at a cost of Rs. 4.5 lakhs in 1868.
