Karnataka High Court
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Administrative and Public Law
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Karnataka High Court
A post-submission OBC claim was rejected where the application declared General category.
The petitioner sought a mandamus directing the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) to recognise her as belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC), based on representations dated 19 August 2026.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Higher pension cannot be withdrawn or recovered where higher-salary contributions and joint options were accepted.
The petitioners were retired employees and members of the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 (“EPS”).2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Departmental punishment is unsustainable when criminal acquittal rests on substantially identical charges and evidence.
The petitioner, a Civil Police Constable, was charged departmentally over alleged wrongful confinement and assault of a complainant on 20 June 2015.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Interim protection continues until the statutory appellate authority considers the pending interim-relief application.
The petitioners operated poultry farms in Davanagere District and challenged closure orders issued by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on 6 January 2024 or 11 January 2024, as applicable.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Dismissal for unauthorised absence set aside; reinstatement ordered with three future increments withheld.
The respondent, a driver-cum-conductor appointed in 2007, was charged with unauthorised absence beginning on 30 April 2022.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
An honourable acquittal on identical evidence renders a disciplinary penalty unsustainable.
The petitioner, a retired Village Accountant, faced criminal prosecution and departmental proceedings arising from an allegation that he demanded and accepted a bribe in connection with mutation of land records.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
An employee whose fixed-term appointment expired without extension has no right to regularization.
The petitioner was appointed as an unskilled labourer in the Shahapur Sub-Registrar’s office by order dated 5 November 2012.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Failure to file a rejoinder despite sufficient opportunity does not invalidate closure of a Lokayukta complaint.
The petitioner lodged a complaint alleging that Agriculture Department officials misappropriated Government subsidy funds and cheated farmers.1 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Inordinate delay bars retired employees’ claims for parity in service benefits.
The petitioners, former Assistant Teachers initially appointed by Taluk Development Board/Municipal Units and later taken over by the State, retired in 1994.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Parity does not excuse inordinate delay in asserting stale service claims.
The petitioners, former employees who had been appointed as Assistant Teachers in local bodies later taken over by the State, retired in 1994.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Final dismissal of the State’s recovery suit renders the departmental recovery order arbitrary.
The petitioner, an in-charge Audit Officer on deputation, was subjected to an enquiry concerning alleged misappropriation of funds.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Mandamus cannot compel FIR registration against police officers absent material indicating their involvement.
Smt. Devamma sued the petitioners and others for a permanent injunction concerning agricultural land.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Rejecting an ITI qualification based on verification by the wrong authority is unsustainable.
The petitioner completed an ITI Electrical Trade course at respondent No. 7’s college for the 2011–2013 academic year and received a provisional State Trade Certificate.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Candidates must furnish mandatory recruitment documents by the application deadline; later compliance cannot cure the default.
The petitioner, then an Assistant Teacher, applied for recruitment to the post of Excise Sub-Inspector under the notification dated 28 February 2017.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Rule 41-C pay fixation turns on last military basic pay, not pension dearness allowance.
The respondent, an Army Havildar discharged from service in 2005, was recruited as a Reserve Police Constable in 2008 against a post reserved for ex-servicemen.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Disciplinary punishment cannot stand when charges depart from the complaint and lack specific allegations.
The petitioner, a retired Deputy District Project Co-ordinator, was among the education officials named in a complaint to the Karnataka Lokayukta concerning alleged irregularities by private educational institutions i...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A tribunal order following applicants’ own submission warrants no interference absent grounds.
The petitioners, retired employees who had initially worked on a daily-wage basis, applied to the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) for their service to be counted from their initial appointments until re...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A party cannot challenge a tribunal order passed on its own counsel’s submissions.
The petitioners, retired employees who had initially served on a daily-wage basis, sought before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) a direction to count their service from initial appointment until ret...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Recovery of subsidy loss does not absolve an officer who approved payment without verification.
The petitioner, an Assistant Horticultural Officer, was charged with approving a drip-irrigation subsidy of ₹15,538 without properly verifying the supporting documents.3 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Administrative delay in obtaining legal opinion does not constitute sufficient cause to condone inordinate delay.
The respondents challenged an order dated 5 December 2014 refixing their pay scales.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A tribunal’s dismissal in accordance with applicants’ own submissions warrants no interference.
The petitioners, retired employees of the Irrigation Department, had approached the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) seeking to have their daily-wage service counted from their initial appointments until...1 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Administrative changes do not justify condoning an institution’s unexplained delay in filing an appeal.
Respondent No. 5, a lecturer and professor at the appellants’ dental college, obtained an order directing the appellants to pay him salary under the Karnataka Government pay scale from his appointment until superannua...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
No ground for writ interference arose where the tribunal followed an earlier dismissal requested by the applicants.
The petitioners, retired employees who had initially worked on a daily-wage basis, sought before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) a direction to count their service from initial appointment through r...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Authorities must correct undisputed errors in school records without requiring a civil suit.
The petitioner sought correction of her name in the school records for Classes 1 to 3 from “Evlan Priskilarani” to “Evilin Priskilarani.”2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Police cannot obstruct lawful spa operations but may act on credible information of illegality.
The petitioner, proprietor of Glow Family Spa in Kalaburagi, alleged that police officers had, without notice or a written closure order, forced her to shut the business.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Unsupported allegations of police interference do not warrant writ protection in a pending land dispute.
The petitioners sought a writ directing police authorities not to dispossess them from land in Survey No. 85/2B, Agarkhed, and to provide protection against private persons allegedly attempting to dispossess them2 MIN READ↗
Gujarat High Court
APMC voter eligibility requires active agricultural-credit disbursement; recovery of past dues alone is insufficient.
The petitioner societies sought inclusion of their managing-committee members in the agriculturists’ constituency voters’ list for the APMC, Bhabhar elections. Their names were initially included in the preliminary li...2 MIN READ↗
Odisha High Court
Exceptional circumstances justify time-bound directions for expeditious disposal of pending suits.
The petitioner-plaintiff brought Civil Suit No. 596 of 2006 seeking, among other reliefs, a declaration that a sale deed was void, correction of the Record of Rights and permanent injunction.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Landowners under preliminary acquisition notifications are entitled to government-order consent-award benefits.
The petitioners’ lands were included in a preliminary land-acquisition notification dated 27 June 2022 for the Upper Krishna Project.2 MIN READ↗No articles match these filters.