High Court Karnataka High Court

Sri U Shankar Shet vs The State Of Karnataka on 14 December, 2010

Karnataka High Court
Sri U Shankar Shet vs The State Of Karnataka on 14 December, 2010
Author: A.S.Bopanna
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I  {I THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE
DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBEf?E:2(:)hf1:{):"'vv..
BEFORE .' I   
THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICEAS   
WRIT PETITION NO. 598/2006 ISDISI . "
BETWEEN:  ' I' I I I
SR1 U SHANKAR SHET '   
S /O U RAMAKRISHNABIIAT  '
AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS-.  _ _ 
OCCZ FIRST DIVISION ASSISTANT :
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT  I 
EXECUTIVE ENGIINEER§. ZILLA -

PANCHAYAT ENG1fNIE.ER1'NG:._V   ,
SUB DIVISION,    PETITIONER

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AND:

1 THE STATE OE KARNATAKA
I  BY ITS SECRETARY
E. .O.T"O :_GOVf1'. RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND

'  _ B,AN.GAI;OOR'E A-1

2 '1 'THE C'IIIEI¥" ENGINNER
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 DIST: CHIKMAGALUR
3 BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

ZILLA PAN CHAYAT
ENGINEERING DIVISION

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F.)

CHIKMAGALUR
DIST: CHIKMAGALUR

5 THE ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
ZILLA PANCHAYAT ENGINEERING
SUB DIVISION, CHIKMAGALUR

DIST: CI-IIKMAGLUR  ;REsP_ONDENTS " " » _ 

(BY SR1 RAGHAVENDRA G GAYATig1R1:i-iHC:GP._F'oiz RI:  **
SR1 ASHOK N NAYAK, ADV. FOP,_R}3__TO 5)  A ' ~ = -- '

THIS WRIT PETITION 1s°F.I_i;E 'UNDER::At2T'1't:LEs 226
& 227 OF THE OoNsT1TUT*1ON--O'E_ IN-DIA, WITH A PRAYER
To QUASH VIDE ANx.w: DATED' --29.,I2.,2o05 PASSED BY

R4 AND DIRECT THE RESPOENDi;NTsjI_ TO' CONTINUE THE

SERVICES OF THE PE"_FIfl'IO_N,§3R--""~EAS«QFIRST DIVISION
ASSISTANT IN TiiE_OFFi'CE OE.ie5;._V_ - «. *

This f.Tv'rit_f5et'ition_-::_o1nin'g"o11_fOr hearing, this day,
the Court iriadie the "1"oI.1oIWing"':I 

IAOEDER

ThenpetitionerEis"~~--hefOre this Court seeking for

 writ OI"ce'r"tiorari to quash the order dated

 by the fourth respondent which is

inipugned”IS§:’I:;AnneXure~W to the writ petition. The

3.,’*petitiof1er1- has also sought for issue Of mandamus to

the respondents to continue the services of the

respondent as First Division Assistant in the Office of

:the 5m respondent.

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2. Heard the Iearned counsel for the parties and

perused the petition papers.

3. The fact that the petitioners serviitpestveret

regularised in the year 1990 is not

the issue for consideratilori:.is as to the
regularisation made to the –.of ‘”lDiVision
Assistant is justified or jqgégtion arises for
consideration:.,in;:}fiew the impugned
order dated’ the authority
has the petitioner had not

been appoirlted the Vacant post of the First

Division Ass’i’st_ai1t.and- also that he did not have service

– ,.gf ljiears the said post at the time of regularisation.

have further indicated that the

decision at their hands is in View of the order

.ll””‘«._’lp»assedz this Court in W.P.No.32107–1l4/1999,

sjfvhlereiri a similar issue had been considered.

4. In the said background, a perusal of the papers
would indicate that the regularisation as made in the

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contention was also aided by the orders passed by this

Court. Therefore, the physical act of reVersion’jii*o_”tn:”ihe

post of FDA to the post of SDA

academic at this stage. However-,,the said]_que«s.tio’n

would remain for consideration insofar as the”orde17..With~.u

regard to the recovery of the’*..eXcess–. sa1.a_ry has V

been paid to the petitioner;””‘ haye”‘n’oticed the
sequence of events conclusion
that from he has
discharged, to the extent of
recoverywof in the order dated

29. not be sustainable and
to the Said 4’e;:ter1t.,.v”the order impugned stands quashed.
the question as to whether the

regu.1arisationt to the post of FDA was appropriate,

R””‘-._V:”consid.erir1g the fact that this Court had directed

i..”reVc’onAsideration while disposing of W.P.No.6256/2001,

-»de:spite as on the said date, the earlier order in the

batch of writ petition which is relied on in the impugned

being avaiiable cannot be ignored. In such

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In terms of the above, the petition stands disposed

of. No order as to Costs.

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