{"id":122487,"date":"2009-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-gangadhar-so-sri-mahesh-babu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-november-2009"},"modified":"2014-02-13T05:21:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T23:51:03","slug":"m-gangadhar-so-sri-mahesh-babu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-november-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-gangadhar-so-sri-mahesh-babu-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-17-november-2009","title":{"rendered":"M Gangadhar S\/O Sri.Mahesh Babu vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 November, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M Gangadhar S\/O Sri.Mahesh Babu vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 November, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 17\"?\" DAY OF NOVEMBER 2009:'-{}. _\nBEFORE  V\n\nTIII3: HONBLE MRJUSTICE  I\\(IoH_:a:N'I\"\u00a7E:_:II3'r  _ 4\n\nWRIT PETITION No.28505'\/'.20'O_\u00a7\u00a7 (S-1f)Vi.3:I)A'~., ~. \" \"\nBETWEEN: \" V. 'V \n\nM. Gangadhar S \/v0.,.Sri M2:hes_h Babu,\nAged about 42 years} I \"  \nAssistant Executive \nCMC, Sindh_an0o1*,   _  '\nRaichur--D:istI*ict. \n\n._  I . 1'  _  -  ...PETITIONER\n(By Sn' Daya\ufb01afxda'S';*__PatiL.__Ad.V0--r;aI{\u00a2}  '\n\nAND:  --------   \"\n\n1 The Stai\u00e9\ufb02iff V1{aI*11afaka',\n'DepartIneI\":ifV'Qf U.1jb'arI\" Deveiopment,\n\nRVEp1*esVeI1 I\u00a73d'by iii}: SecI'eI';a'ry,\n\n15\" Flqor; ..Vika'sa Soudha,\n'BaI1ga'1oaie M 560 001.\n\n.v *Eh--:: Birector of Municipal Administration,\n\n_ '~.Vis'tm{eshwaraiah Tower, Podium Block,\n D17, AII1becika1' Veedi,\n\n_B\u00e91ri_g;zi\u00a70I\"e -- 560 001.\n\nI {J  \n\n.. .RESPOND ENTS\n\n : [Sri T. PV;\"b:'rinixIas, HCGP for R-- E;\n_ Notice to R~2 issue\u00e9;\n' ,  served &amp; uI'1re'p1\"sseI1i.e-d:\n\nM\n\n\n\nThis Writ Petition is filed praying for granting interim\norder to stay the execution and operation of the Order dated\n\n08.09.2009 in Government Order passed by\n\nRespondent and all further proceedings <\/pre>\n<p>thereof.\n<\/p>\n<p>This Writ Petition coming on}: for_:order_g,<br \/>\nCourt made the following: it 9 0 0 it it it<br \/>\n0 R OD<br \/>\nThe petitioner .o&#8221;n._gbeingl &#8220;appointed as  Junior<br \/>\nEngineer in the respondentg Mt:.nicipal&#8217;_i_Counci1 in the<\/p>\n<p>year 1987, was eligible for pr_:(.)*Ir1otiC:9r_i_v~tohthepost of Assistant<\/p>\n<p>Executive Engiiti&#8217;eet.v&#8221;but.,for.._t3&#8217;3.e[penclency of a departmental<br \/>\nproceeding over a.l1le&#8217;gedp_ lcht\u00e9ii-ges of misconduct initiated on<\/p>\n<p>01.06.2006. .9 Mt.micipai Council having promoted<\/p>\n<p>lV&#8221;\u00e9:hVev&#8217;g_io tlielmpost of Assistant Executive Engineer by<\/p>\n<p>  Annexure&#8211;A recalled the same by<\/p>\n<p>Order  08.09.2009 Annexure&#8211;B on the premise of<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;i;3e&#8217;%\\&#8217;clenct_,;&#8217; ot discipiinary proceedings. Hence, this Writ<\/p>\n<p>ti&#8217;?\n<\/p>\n<p>Petition grounded on violation of principles of natural<\/p>\n<p>justice.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The fact that the petitioner had__&#8212;-the<\/p>\n<p>knowledge over the initiation of disciplinary&#8217; as <\/p>\n<p>on 01.06.2006 while a Junior Eng.inee&#8217;i~e.in &#8216;th_e&#8217;A.resp&#8217;ef&#8217;ide&#8217;i:i;_*<\/p>\n<p>City Municipal Council is no~tii&#8217;n._pdispu.te. VTiie&#8221;&#8216;fuift.her_.3fact <\/p>\n<p>that but for the discipliiia;\u00a7_{&#8220;;w\u00ab._:p;oceeding_iyet} to be<br \/>\ncompleted\/concluded,  .1no_&#8221;irnpediment for the<br \/>\nrespondent City M_Lii1icip.a1.Cou1&#8217;ic.ii:.,pto&#8221;iprorniote the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>to the post of  on the basis of<\/p>\n<p>senioritycurn4&#8217;meri1t::A3is also n0&#8217;t~inv&#8221;dispute. Therefore, the<br \/>\nansweryto &#8221; the  &#8220;whether the petitioner was<\/p>\n<p>rI1eritoriouse.enot1.g}i_ toi.s&#8217;eco&#8217;re a promotion apparently lies in<\/p>\n<p>.. _ the decision of disciplinary authority after the conclusion<\/p>\n<p>   proceeding. The City Municipal Council<\/p>\n<p>A\/,<\/p>\n<p> __  to the p\u00bbeiri:iencY of disciplinary<\/p>\n<p>proceeding &#8216;on the date the petitioner was promoted to the<\/p>\n<p>  of Assistant Executive Engineer, the subsequent order<\/p>\n<p>_&#8217;13,nr1e:\u00a7ure\u00bbB, inipugned herein, recailing the order<\/p>\n<p>iii<\/p>\n<p>promotion. without notice to the petitioner. cannot be said to<\/p>\n<p>be in violation of the principles of natural justice.  <\/p>\n<p>because, the question of failure to observe natu&#8217;ral..&#8217;jt1.stiq_e<\/p>\n<p>does not at all matter if the observance of.natu1jai-justice&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>would have made any differericge   <\/p>\n<p>indisputable facts speaking for _thernselVes, siifice do <\/p>\n<p>not issue futile writs as obser\ufb01ediay theVApex&#8211;\u00a3L&#8217;ou&#8217;:t in the<\/p>\n<p>case of SL. Kapoor V\/s. Jaitjarciiiianl&#8217;-.:&lt; <\/p>\n<p>3. Indisputiably, if pei;iti_onei&#8217; pi&#8221;s:v.v&#8221;ahsolved of the<br \/>\nmaterial allegatio:\u00a7:sl&#8217; &#8220;pioceeding initiated<\/p>\n<p>by the &#8220;Mptinieipaliii&#8211;Council, it is needless to<br \/>\nstate that the peltitiicner be entitled to all the bene\ufb01ts,<\/p>\n<p>both monetary and se:**;icei&#8221;..&#8217;i&#8217;r1eluding promotion.<\/p>\n<p>_resu1t;&#8221;&#8221;&#8216;i&#8217;h\u00a2 petition is Without merit and is<br \/>\n aci;ofdir:1gl.3t 1&#8217;eject_ed. The respondent: City Municipal Council<\/p>\n<p>is&#8217;  conclude the enquiry proceedings as<\/p>\n<p>  &#8216;leis 198.} so 136 <\/p>\n<p>expeditiously as possibie, in any event. within 2: period.-pf six<\/p>\n<p>months from today.\n<\/p>\n<p>RKK\/~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court M Gangadhar S\/O Sri.Mahesh Babu vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 November, 2009 Author: Ram Mohan Reddy IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 17&#8243;?&#8221; DAY OF NOVEMBER 2009:&#8217;-{}. _ BEFORE V TIII3: HONBLE MRJUSTICE I\\(IoH_:a:N&#8217;I&#8221;\u00a7E:_:II3&#8217;r _ 4 WRIT PETITION No.28505&#8217;\/&#8217;.20&#8217;O_\u00a7\u00a7 (S-1f)Vi.3:I)A&#8217;~., ~. &#8221; &#8221; BETWEEN: &#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>M Gangadhar S\/O Sri.Mahesh Babu vs The State Of Karnataka on 17 November, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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