{"id":145740,"date":"2009-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-rajalakshmi-vs-karnataka-power-transmission-on-17-july-2009"},"modified":"2017-09-01T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T05:21:57","slug":"smt-rajalakshmi-vs-karnataka-power-transmission-on-17-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-rajalakshmi-vs-karnataka-power-transmission-on-17-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Smt Rajalakshmi vs Karnataka Power Transmission &#8230; on 17 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt Rajalakshmi vs Karnataka Power Transmission &#8230; on 17 July, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Aravind Kumar<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>3&#8242; The Superintending Engineer<\/p>\n<p>{EEect:;1*i(:ity) ,<\/p>\n<p>Bangalore Circle (North) and<br \/>\nDisciplinaiy Authority, V<br \/>\nKaxnataka Power Transmissigin &#8221; \u00ab<br \/>\nCnrparation Ltd<br \/>\nBangalore.<\/p>\n<p> . . *v.E\u00a7\u00e95.\u00a7\u00e9\u00a71\u00a7.&#8217;a%:it&#8217;S\u00ab<br \/>\n{R1 by $r:.1:&gt;.s.mnesh }\u00a7?ci{.?V._f}: <\/p>\n<p>This Writ Petit\u00e9en is :13-xi*;;{}\u00a7:a1e;:.Q;a;;:i5::\u00a71c. 225 and 227 9f<br \/>\nthe C11s%::if:.u&#8217;\u00a7ie::.&#8217;. ;2:*aj.{mg\u00bb . jig) &#8216;&#8211;.._(;%:,:a$vha &#8221; \u00e9jiza orcier dated\n<\/p>\n<p>31. 12.2001 vid\u20ac&#8217;;\u00a7_.:1&#8217;\u00a31ex=;Lr&lt;\u00a7~\u20ac1&#039;: .-EiTi1d&#039; [\u00a7::rc_i\u20ac:&quot; dated 20.12.2002<\/p>\n<p>vials Ann6xu_3&quot;.-*:?\u00a5E,  \u00e9zhc&quot;-._  are Valhitraxy and pass\ufb01d<\/p>\n<p>without appiicati\ufb01mbf=:\u00a31:r.if1ii:.A &quot;  ;<\/p>\n<p>&#039;Tfiis &quot;\u00a7jefivfi 0n :\ufb02\u00a20{i1i:\u00a7g 0:1 uftir hsari\ufb01g, this day {E16<br \/>\nCeurt &#039;:11ade&#8211;_ \u00a3116 fb\u00a7E&#039;e\u00a7v&#039;i:}g:V   ., &#039;<\/p>\n<p>    ii\ufb01i\u00e9nmlz<\/p>\n<p>..&#039;\u00a7?f\u00a71$ &#039;petitio1I1:::1f__ is seeking for {washing of orders<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7.\u00abi2;+:$2;\u00a7{3__1 32, 20-\u00bbE2&#8211;~2{}\u00a3}2 aft. 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