{"id":64039,"date":"2010-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-vs-m-balakrishna-reddy-on-5-october-2010"},"modified":"2015-09-09T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T12:41:06","slug":"the-state-of-karnataka-vs-m-balakrishna-reddy-on-5-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-state-of-karnataka-vs-m-balakrishna-reddy-on-5-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"The State Of Karnataka vs M Balakrishna Reddy on 5 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The State Of Karnataka vs M Balakrishna Reddy on 5 October, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: V.G.Sabhahit & B.V.Nagarathna<\/div>\n
_ 1 _\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 05\"' DAY OF OCTOBER, 2010\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE V.G.SAB1-IAHITH \n\nAND\n\nTHE HONBLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V.NAGARATm~i_A \n\nWRIT PETITION No.3o42:\u00a7\/26:03.' (S--KATj.'--    \"  _ \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nLTHE STATE OF' KARNATAKA,\"=, \"\n\nBY ITS SECRETARY To GOVT,   \nHEALTH & FAMILY  \nM.S.BLDG.,  \" _   V.   '\nBANGALORE -- 560 001.  '\n\n2.TBE L)IR7E.\"CTO1\"{'OA'FT\u00a3jIE3ALTH -\nAND FAMILY WELB'AR_E\"S_ERX?*ICES,\nANANDA RAG CIRCLE, ~ A \nBANGALORE; 5 '560:00E_ \n\n' ' _3.\"I*E\u00a3I?2 $-E.',CRETARY\"T0' GOVT,\n ,FINAI\"JCETDE.PT.\n' _ VIDBANA 'E..r)LI_\n 560 001.  PETITIONERS\n\n (BY'Bb;\u00a3T_sHEELA KRISHNA. GOVT. ADV.)\n\n'HAND: \" . ~~\n\nA if ~ SR1 \"M.BALAKR1sHNA REDDY.\n\n'S\/'O,LA'TE.l\\\/IUNIREDDY.\n\n  AGED ABOUT 4.9 YRS.\n'  .._EiRsT DIVISINO ASSISTANT.\n\nDIRECTORATE OF HEALTH AND\nFAMILY WELFARE SERVIC ES,\n\n\n\nANANDA RAG CIRCLE.\nBANGALORE ---- 560 079. ...RESPONDENT<\/pre>\n
{BY SR1 B.B.BAJEi\\lTRI, ADV.)<\/p>\n
Ii\u20ac***$<\/p>\n
THIS WRET PETITION IS FILED PRAYING <\/p>\n
ASIDE THE ORDER DT.21\/10\/2002 BY <\/p>\n
BANGALORE, IN APPLICATION N0.6495\/ 1996
\nTHIS PETITION COMING OAm:*.OR   <\/p>\n
DAY, SABHAI-HTJ., MADE THE FC)4LL(3′.Vl’NG.:.{   <\/p>\n
0 Raga <\/p>\n
This writ petition is   State, being<\/p>\n
aggriepved” :3gg’j:::h\u00e9: ‘E1-der,jdate\u00a21*~-  1\/ 10\/2002 passed by
\nthe  Tribunal (hereinafter,<\/p>\n
referred tollasxtllep Wlirherein, the application filed by<\/p>\n
 V’  ..their’esp0n’dpent  an endorsement withdrawing the<\/p>\n
  upon the applicant for granting Time<\/p>\n
I3ound Ad_V4a.ncement and Time Bound Promotion has<\/p>\n
lgbeen quashed.\n<\/p>\n
 V.  if The applicant was Working as a First Division<\/p>\n
 Assistant (hereinafter, referred to as the FDA’) in ‘the<\/p>\n
Health and Family Welfare Services and he was working<\/p>\n
as Basic Health Worker. However, he suffered medical<\/p>\n
\\\\\u00a7::_.Aj,*(;.\n<\/p>\n
n3_<\/p>\n
disability and therefore, the benefit of Rule 41 was given
\nto him and he was reverted to the post of Second<\/p>\n
Division Assistant (hereinafter, referred to as ‘SD_A’).<\/p>\n
However, his salary was protected and it was <\/p>\n
that he will be junior to the junionrriost in   <\/p>\n
SDA and having regard to the Rule”Wh_ic~.h <\/p>\n
grant of Time Bound Advazncementhaind  <\/p>\n
Promotion, under Rule 83 an’d:”Rule 91,: W1′.iichv,’ret;uire
\nthe applicant should.i1~a=ye  1T0._pand 99195 “years of
\nservice respectively, in the  i.e.. in the<\/p>\n
instant.’tcase;\u00bb.in_V of  it was found that the
\nbene\ufb01t  to the appiicant was a<\/p>\n
mistake and the  been rectified by withdrawing<\/p>\n
 9. ”’the”said..,’benefit as VperAr1nexure ‘A~ 5’ dated 25\/3 \/ 1996.<\/p>\n
  the same, an application was filed<\/p>\n
  before the  challenging the validity of Rule 3(a) of<\/p>\n
Karriataka Civil Services (Time Bound Advancement)<\/p>\n
  1983 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘1983 Rules’)<\/p>\n
  and Rule 4 [iii)(iv) of the Karnataka Civil Services<\/p>\n
” (Automatic Grant of Speciai Promotion to Senior Scale of<\/p>\n
Pay) Rules, 1991 (hereinafter, referred to as the ‘1991<\/p>\n
Rules’), prescribing the period of service in thesame<\/p>\n
cadre.\n<\/p>\n
3. The application was” ‘—resi_stedl”: -lfthxe;<\/p>\n
respondent by contending that  <\/p>\n
period of 10 years and 15 1983 it<\/p>\n
Rules and 1991 Ruleskwasalj’ustii’ie’d,._Aas benefit of
\nTime Bound Advancelrnentl  Grant of
\nSpecial i3romotio.n:V:’to can be granted
\nto those   10 years and 15
\nyears   proinotion in the same cadre
\nand therefore,–  at Annexure ‘A-5’ dated<\/p>\n
25\/3\/96  jilusti\ufb01eid and respondents were entitled to<\/p>\n
‘ ””reCoVerij’t.he* _amoui?1t”li.e., paid by virtue of the earlier<\/p>\n
 -order’  \u00abper Anriexure ‘A\u00ab~ 4’.\n<\/p>\n
 AA _ it The Tribunal after considering the<\/p>\n
 rpllleontelntion of the learned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
 parties, held that the Validity of the rule need not be<\/p>\n
 quashed without following the judgment of the Honble<\/p>\n
Supreme Court in case of Dwijen Chandra Sarkar<\/p>\n
and Another —vs.~ Union of India and Others [ (1.999)<\/p>\n
2 Supreme Court Cases 119] wherein, it <\/p>\n
held that the services rendered in the cadre  H<\/p>\n
Health Worker should also be in-cluded\ufb02  lpurpose\ufb01<\/p>\n
of grant of Time Bound Advancement  <\/p>\n
Grant of Special Promoti’onj”-,and  is
\nunnecessary to quash” the  benefit in
\nview of the judgment oaflthe  Court and
\nallowed the    the order at
\nAnnexure    Vthe”tsame and it was
\nordere(1Vllthat..:t7}ave  liable to suffer any
\nrecoverv’ipursuaifitttollPinnexure ‘A-5’. Being aggrieved<\/p>\n
by the.,said4″4″or:der .501″ 7’the’$Tribuna1, this Writ petition is<\/p>\n
‘S V. \u00b0\ufb011ped~h’y ithe respondenlt ~— State.<\/p>\n
A. heard the learned Govt. Advocate<\/p>\n
‘gappeaiting “for the petitioner ~– State and the learned<\/p>\n
V’ llV~fjcdunsel appearing for the respondent and the reply<\/p>\n
  arguments.\n<\/p>\n
6. Learned Govt. Advocate submitted that in the<\/p>\n
instant case, since the applicant was suffering from<\/p>\n
W5-\n<\/p>\n
medical disability, in View of Rule 4l(a), since the
\napplicant could not perform his duties as Basic Health<\/p>\n
Worker, he was reduced to the cadre of SDA on medical<\/p>\n
grounds. However, the salary he was drawing <\/p>\n
Health Worker was protected and unless   <\/p>\n
requisite years of service in the cadre of ‘SD;A._Ali”n_ View of;<\/p>\n
Rule 3(a) of 1983 Rules and Rulea4__(iii}V(AiV) of_~l99l’~ <\/p>\n
the applicant ie, the respondent hereltn  not
\nentitled to Time Bound Arltfaneenient Scale “and also
\nTime Bound Promotion  Rules and<\/p>\n
therefotreilly  ‘has.VV.been”_”Vrectified under Annexure
\n‘A–5’,  V but the Tribunal was not<\/p>\n
justified in4′”upho.ldingf  Rule and giving liberty to the<\/p>\n
 on thleivblasis of the decision of the Hon’ble<\/p>\n
 which is not at all applicable to the<\/p>\n
facts of.t11e’4lpresent case.\n<\/p>\n
 On the other hand, learned counsel for the<\/p>\n
 ‘:f..resp.ond’ent vehemently argued that because of the<\/p>\n
‘  riiedical disability, the applicant has been reverted from<\/p>\n
  post of Basic Health Worker to the cadre of SDA<\/p>\n
and his pay scale has been protected and merely<\/p>\n
\\,<;;aXs<\/p>\n
because he was reverted to the junior most in the cacire<\/p>\n
of SDA, for the purpose of granting benefit under<\/p>\n
Rules or 199}. Rules, it cannot be said that—he  V'<\/p>\n
entitled to count the service ren'd'ered  of<\/p>\n
Basic Health Worker, which is eq:u.iVai.ent   <\/p>\n
FDA and wherefore, the benefithandelr has it<\/p>\n
been rightly granted rand l?;e'enn_:'vQrongfully"'*withdrawn
\nand therefore, the order  Tribunal is<\/p>\n
justified.\n<\/p>\n
8. ‘l1a3g,e giy’en”-c*arefuvlf consideration to the
\ncontentions urgetdxbyggthe’-learned counsel appearing for<\/p>\n
the parties and slcrutiriiaegd the material on record.<\/p>\n
  g .lC9.%,.,.o<f['h'e,'materialon record would clearly show that<\/p>\n
  appointed as Basic Health Worker on<\/p>\n
 Thereafter, since he suffered medical<\/p>\n
ll""\u00ab._'V"disabi1ityf in exercise of the powers under Article 41(a],<\/p>\n
 reverted to the post of SDA and the salary<\/p>\n
 which he was getting as Basic Health Worker was<\/p>\n
 protected. The Tribunal has held that it is unnecessary<\/p>\n
to quash the conditions prescribed for granting the<\/p>\n
bene\ufb01t under 1983 Rules and 1991 Rules, prescribing<\/p>\n
the requisite qualifying service for granting the<\/p>\n
However, relief has been given only by  V'<\/p>\n
judgment of the Hon'b1e  vlateig<\/p>\n
decision reported in case of iiniisnl of" India "<\/p>\n
Another –vs.~ V.N.Bhat [(209318 scc':71;i1""~i$;vhe\u00a3e-in, "<\/p>\n
the Hon'ble Supreme Court –._'.["f1a'Ell;\\?l\\fVl"'1't":1'i"ltl"l\u20acI'e is
\na transfer from one  department
\non request,   he should be
\njunior to thief   the same would not
\ncome iin\ufb02the counting service in the
\n.-the said case the employee<\/p>\n
had been transferred'*.in".the same cadre and it was a<\/p>\n
'l"'vcas'e.. llof": tr–a._nsferllV"'from one department to another<\/p>\n
 i.q:lep;artr:rie.r1tMinistry of Defence to the Department<\/p>\n
of Chief Master and transfer was in the same cadre<\/p>\n
   wherefore, the said decision was not at all helpful to<\/p>\n
 rt,he\u00bb.applicant. In the present case. the Tribunal was not<\/p>\n
 jtistified in relying upon the said decision and when<\/p>\n
l once it is held that the period prescribed has to be<\/p>\n
rendered in the same cadre as per the above referred<\/p>\n
W9"\n<\/p>\n
Rules and admittedly, applicant had not put in 10 and
\n15 years of service as per 1983 Rules and 1991 Rules<\/p>\n
and hence, the question of granting benefit under the<\/p>\n
said Rules would not arise and the same hajsnbeen’<\/p>\n
rectified as per Annexure ‘A6′ and therefore’;:’–theT’crd-er”:l ”<\/p>\n
of the Tribunal setting aside Annexure  it<\/p>\n
sustained and the same is liaialeiv. to be ._set ..as:ide’V;’w.<\/p>\n
However, the bene\ufb01t was  to” the  and it<\/p>\n
payment has been made thou’ghi:he”*.vas notiierititled to<\/p>\n
the bene\ufb01t under l983lRi.;11’es  Since he
\nworked”in”t’l=i.ev5.saidV the said period and<\/p>\n
since he-has attained”superannuation and also retired<\/p>\n
from Vserviceon rncdicaiddisability, it is unnecessary to<\/p>\n
.ll””recoveri..y’-sthe ..\u00e9amo1intlV paid as the benefit had been<\/p>\n
 ” of the said benefit, the respondent<\/p>\n
has’—..__vvorvkedj’.i’iAn the said post and having received the<\/p>\n
“addpition.al benefit, he must have contributed additional<\/p>\n
 _ ‘\u00bbvoi’3\u00ab:flaIso. it is therefore unnecessary to recover the<\/p>\n
 ..a-inount which is already paid since he has attained<\/p>\n
superannuation and has retired from service and was<\/p>\n
medicaiiy disabled. Accordingly, the writ petitiqn is<\/p>\n
disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
'mus    _  '\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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