IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 30TH DAY OF JULY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.24859 of 2018 (GM-RES) Between:
The Association of Women for Awareness & Knowledge – Earning (AWAKE) Represented by its Secretary, A. Ravindra, “Sri. Vasudha Nilaya”, 3rd Cross, Neharu Nagar, Chitradurga – 577 501.
… Petitioner (By Sri Sampat Anand Shetty, Advocate) And:
1. The Deputy Director Department of Women & Child Development, The Office of the Deputy Director, Near Stadium, Zilla Bhalabhavan Compound, Chitradurga – 577 501.
2. The Deputy Commissioner Chitradurga District, The office of the Deputy Commissioner, Chitradurga – 577 501.
3. The Project Director (Shreeshakthi) The office of the Director Women & Child Development, M.S. Building, Bengaluru – 560 001.
4. The Department of Women & Child Development, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Room No.252, 2nd Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru – 560 001.
5. The Union of India Department of Women & Child Development, Represented by its Secretary, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 001.
6. M/s. Rajalakshmi Association (R) Represented by its Secretary, Bangalore-Pune By-pass, Chitradurga – 577 501.
…Respondents (By Smt. Prathima Honnapura – AGA for R1-R4;
Sri. C. Shashikanth, ASG for R5 – Absent; R6 served) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue direction to the effect that respondents 1 and 2 have no authority much less jurisdiction to withhold grant-in-aid payable to the petitioner association under the swadhar and short stay home schemes floated by the 5th respondent Central Government on the ground that respondents 1 and 2 have taken a decision dated 26.04.2017 vide Annexure-B to recommend the proposal of Rajalakshmi Association (Regd.) i.e., the 6th respondent herein for the purpose of the receiving the said grant of the Central Government in lieu of the petitioner association and etc., This Writ Petition coming on for Preliminary Hearing in ‘B’ Group this day, the Court made the following:-
ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed a memo seeking leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition.
The aforesaid memo is taken on record.
Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.
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