IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.53672/2016 (GM-RES) BETWEEN:
Dr.Lakshminarayana, S/o. Kondappa.K.A, Aged about 55 years, C/o. Prakash Clinic, Club Road, Parimala Complex, Near SP Circle, Bellary-583 103. ... Petitioner (By Sri.Ramakrishna.R.M, Adv.,-Absent) AND:
1. Karnataka Medical Council, No.16/6, 2nd Floor, Miller Tank Bed Road, Vasanthanagara, Bengaluru-560 052.
Represented by its Registrar.
2. The President, Karnataka Medical Council, No.16/6, 2nd Floor, Miller Tank Bed Road, Vasanthanagara, Bengaluru-560 052.
3. Mr.Ch.Shankaraiah, Age major, Asst. Vice President, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd., No.31, Ground Floor, TBR Towers, 1st Cross, Mission Road, Next to Bengaluru Stock Exchange, Bengaluru-560 027.
4. The Director, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Cantonment, Bellary-583 104. ... Respondents (By Sri. D.S.Hosamath, Adv., for R1-Absent; R2 Served and unrepresented; Sri.O.Mahesh, Adv., for R3;
Sri.J.M.Anil Kumar, Adv., for R4-Absent) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the order dated 17.09.2016 passed by the R1 & 2 vide Annex-A.
This Writ Petition coming on for Preliminary Hearing in ‘B’ Group, this day, the Court made the following:
O R D E R None for the petitioner.
Sri.O.Mahesh, learned counsel for respondent No.3.
In this petition, the petitioner, inter alia, has assailed the validity of the order dated 17.09.2016 passed by the Karnataka Medical Council, by which the Council decided to remove the name of the petitioner from the Karnataka Medical Registry for a period of two years from the date of issue of the order.
2. A Bench of this Court vide ad-interim order dated 19.10.2016 had stayed the operation of the order dated 17.09.2016. The period of two years has expired on 16.9.2018. Therefore, the impugned order has lost its efficacy. Hence, it is quashed.
In the result, the writ petition is disposed of.
Sd/- JUDGE ln.