IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.37181 OF 2016 (GM-RES) C/W WRIT PETITION NO.31448 OF 2016 (GM-RES) W.P.No.37181/2016 BETWEEN:
DR.R.M.VASGAM AGED ABOUT 77 YEARS S/O C RAMASWAMY GOUNDER MADURA , NO 297 4TH MAIN ROAD, ISRO LAYOUT BENGALURU – 560056.
... PETITIONER (BY MS. TEJASWINI R, ADV. FOR SRI D R RAVISHANKAR, ADV.) AND:
1. CHANCELLOR VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REP. BY ITS SECRETARY RAJ BHAVAN BANGALORE – 560001.
2. ACTING VICE CHANCELLOR VISVESHWARAIAH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANNA SANGAM BELAGAVI - 590018 KARNATAKA STATE.
3. VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR VTU CAMPUS, JNANA SANGAMA BELGAUM – 590018.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI K KRISHNA, ADV. FOR R1 SRI AMBRISH B N, ADV. FOR SRI SANTHOSH S NAGARALE, ADV. FOR R3 R2 –SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH ANNX-H NOTICE ISSUED BY THE R-2 AT THE INSTANCE OF THE R-1 DATED 02.06.2016.
W.P.No.31448/2016 BETWEEN:
SRI L VASUDEV MURTHY S/O LATE LINGAPPA AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS #856, 6TH CROSS, 9TH MAIN BSK 1ST STAGE, 2ND BLOCK BANGALORE-50.
(BY MS. TEJASWINI R, ADV. FOR SRI D R RAVISHANKAR, ADV.) ... PETITIONER AND:
1. CHANCELLOR VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY RAJ BAHVAN BANGALORE – 560001.
2. VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR VTU CAMPUS, JNANA SANGAMA BELGAUM – 590018.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI K KRISHNA, ADV. FOR R1 SRI AMBRISH B N, ADV. FOR SRI SANTHOSH S NAGARALE, ADV. FOR R2] THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH NOTICE ISSUED BY THE R1 DATED 28.05.2016 VIDE ANNEX-D.
THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R Mr.D.R.Ravishankar with Ms.Tejaswini R., learned Counsel for the petitioners.
Mr.K.Krishna, learned Counsel for the respondent No.1, Mr.Ambrish B.N., learned counsel for Mr.Santhosh S.Nagarale, learned counsel for Respondent No.2.
The petitions are admitted for hearing. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, the matters are heard finally.
2. In these writ petitions, petitioner in both the writ petition, inter alia, pray for the following reliefs:
(a) Issue a writ in the nature of certiorari to quash notice issued by the first respondent dated 02.06.2016 in No.VTU/VCS/2016- 17/680 produced as Annexure-H in W.P.No.37181/2016 and the notice dated 28.05.2016 in No.GS/24/TUM/2016 produced as Annexure-D in W.P.No.31448/2016; and (b) Pass such other orders as may be deemed appropriate, under the circumstances of the case, in the ends of justice and equity.
3. When the petitions were taken up today, learned counsel for the petitioners in both the writ petitions submits that challenge to Annexure-H dated 02.06.2016 and Annexure-D dated 28.05.2016 has been rendered infructuous, as the petitioners, by notifications dated 23.12.2013 and 13.11.2013 were nominated as members of the Executive Council for a period of three years from 2013 which expired on 2016.
5. In view of the aforesaid submission, nothing survives for adjudication in these writ petitions. Accordingly, the writ petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE mpk/-* ct:bms