IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO.42899/2017 (S-RES) BETWEEN:
SHIVAMALLESHA S/O MADAIAH AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS WORKING AT VISHWAMANAVA HIGH SCHOOL (KOORNAGERE HILL) BELAKERE MARACHANAHALLI POST CHANNAPATNA TALUK RAMANAGARA DISTRICT PIN CODE-562 160 R/AT BANNANTHAHALLI VILLAGE CHANNAPATNA TALUK Y.T.HALLI POST RAMANAGARA DISTRICT-562 138 (BY SRI SHARATH S.GOWDA, ADVOCATE) AND:
1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION M.S.BUILDING, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU-560 001 . . . PETITIONER 2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION NEW PUBLIC OFFICE, NEAR RBI NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BANGALORE-560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY 3. DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (SERVICE RULES) M.S.BUILDING AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BANGALORE-560 001 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY 4. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION SOUTHERN REGIONAL COMMITTEE BY ITS REGIONAL DIRECTOR NAGARABHAVI, JNANA BHARATI CAMPUS ROAD BENGALURU-560 072.
. . . RESPONDENTS (BY SRI SRIDHAR N.HEGDE, HCGP FOR R1 TO R3 SRI BASAVARAJ V.SABRAD, ADVOCATE FOR R4) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH OR SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 29.09.2016 ISSUED BY R1 IN SO FAR AS AMENDING THE KARNATAKA EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SERVICE (DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION) RECRUITMENT RULES 1997 RELATING TO RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF LANGUAGE ASSISTANT IN HINDI LANGUAGE, THEREBY REMOVING THE PROVISO WHICH PROVIDED EQUIVALENCE TO THOSE CANDIDATES WHO HAD PASSED RASHTRA BASHA PRAVEEN AND SHIKSHA SNATAK COURSES CONDUCTED BY THE DAKSHINA BHARAT HINDI PRACHARA SABHA OR ANY OTHER QUALIFICATION DECLARED EQUIVALENT BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN SELECTION TO THE POST OF LANGUAGE ASSISTANT IN HINDI, AS THE SAME IS ARBITRARY AND ILLEGAL, VIDE ANNEX-A AND ETC.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER R.DEVDAS J., (ORAL):
Petitioner No.1 in W.P.No.42899/2017 has filed a memo dated 02.02.2019 seeking permission of this Court to withdraw the said writ petition.
2. Accordingly, W.P.No.42899/2017 insofar as petitioner No.1 is concerned stands dismissed as withdrawn.
SD/- JUDGE JT/-