IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21st DAY OF AUGUST, 2019 PRESENT THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NARAYANA SWAMY AND THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE R. DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO.36477 OF 2019 (S-KSAT) & WRIT PETITION NO.36711 OF 2019 BETWEEN:
1. Smt.Shobharani Hiremath W/o Late Suresh Aradyamath, Aged about 52 years, Working as Assistant Teacher [Arts-Kannada] Government Girls Higher School, Anvatti, Soraba Taluk, Shivamogga-577413.
2. Smt. Nagarathna L W/o Kubera Naik, B, Aged about 37 years, Working as Assistant Teacher [Arts-Kannada] Government Girls Higher School, Anvatti, Shivamogga Taluk, Shivamogga-577413. … Petitioners (By Sri. M.S.Bhagwat, Advocate) AND:
1. The State of Karnataka, Department of Education (Primary & Secondary) Represented by its Principal Secretary, Dr.Ambedkar Veedhi, M.S.Building, Bangalore-560001.
2. The Commissioner of Public Instructions, Nrupatunga Road, Bangalore-560001.
3. Director of Public Instructions (Primary) K.G.Road, Bangalore-560001.
4. The Deputy Director of Public Instructions, Shivamogga District, Shivamogga-577201.
5. The Joint Director, Department of Public Instructions, Nrupathunga Road, Banglaore-560001. ... Respondents These Writ Petitions are filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the impugned order dated 22.07.2019 passed by the Hon’ble Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal in Application No.3924/2019 and 3928/2019 (Annexure-A to the writ petition) and consequently allow the applications as prayed for by these petitioners before the Hon’ble Tribunal in Application No.3924.2019 and 3928.2019 and etc.
These petitions coming on for preliminary hearing this day, DEVDAS J, made the following:
ORDER The impugned orders which were challenged by the writ petitioners before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal and the order passed by the Tribunal are similar in nature one compared to the factual matrix in the case of Smt.Savitha C.R. and others Vs. State of Karnataka and others which was decided by this Court in W.P.Nos:32176- 32183/2019 by order dated 08.08.2019.
2. Having considered the case of the petitioners who are similarly situated, this Court deemed it fit to modify the orders passed by the Tribunal, while directing the respondents to consider the representation within a period of eight weeks from the date of the order and pass orders taking into consideration the benefit given to the other petitioners/teachers similarly situated. Therefore, these petitions are disposed of in terms of the directions given in W.P.Nos:32176-32183/2019.
These petitions are accordingly disposed of.
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