IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON' BLE MR.JUSTICE R DEVDAS WRIT PETITION NO.32855/2017 (S-TR) BETWEEN SRI. MOHAN KUMAR. V S/O. VENKATAGIRIYAPPA, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, WORKING AS ENVIRONMENT ENGINEER, TOWN MUNICIPAL (COUNCIL), DEVANAHALLI, BANGALORE RURAL DISTRICT-562 110. (BY SRI. M. S. BHAGWAT, ADVOCATE) ... PETITIONER AND 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, VIKASA SOUDHA, BANGALORE-560 001.
2. DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, VISVESHVARAYA TOWER, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU-560 001.
3. SRI. P. UMASHANKAR MAJOR, FATHERS NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, WORKING AS ENVIRONMENT ENGINEER, CITY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, CHINTHAMANI-563 123.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SRIDHAR N HEGDE, HCGP FOR R1 & R2 SRI. RAGHAVENDRA G GAYATHRI, ADVOCATE FOR R3) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR RECORDS FROM R-2 AND QUASH THE IMPUGNED ORDER / OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM DATED 19.7.2017 PASSED BY R-2 IN SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO THE PETITIONER AND THE R-3 RESPECTIVELY AT ANNEXURE-A AND ETC.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER R. DEVDAS J., (ORAL):
The petitioner is before this Court questioning the impugned order dated 19.07.2017, whereby the petitioner was transferred from the post of Environment Engineer, Town Municipal Council, Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural District to the City Municipal Council, Chintamani. Subsequent, to filing of this writ petition, the petitioner has been transferred as Chief Officer of City Municipal Council, Srinivasapura, Kolar District by notification dated 07.12.2018. In that view of the matter, the writ petition does not survive for consideration.
The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as having become infructuous.
SD/- JUDGE DL