IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 11TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ WRIT PETITION NOS.39130-39133 OF 2013 (S-KAT) BETWEEN:
1. SRI P. LAKSHMI NARAYAN AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS SON OF LATE PANDURANGA RAO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EXCISE TUMAKURU SUB-DIVISION TUMAKURU DISTRICT – 572 101.
2. SRI SUBHASH CHANDRA J AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS SON OF JAYANNA INSPECTOR OF EXCISE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMISSIONER OF EXCISE NO.22, 1ST CROSS, J. C. ROAD ADUGODI RANGE BENGALURU-560 027 RESIDING AT: A. V. KOTTIGE BEERANAHALLI POST, HIRIYUR TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT-572 144.
3. SRI VIJAYAKUMAR G. V. AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS SON OF LATE VIRUPAKSHAIAH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EXCISE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, HASSAN HASSAN DISTRICT – 573 201.
4. SRI VENUGOPAL N AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS SON OF C. NARAYANA INSPECTOR OF EXCISE CITY MARKET RANGE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE NO.27, 1ST CROSS, J. C. ROAD BENGALURU-560 027.
... PETITIONERS (BY SRI: VIJAY KUMAR, ADVOCATE) AND:
1. SRI B. GNANA PRAKASH AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS SON OF BETASWAMY WORKING AS EXCISE INSPECTOR OFFICE OF THE JOINT COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE NEW PUBLIC BUILDINGS EXCISE INTELLIGENCE BUREAU K. R. CIRCLE, BENGALURU-560 002 RESIDING AT NO.5, JANAPRIYA LAYOUT GNANAPPANAHALLI ROAD BEGUR EXTENSION BENGALURU-560 081.
2. SRI NINGANGOWDA CHANAGOUDA PATIL AGED ABOUT 38 YEARS SON OF CHANAGOUDA PATIL WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE NORTH RANGE, BELGAUM RESIDING AT H.NO.1571, SECTOR NO.8 ANJANEYA NAGAR BELGAUM-590 016.
3. SRI M. S. NARAYAN NAIK AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS SON OF LATE SEVANAIK WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE RAMANAGARA RANGE RAMANAGARA DISTRICT-571 511 RESIDING AT SPOORTHINAGAR WODEYARHALLI GATE RAMANAGAR DISTRICT.
4. SRI SYED ZAFRULLA HUSSAINI AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS SON OF SYED ANWARULLA HUMU WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE OFFICE OF THE D.C. OF EXCISE, RAICHUR RESIDING AT HOUSE NO.5-993/1/38 MEHABOOBNAGAR MACCA COLONY, RING ROAD KALABURAGI DISTRICT – 585 101.
5. SRI SHAHBUDDIN BOKHARI AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS SON OF LATE S. A. BOKHARI WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE MYSURU SUB-DIVISION MYSURU RESIDING AT NO.3, AHMED MANZIL KEB COLONY, UDAYAGIRI MYSURU-570 001.
6. SRI GLADSON SANJAY KUMAR AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS SON OF M. N. PREMDAS WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE SHORAPUR RANGE, YADGIR DISTRICT RESDING AT HOUSE NO.898 OF 19 KUVEMPUNAGAR KALABURAGI-575 101.
7. SRI RAVI MALLAPPA MURGOD AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS SON OF MALLAPPA MURGOD WORKING AS INSPECTOR OF EXCISE BELGAUM SUB-DIVISION RESIDING AT PLOT NO.138 CHANDRAMOULI COLONY KANABURGI ROAD, RUKHMININAGAR BELGAUM-590 016.
8. SRI D. AKASH DEEP AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS SON OF H. DEVENDRAPPA INSPECTOR OF EXCISE RPC LAYOUT, CHETHAN COMPLEX GOVINDARAJANAGAR BENGALURU DOOR NO.290, JAGATH JYOTI LAYOUT 3RD MAIN ROAD, NAGADEVANAHALLI BENGALURU – 560 056 9. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE (EXCISE) VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU-560 001.
10. THE COMMISSIONER FOR EXCISE VOKKALIGARA BHAVAN HUDSON CIRCLE BENGALURU-560 027.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI: JAYAKUMAR S. PATIL, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI: JAVID HUSSAIN, ADVOCATE FOR C/R-1 TO R-3 AND R-5 TO R-7;
R-4 AND R-8 ARE SERVED AND UNREPRESENTED SRI: I. THARANATH POOJARY, ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE FOR R-9 AND R-10) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR THE RECORDS RELATING TO CONCERNING AND CONNECTED WITH THE APPLICATION NOS.2231-2237 OF 2012 FROM THE KARNATAKA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU VIDE ANNEXURE-A PERUSE THE SAME AND QUASH THE FINAL ORDER DATED 25.4.2013 RENDERED IN THE SAID PROCEEDINGS VIDE ANNEXURE-A AS UNSUSTAINABLE IN LAW AND ETC., ***** THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR HEARING ON INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATION THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH, J., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER Aggrieved by the order dated 25.04.2013 passed in Application Nos.2231-2237 of 2012 and connected matters, by the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru, the applicants have filed these petitions.
2. The Tribunal has passed the common order with respect to various applications. Aggrieved by the order passed by the Tribunal, Writ Petition Nos.39759- 39760 of 2013 and Writ Petition Nos.39761-39763 of 2013 were filed before this Court. On contest, the writ petitions were dismissed by the order dated 02.01.2019. In view of the common order being challenged herein and the said order having been considered in the aforesaid matter, we do not find any fresh or new grounds that requires to be considered in these petitions.
Hence, following the order dated 02.01.2019 passed in Writ Petition Nos.39759-39760 of 2013 and Writ Petition Nos.39761-39763 of 2013, these writ petitions too are dismissed.
Rule discharged.
Pending IAs. stand rejected.
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JUDGE JUDGE *bgn/-