IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. M. SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5096 OF 2019 (S-KAT) BETWEEN:
SRI. PRAKASH G.
SON OF GOPALA REDDY AGED ABOUT 26 YEARS RESIDING AT YELUVAKUNTE VILLAGE HOSAKOTE POST SRINIVASAPURA TALUK KOLAR DISTRICT – 563 101.
(BY SRI. KALYAN. R ADVOCATE) AND:
1. STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE, ... PETITIONER REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY M. S. BUILDING, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BENGALURU – 560 001.
2. KARNATAKA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PARK HOUSE ROAD BENGALURU – 560 001. REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY.
3. THE DIRECTOR HORTICULTURE DEPARTMENT LALBHAG, BENGALURU – 560 001.
... RESPONDENTS (SMT. ANITHA. N, HIGH COURT GOVERNMENT PLEADEDR FOR RESPONDENT NOS.1 AND 3) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH ORDER DATED 16.01.2019 IN APPLICATION NOS.348-349 OF 2019 PASSED BY THE KARNATAKA ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU, AS PER ANNEXURE-A TO THE WRIT PETITION AND FURTHER PERMIT THE PETITIONER TO SUBMIT HIS APPLICATION EITHER THROUGH ONLINE PORTAL OR BY HAND TO THE RESPONDENT NO.1 AND ALSO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT NO.2 TO RECEIVE THE APPLICATION OF THE PETITIONER TO THE POST OF ASSISTANT HORTICULTURE OFFICER AS PER THE NOTIFICATION DATED 06.12.2018, ISSUED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.2 VIDE ANNEXURE-A4 TO THE WRIT PETITION.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH J., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER The petitioner restricts his plea only for an early disposal of the matter before the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal.
2. Learned Additional Government Advocate accepts notice for respondents. He has no objection for the same.
3. Even otherwise, we find that the early disposal of the matter before the Tribunal would not infringe on the legal rights of the respondents. Hence, while disposing off the petition, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal is directed to dispose off Application Nos.348 – 349 of 2019 within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order subject to the submission of the statement of objections or records or any other material by the respondents.
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JUDGE JUDGE SA