IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 30TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. M. SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4334 OF 2018 (GM-RES-PIL) BETWEEN:
SRI. VINOD. B SON OF LATE. SRI. OMMEN BABY AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS ADVOCATE, "BEENA VILLA" (UPSTAIRS) KUVEMPU ROAD, SHIVAMOGGA - 577 201.
FOR AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE STATE OF KARNATAKA.
(BY SRI. ARUN SHYAM. M, ADVOCATE) AND:
1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU ... PETITIONER REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY – 560 001.
2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT MINORITY WELFARE DEPARTMENT/ MINORITY AFFAIRS VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU – 560 001.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. D. NAGARAJ, ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH OF THE ORDER DATED 14.7.2017 VIDE ANNEXURE-A PASSED BY SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF MINORITY WELFARE, HAJ AND WAKF, VIKASASOUDHA, BENGALURU THEREBY DIRECTING THE RESOANDENTS TO CONSIDER MEMBERS FROM OTHER RELIGION OF MINORITES FOR THE POST OF CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE KARNATAKA MINORITIES COMMISSION.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH J., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER A memo is filed by the learned Additional Government Advocate enclosing a copy of the Government Order dated 28.1.2019 withdrawing the Order dated 14.7.2017 passed in Revision Petition No. MWD/78/LML/ 2017. In view of the withdrawal of the impugned order, nothing further would survive for consideration in this petition. The petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
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JUDGE JUDGE nv