IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF MARCH 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION Nos.10113-114 OF 2019 (GM-POLICE) BETWEEN:
1. Nanjundaiah, S/o late Ramaiah, Aged about 41 years, Working as DYSP, Armed Police Training School, Yelahanka, Bengaluru – 560 063.
2. Smt. Ananthama, W/o late Ramaiah, Aged about 70 years, R/a House No.9, Shivaparvathi Nilaya, 3rd Cross, Sadhguru Layout, Kanshiramnagar, Hessaraghatta Main Road, Vidyaranyapura Post, Bangalore – 560 097.
(By Sri. D. R. Ravishankar, Advocate) AND:
1. The State of Karnataka, By its Principal Secretary To Government, Home Department, … Petitioners Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru – 560 001.
2. Director General & Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP), Central Range, Nrupatunga Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
3. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Central Range, Bangalore Rural, Nrupatunga Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
4. Deputy Superintendent of Police & Departmental Enquiry Officer Of Central Range, Bangalore Rural, Nrupatunga Road, Bengaluru – 560 001.
5. Superintendent of Police, Principal, Armed Police Training School, Yelahanka, Bengaluru – 560 045.
6. Karnataka Raya Sarakari SC/ST (Hindulida & Alpa Sankyathara Employees Housing Co Operative Societies Limited Bangalore), Represented by its President, No.8/3, 1st Floor, Nagappa Road, Sheshadripuram, Bengaluru – 560 022.
Present Address, No.7, Sriranganatha Swamy Nilaya, Nagappa Street Main Road, Palace Guttahalli, Bengaluru – 560 003.
… Respondents (By Sri. Vijayakumar A. Patil, AGA) These Writ Petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to quash Annexure–K notice issued by the R-4 dated 16.02.2019 and all further proceedings thereto and etc., These Petitions coming on for Preliminary Hearing, this day, the Court made the following:-
ORDER Sri. D. R. Ravishankar, learned counsel for the petitioners.
Sri. Vijay Kumar A. Patil, learned Additional Government Advocate for the respondents.
These petitions are admitted for hearing. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the same are heard finally.
2. In these petitions, petitioners inter alia have assailed the validity of the notice dated 16.02.2019 issued by respondent No.4 to the petitioners.
3. When the matter was taken up today, learned Additional Government Advocate has produced a memo, which is taken on record. In the aforesaid memo, it is stated that in pursuance of the show cause notice, which is impugned in these petitions, since the petitioner did not appear before respondent No.4, respondent No.4 proceeded further with the enquiry and has submitted preliminary enquiry report. The aforesaid submission is taken on record.
4. In view of the aforesaid submission, nothing survives for adjudication in these petitions. Accordingly, petitions are disposed of.
5. Needless to state that petitioners shall be at liberty to take recourse to such remedy as may be available to them in case grievance of the petitioners still subsist.
With aforesaid liberty, writ petitions are disposed of.
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