IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 18TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAMMAD NAWAZ WRIT PETITION NO.50820 OF 2018 (S-CAT) BETWEEN:
1. THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF I AND B, ‘A’ WING, SHASTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI-110 001.
2. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRASAR BHARATI, SECRETARIAT, TOWER C, DOORDARSHAN BHAVAN, MANDI HOUSE, NEW DELHI-110 001.
3. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL ALL INDIA RADIO, AKASHAVANI BHAVAN, PARLIAMENT STREET, NEW DELHI-110 001.
4. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL DOORDARSHAN, DOORDARSHAN BHAVAN, COPERNICUS MARG, NEW DELHI-110 001.
5. THE HEAD OF OFFICE DOORDARSHAN KENDRA, GULBARGA-585 104.
6. THE PAY AND ACCOUNTS OFFICER MIN. OF I AND B, IRLA A WING, SOOCHANA BHAVAN, LODHI ROAD, NEW DELHI-110 003.
... PETITIONERS (BY SRI M. VASUDEVA RAO, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STANDING CONSEL) AND:
SRI S. H. ANJANAPPA SON OF HANUMANTHAPPA, RESIDENT OF SUDDUKUNTE VILLAGE AND POST, MADHUGIRI TALUK, TUMAKURU DISTRICT, KARNATAKA-572 127.
... RESPONDENT THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 17.09.2018 IN OA NO.170/00054/2018 PASSED BY THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU BENCH, BENGALURU PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE-D AND ETC.
***** THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH, J., MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER Aggrieved by the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru, the respondents therein have filed the instant writ petition.
2. The Tribunal in terms of the impugned order followed an earlier order passed in O.A.NO.170 OF 00253 OF 2017, in the case of C.U.BELLAKKI VS. SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, NEW DELHI AND OTHERS, and granted relief to the applicant. That the review applications filed against the order referred to supra, were rejected.
3. Therefore, following the earlier order wherein similar relief as sought for in the present writ petition has been granted, we find no good ground to take a different view of the matter. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed.
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JUDGE JUDGE JJ