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Sri Mohan v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC25 Sept 2021WP/13150/2021

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What is this about?

High Court quashed Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board's 2020 regulations proposing promotion for diploma holders. The amendment resulted from a non-legal direction by the Chief Secretary based on a pontiff's tippani, prompting judicial cancellation and remand for fresh consideration.

What did the court decide?

Proceedings dated 13.11.2020 and 21.11.2020 quashed; matter remitted to Board for fresh consideration within 3 months.

Sri Mohan Vs the State of Karnataka — Service and Employment | Karnataka HC (2021)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

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DATED THIS THE 25^TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2021

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA

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WRIT PETITION No.13150/2021 (S - RES) C/W WRIT PETITION Nos.14904/2021 AND 17168/2021

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IN W.P.No.13150/2021

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BETWEEN

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SRI. MOHAN, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, S/O VENKATARAMANAPPA N, ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, K-4-1 SUB-DIVISION, SUVARNA BHAVAN, B.W.S AND S.B., MALLESHWARAM, BANGALORE - 560 012.

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SRI. SUHAS H P., AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, S/O PUTRTASWAMAPPA H.S, ASST. EXECUTIE ENGINEER, NW5 SUB-DIVISION, B.W.S. AND S.B. PEENYA, BANGALORE - 560 058.

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SRI. DEEPAK H C., AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, S/O CHANDRASEKHAR K N, WORKING AS ASST. ENGINEER IN OFFICE OF THE ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NW5 SUB-DIVISION,

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NEAR B.M.T.C. BUS STOP, PEENYA II STAGE, BANGALORE - 560 058.

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SRI. THEJAS H B., AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, S/O BYREGOWDA H.V., WORKING AS ASST. ENGINEER IN OFFICE OF THE ASST. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, NW5 SUB-DIVISION, NEAR B.M.T.C. BUS STOP, PEENYA II STAGE, BANGALORE - 560 058. ... PETITIONERS

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[BY SRI.S.B.MUKKANNAPPA, ADVOCATE (PHYSICAL HEARING)]

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AND

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY, VIKASA SOUDHA, 4TH FLOOR, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001.

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS ADDL.CHIEF SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA, 4TH FLOOR, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001.

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THE CHAIRMAN, B.W.S AND S.B. CAUVERY BHAVAN, 1ST FLOOR, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

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THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SECRETARY, B.W.S.AND S.B. 1ST FLOOR, CAUVERY BHAVAN, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009. 5. SHRI.KESHAV S HEGDE, S/O SHRI.SUBRAYA L HEGDE, AGE: 57 YEARS, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, UFW - 1 SUB DIVISION, SUVARNA BHAVAN, BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY & SEWAGE BOARD, FIRST FLOOR, MARGOSA MAIN ROAD, 18TH CROSS, MALLESHWARAM, BANGALORE - 560 055. 6. SHRI.V.PRAKASH, S/O LATE VENKATESH, AGE: 55 YEARS, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, VE - 1 SUB - DIVISION, BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE BOARD, BANJARA LAYOUT, STP, HORAMAVU, BANGALORE - 560 043. 7. SHRI.MUKUND C MAGADI, S/O LATE CHANNAPPA MAGADI, AGE: 55 YEARS, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, ELECTRICIAN - 3, SUB DIVISION, BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY & SEWAGE BOARD, 2ND FLOOR, JAYANAGAR SHOPPING COMPLEX, BANGALORE - 560 011. ... RESPONDENTS [BY SRI.NITHYANANDA K.R., HCGP FOR R1 AND R2 (PHYSICAL HEARING);

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SRI.B.L.SANJEEV, ADVOCATE FOR R3 AND R4 (PHYSICAL HEARING); SRI.VIJAYAKUMAR V.B., ADVOCATE FOR R5 TO 7]

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE R-2 DATED 13.11.2020 HELD UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE R- 2 ANNEXURE - J T THE W.P. UNDER THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE AND ETC.

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IN W.P.No.14904/2021

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BETWEEN

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CHANNABASAVAIAH R M., S/O BASAVANNAIAH R M, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, E2-1, SUB DIVISION, BWSSB, KALYAN NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 043.

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HANUMANT GHANTI, S/O CHANNASANGAPPA GHANTI, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, BWSSB N-1, SUB-DIVISION, SAHAKARA NAGAR, BANGALORE - 560 092.

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MIRAGANJE MANJUNATH, S/O VIJAY KUMAR, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, WWMH-2, SUB DIVISION OPP NAGAVARA LAKE,

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HEBBAL, BANGALORE - 560 024.

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MS. SNEHA V., D/O VISHWANATH R, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, OFFICE OF ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, WWM-VV3 SUB DIVISION, BWSSB, RPC LAYOUT, BANGALORE - 560 040.

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... PETITIONERS

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[BY SRI.KEERTHIKAR S., ADVOCATE (VIDEO CONFERENCING)]

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AND

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, VIKASA SOUDHA, 4TH FLOOR, DR. B R AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001. REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY.

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA, 4TH FLOOR, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001. REPRESENTED BY ITS ADDL.CHIEF SECRETARY.

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THE CHAIRMAN, BWSSB, CAUVERY BHAVAN, I FLOOR, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

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THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SECRETARY, BWSSB, I FLOOR,

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CAUVERY BHAVAN, K G ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

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... RESPONDENTS

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[BY SRI.NITHYANANDA K.R., HCGP FOR R1 AND R2 (PHYSICAL HEARING);

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SRI.B.L.SANJEEV, ADVOCATE FOR R3 AND R4 (PHYSICAL HEARING)]

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE R-2 DATED 13.11.2020 AS PER ANNEXURE - A; QUASH THE IMPUGNED RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE R-3 SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SERIAL NO.36 OF SCHEDULE II OF THE ENGINEER WING OF B.W.S. AND SB CADRE AND RECRUITMENT REGULATIONS 2020 AS PER ANNEXURE - B AND ETC.

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IN W.P.No.17168/2021

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BETWEEN

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DIVYASHREE V G., W/O SHAMANT G.S, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, O/O ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, SW-4, SUB-DIVISION, BWSSB BANAGINI, BANASHANAKRI, 2ND STAGE, BANGALORE.

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BASAVARAJ N., S/O NAGARAJ C, AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, O/O CHIEF ENGINEER (KAVERI), 5TH FLOOR, CAUVERY BHAVAN, BWSSB, BANGALORE - 560 009.

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VISHWANATHA K., S/O KRISHNAPPA H, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, O/O AEE, AEEN 3 SUB-DIVISION, VIDYARANYAPURA, BANGALORE.

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SACHIN PATIL, S/O N.K. PATIL, AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS, WORKING AS ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, SW-3, SUB-DIVISION, BWSSB, MNK PARK, BASAVANAGUDI, BANGALORE - 560 004.

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... PETITIONERS

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[BY SRI.THARANATH POOJARY I., ADVOCATE (VIDEO CONFERENCING)]

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AND

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA, 4TH FLOOR, DR.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001, REPRESENTED BY ITS ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY.

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BANGALORE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BOARD, CAUVERY BHAVAN, 1ST FLOOR, K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009. REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN.

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THE CHEIF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SECRETARY, BWSSB, 1ST FLOOR, CAUVERY BHAVAN,

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K.G.ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 009.

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... RESPONDENTS

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[BY SRI.NITHYANANDA K.R., HCGP FOR R1 (PHYSICAL HEARING)]

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE R1 DATED 13.11.2020 PRODUCED AT ANNEXURE - F WITH REGARD TO PETITIONER AND ETC.

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THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:

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ORDER

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These petitions concern Cadre and Recruitment Regulations formulated by the respondent/Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (‘the Board’ for short) dated 13-11-2020 and subsequent recommendation of the 3^rd respondent to grant an avenue of promotion to diploma holders working in the cadre of Assistant Executive Engineer to the cadre of Executive Engineer. Writ Petition No.13150 of 2021 challenges the proceedings of formulation of the said Cadre, Recruitment and Promotion Regulations (‘the Regulations’ for short) and subsequent recommendation

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to the Government. The other companion petitions also follow suit.

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Heard Sri. S. B. Mukkannappa, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri. Nithyananda K. R., learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2, Sri. B. L., Sanjeev, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.3 and 4, and Sri. Vijayakumar V. B., learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.5 to 7 in W.P. No.13150/2021, Sri. Keerthikar S., learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri. Nithyananda K. R., learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2 and Sri. B. L., Sanjeev, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.3 and 4, in W.P. No.14904/2021, Sri. Tharanath Poojary, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Sri. Nithyananda K. R., learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1 in W.P. No.17168/2021.

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Brief facts leading to the filing of present

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petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

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Petitioners in these petitions are employees working in the cadre of Assistant Executive Engineer and are eligible to be promoted to the cadre of Executive Engineer. The petitioners are all graduate Engineers. The petitioners are aggrieved by the amendment to the Regulations creating an avenue of promotion to the cadre of Executive Engineer for those diploma holders who are in the cadre of Assistant Executive Engineer. The main contention of the petitioners is that promotional avenue of the petitioners would be seriously curtailed or even taken away if diploma holders who admittedly do not have the qualification to be promoted to the cadre of Executive Engineer are made eligible for promotion.

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4. The Regulations of the Board did not contain

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an avenue of promotion as stated hereinabove. Those Regulations were notified in the year 1981. Since the Regulations are of 40 years vintage, a demand had been to notify amended Regulations and in furtherance of the said demand or direction by Government to amend the Regulations, draft amendments were brought about. This was declined to be approved by Government and the issue was sent back to the Board to re-consider certain cadres in the Regulations. What happened in the interregnum is what concerns this Court in the present petitions. A communication emanates from pontiff of Siddaganga Mutt in the form of a tippani to the Hon’ble Chief Minister to take note of the fact that when Regulations are amended in the Board non-graduate diploma holders should be provided an opportunity of promotion to the cadre of Executive Engineer. This tippani is in the form of a direction. The tippani reads as follows:

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This is communicated to the Board by the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department on 9-102020. The communication reads as follows:

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III, IV, PÉÌ ¸ÀªÀÄUÀæ wzÀÄÝ¥Àr ªÀiÁqÀÄªÀ §UÉÎ.

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What is narrated in the communication is that the pontiff of Siddaganga Mutt has indicated in the tippani to the Hon’ble Chief Minister that the purpose for which it is communicated should be fulfilled. The proceedings of the Board for amendment to the Regulations take place after the aforesaid communication and the Principal Secretary in the Urban Development

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Department writing to the Board. The proceedings dated 2-11-2020 read as follows:-

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This amendment as directed is given effect to by creating an avenue of promotion to non-graduate diploma holders to the cadre of Executive Engineer. This is communicated to the Government for its approval on 21-11-2020. It is at that juncture these petitions were filed calling upon the aforesaid amendment though in its draft stage.

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This Court granted an interim order of stay on 23.07.2021. Therefore, the further proceedings pursuant to the said amendment were not given effect to. What troubles this Court is as to how the Regulations are amended. If the Regulations had been amended without the intervention, as mentioned hereinabove, the writ petition would not have been entertainable at this stage as it is a draft that is communicated to the Government seeking its approval. The manner in which the aforesaid communications are made from the Government enclosing tippani of pontiff and directing a particular action to be taken pursuant thereto is what generates interference at this stage.

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It is trite fact that political interference has caused immense and immeasurable problems in the administration and such political interference has put the administration in peril. I fail to countenance the present interference by a pontiff in the administration

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that too in the formation of Regulations. This cannot and should not pass muster when it is brought before this Court as a challenge in these petitions merely because it is a draft that is sent for approval. In the peculiar facts of this case I entertain the petitions and obliterate those Regulations that are formulated on the basis of what has emanated.

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The obliteration of the Regulations or the recommendation as per these petitions will not be an impediment to the Board to reconsider the matter afresh and act in accordance with law. Hence the following:

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O R D E R

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i. Writ Petitions are allowed

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ii. The proceedings dated 13.11.2020 and 21.11.2020 stand quashed in so far as they pertain to the promotion to the cadre of Executive Engineer from the cadre of Assistant Executive Engineer.

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iii. The matter is remitted back to the hands of the Board to consider afresh and act in accordance with law bearing in mind the observations made in the course of this order. The above said exercise shall be concluded within 3 months from the date of this order.

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Sd/JUDGE

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Sri Mohan v. the State of Karnataka

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