Petitioner sought to quash orders of entrustment to the Lokayuktha. Court held that as the enquiry was completed by the Lokayuktha, the petition is infructuous and dismissed.
The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF JULY, 2022
BEFORE
THE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA
WRIT PETITION No.59157 OF 2016 (GM-KLA)
BETWEEN
B KOTRESHAPPA, AGED ABOUT 54 YEARS, S/O LATE SHANTHAPPA B, OCC: ASSISTANT ENGINEER, KOLAR CITY CORPORATION, KOLAR, R/AT NO.41, 4TH CROSS, BAPUJI LAYOUT VIJAYANAGAR, BENGALURU-560 040.
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI R.NAGARAJ, ADVOCATE)
AND
VIKASA SOUDHA DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR ROAD BENGALURU-560 001
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT. K SHOBHA, HCGP FOR R.1 SRI ASHWIN S.HALADY, ADVOCATE FOR R2)
2
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH ANNEXURE-F i.e., THE ORDERS PASSED BY THE UNDER SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, VIDE GOVERNMENT ORDER DATED 19.5.2015, BY HOLDING IT AS ILLEGAL, IMPROPER, PERVERSE CAPRICIOUS AND ULTRA VIRES OF THE POWERS OF THE RESPONDENT, THEREBY ALLOWING THIS WRIT PETITION.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the present petition, the petitioner is assailing the order of entrustment to the Lokayuktha. In view of enquiry being completed by the Lokayuktha, the present petition does not survive for consideration.
2. In view of the submission made by learned counsel
for the petitioner, petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Sd/JUDGE
mv
B Kotreshappa
Under Secretary to Government of Karnataka Urban Development Department
Registrar Karnataka Lokayuktha
K.S.Hemalekha
As recorded by the court registry
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