Writ petition challenging disqualification of petitioner's membership of Town Municipal Council, Gajendragad for the 2013-2018 term. Counsel submitted the term had long expired and the petition would not survive; the High Court dismissed it as infructuous.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
DATED THIS THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 2024
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAVI V.HOSMANI
WRIT PETITION NO.105216 OF 2017 (LB-RES)
BETWEEN:
SRI ASHOK HANUMANTHAPPA VANNAL, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, COUNCILLOR, TOWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, GAJENDRAGAD, TQ: RON, DISTRICT: GADAG.
…PETITIONER
(BY SRI ARAVIND D. KULKARNI, ADVOCATE)
AND:
CHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Digitally signed byCHANDRASHEKAR LAXMAN KATTIMANI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH Date: 2024.04.06 12:56:20 +0530
R/O: GAJENDRAGAD, KALALAR ONI,
TQ: RON, DIST: GADAG.
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SRI MADANMOHAN M. KHANNUR, AGA FOR R1-R4; SRI ANIL KALE, ADV. FOR R5; SRI SURESH P. HUDEDGADDI & SRI V.S. KALSURMATH, ADVOCATES FOR R6)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT ORDER OR DIRECTION, IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI, QUASHING THE ORDER BEARING NO.AADALITH/VAHI-30/2017-18 DATED: 30.05.2017 PASSED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT AS PER ANNEXURE-H AS ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY AND ONE PASSED IN VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 14 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
THIS PETITION IS COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
Learned counsel for petitioner submits that writ
petition would not survive for consideration as subject matter of writ petition was disqualification of membership
of petitioner as of Municipal Council of Gajendragad for
term 2013 to 2018, which has long since expired.
In view of submission, writ petition is dismissed as
having become infructuous.
Sd/JUDGE
AM/-. List No.: 1 Sl No.: 3
SRI ASHOK HANUMANTHAPPA VANNAL
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, GADAG
PROJECT DIRECTOR, THE DISTRICT URBAN DEVELOPMENT CELL, GADAG
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, GADAG
UP-LOKAYUKTA
RAVI V.HOSMANI
As recorded by the court registry
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