The State of Karnataka v. the Assistant Conservator of Forest
Case brief
What is this about?
Inter-departmental dispute; Horticulture department versus Forest department; Karnataka State Dispute Resolution Policy 2021; committee constituted by Chief Secretary, Governor of Karnataka; referral mechanism; writ of certiorari under Articles 226 and 227; impugned order dated 20.12.2022 in Case No. SAAASAM.HASANA.OTTUVARI.64A-L-24/2021-22; Assistant Conservator of Forest, Hassan Sub Division; WP No. 30002 of 2024; disposed without deciding merits.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed with a direction to the Chief Secretary to refer the inter-departmental dispute between the Horticulture department and the Forest department to the committee constituted by the Chief Secretary, Governor of Karnataka under the Karnataka State Dispute Resolution Policy, 2021, within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of copy of the order.