Sreekanta Murthy S K v. Smt G Sathyavathi
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Keywords: civil contempt; contempt proceedings dropped; Contempt of Courts Act 1971 Sections 11 and 12; Article 215 Constitution of India; Karnataka Public Service Commission; KPSC Secretary G. Sathyavathi; W.P. No.194 of 2021 (S-KSAT); order dated 15-07-2021; select list; comparative merit; inordinate delay in recruitment; undertaking by KPSC; memo dated 23-01-2025; liberty to ventilate grievance before appropriate forum; Articles 14 and 16 (raised in complainants' memo only); Karnataka Government Servants' (Seniority) Rules 1957 (memo only); Karnataka High Court Division Bench (K. Somashekar and Venkatesh Naik T, JJ.); decided 23-01-2025. Relevant to researchers tracking disposal/dropping of contempt actions against the KPSC over delayed recruitment and select-list preparation; note that no punishment was imposed and the substantive seniority/comparative-merit grievances were left open for the appropriate forum.