Karnataka Lokayukta v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC DB (D K Singh, J.) 28.11.2025, RP No. 503 of 2025, NC: 2025:KHC:49670-DB. Lokayukta's review under S.114 r/w O.47 R.1 CPC against rejection of W.A. No.168/2025 (S-RES) as not maintainable allowed; order dated 23.10.2025 recalled and appeal decided on merits and dismissed. Penalty of withholding 4 annual increments with cumulative effect on Assistant Engineer Sri V. Prasanna (BBMP) set aside by Single Judge in W.P. No.7060/2021 upheld: AE not empowered to act on complaint re unauthorized construction on Site No.26; AEE Sri A. Ravindra Babu exonerated by KSAT in Appln. No.7386/2019. Entrustment under S.14-A KCS (CCA) Rules, 1957.
What did the court decide?
Review petition allowed: order dated 23.10.2025 in W.A. No.168/2025 (S-RES) rejecting the appeal as not maintainable recalled, and the writ appeal decided on merits; the writ appeal was dismissed, upholding the learned Single Judge's judgment dated 05.12.2022 in W.P. No.7060/2021 setting aside the BBMP's penalty on respondent No.3.