Sri Satish Malhararao Kulkarni v. the General Manager and Disciplinary Authority
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Appeal No. 1596 of 2025 (S-RES), High Court of Karnataka, decided 24.10.2025; bench: D K Singh (author) and Rajesh Rai K. Maintainability of a writ appeal under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act against an interim/interlocutory order dated 08.09.2025 on I.A.No.6/2025 in W.P.No.28101/2024 concerning a State Bank of India departmental enquiry, second show cause notice and permission to pass orders on the enquiry officer's report; Division Bench held the appeal not maintainable against such an order and dismissed the writ appeal. Keywords: writ appeal maintainability; interlocutory order; disciplinary enquiry; second show cause notice; SBI; Karnataka High Court.
What did the court decide?
This Court held that the writ appeal was not maintainable against such an order (an order merely permitting the respondents to proceed and granting two weeks' time in the pending writ petition), and accordingly dismissed the writ appeal.