Sri Satish Malhararao Kulkarni v. the General Manager and Disciplinary Authority
Service law (S-RES) – State Bank of India officer
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru, WA No. 681 of 2025 (S-RES), decided 24-10-2025 by Justice D K Singh and Justice Rajesh Rai K (oral judgment per D K Singh). Appellant: bank officer (Chief Manager, SBI) facing disciplinary proceedings including possible compulsory retirement (Annexure-K). Subject: writ appeal against interim order dated 25.10.2024 in W.P.No.28101/2024; held that no writ appeal lies against an interim order and that the Single Judge's observation was favourable to the petitioner; appeal dismissed. Keywords: interim order, maintainability of writ appeal, disciplinary proceedings, compulsory retirement, State Bank of India, Section 4 Karnataka High Court Act.
What did the court decide?
The learned Single Judge's interim observation - that if the petitioner succeeded and the Court permitted imposition of punishment of compulsory retirement, further disciplinary proceedings pursuant to Annexure-K would also be set aside - was in favour of the petitioner, and the Bench failed to understand how the petitioner could be aggrieved by it.