Chandrappa S/O Mallappa Kalakeri v. the Principal Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Guest lecturers; teaching assistants; guest faculty; librarians; Government First Grade Colleges; Department of Collegiate Education Karnataka; Department of Higher Education; notification KA Shi E/NEVI-1/AUA/99/2024-25 dated 02.01.2025; Haveri University HUH/RO/2024-25/398 and HUH/RO/2024-25/526; continuation of service; academic year 2024-25; dismissed as infructuous; Article 226; Article 227; Article 14; Article 16; Article 21; UGC Regulations 2018 Regulation 4.0; M.Phil versus NET/SLET/Ph.D eligibility; regularisation of services; Manish Gupta v. President Jan Bhagidari Samithi; salary arrears; absorption; relieving order 15/06/2011; Dharwad Bench; Justice Suraj Govindaraj; 06/08/2025; NC: 2025:KHC-D:9868.
What did the court decide?
Since the academic year 2024-25 for whose entirety the petitioners sought continuance of their services has already lapsed, all the writ petitions in the batch are dismissed as infructuous; no adjudication was made on the merits of the impugned notifications or the eligibility/regularisation claims.