Shri. Shrimanth S/O Nemu Bogar v. the Principal
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench; R. Nataraj J.; WP No. 100588 of 2018 (S-RES); Articles 226 and 227; recruitment to the post of Peon (Category 2A) by the Principal District and Session Judge, Belagavi; failure to attend document verification on 28.10.2011; belated representations dated 27.08.2016 and 04.09.2017 rejected; related writs W.P.No.61276/2012 (withdrawn 12.07.2017) and W.P.No.61275/2012 (disposed 10.08.2017) over selection list dated 03.10.2011; impugned order dated 21.09.2017 upheld as petitioner claimed after nearly five years; conditional direction for sympathetic consideration and possible Group-D appointment if vacancy exists; seniority from date of appointment; three-month compliance period; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Conditional direction to respondent No.1 to consider the petitioner's case sympathetically and, if possible, provide him appointment in any Group-D post, if the post of Peon was not filled up or if any vacancy exists; date of entry into service to be the date of such appointment; consideration to be completed within three months from receipt of a certified copy of the Order. The prayers to quash the impugned order/intimation and for mandamus to appoint the petitioner to the post of Peon were not granted in terms.