Shri Thippa Naik S/O Laxma Naik v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Thippa Naik v. State of Karnataka & others, WP No. 100860 of 2025 (S-KAT), High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, decided 02.04.2025; coram S G Pandit and C.M. Poonacha, JJ., judgment per S G Pandit, J. Certiorari challenge to KSAT Belagavi order dated 22/01/2025 in Application No.10100/2025 (Annexure-B) concerning transfer of the petitioner-superintendent from Hubballi to Ballari (notification dated 02.01.2025; order dated 09.01.2025); interim stay dated 14.02.2025 operated till 31.03.2025; petitioner undertook to report at Ballari pursuant to the Commissioner's order dated 29.03.2025; writ petition disposed of as nothing survives; pending applications disposed. Statute invoked: Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India. No precedent cited; no monetary quantum stated (cost paid per order dated 22.03.2025, amount undisclosed).
What did the court decide?
In view of the petitioner's submission that, in accordance with the 2nd respondent/Commissioner's order dated 29.03.2025, he would report to duty at the transferred place, Ballari, nothing survives for consideration in the writ petition, which accordingly stands disposed of.