Raghavendra Keshav Bhat, v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Regularisation of service; approval of appointment; Sanskrit teacher; aided/private educational institution; Rural Education Society Haldipur, Honnavar, Uttara Kannada; stoppage from work w.e.f. 03.06.2015 without termination order; exclusion from muster roll from June 2015; representation dated 04.12.2015; direction to State to consider representation within twelve weeks; grant-in-aid benefits; mandamus; Karnataka Societies Act (referenced in petitioner's representation); WP No. 101735 of 2016 (S-RES); single-judge oral order.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus directing the respondent-State to consider the petitioner's representation (seeking approval of appointment as Sanskrit Teacher, regularisation of service and grant-in-aid benefits) in accordance with law and to communicate the decision to the petitioner, within an outer limit of twelve weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; liberty to solicit documents from the management or the petitioner. Reinstatement/regularisation itself was not ordered but left to the State's consideration.