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Balasaheb B Gaste S/O Bhimappa Gaste v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC18 Jul 2025WP/103065/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Karnataka HC Dharwad, WP 103065/2025 (S-TR), decided 18-07-2025 by Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur; service matter of assistant teacher Balasaheb B. Gaste, Union High School, Majali, Karwar; petition under Articles 226 & 227 sought mandamus to respondent No. 3 (Additional Commissioner of Public Instructions, Dharwad) to consider representations dated 23/10/2021 and 01/11/2021 and to implement this Court's order in WP No. 101159/2018; counsel's withdrawal memo filed at preliminary hearing; petition dismissed as withdrawn; no merits adjudicated; no precedents discussed.

What did the court decide?

None; petition dismissed as withdrawn at the instance of the petitioner on his counsel's memo filed at preliminary hearing. ¶40

Balasaheb B Gaste S/O Bhimappa Gaste Vs the State… — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

None; petition dismissed as withdrawn at the instance of the petitioner on his counsel's memo filed at preliminary hearing.

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Issue for consideration

Whether a writ/order/direction in the nature of mandamus should issue directing respondent No. 3 (Additional Commissioner of Public Instructions, Dharwad) to consider the petitioner's representations dated 23/10/2021 (Annexure-B) and 01/11/2021 (Annexure-C) and pass appropriate orders implementing this Court's order in WP No. 101159/2018 and connected matters. (Question raised by the prayer; the Court did not reach it as the petition was withdrawn at preliminary hearing.)

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Ratio / Principle

Learned counsel for the petitioner filed a memo seeking withdrawal of the petition; the memo and submission were placed on record, and the petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No point on merits was adjudicated.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench (single Judge: Pradeep Singh Yerur), Writ Petition No. 103065 of 2025 (S-TR), decided 18-07-2025. The petitioner, an assistant teacher at Union High School, Majali, Karwar (Uttara Kannada), filed a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ/order/direction in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No. 3 (Additional Commissioner of Public Instructions, Dharwad) to consider his representations dated 23/10/2021 (Annexure-B) and 01/11/2021 (Annexure-C) and to pass appropriate orders implementing the order passed by this Court in WP No. 101159/2018 and connected matters. Respondents included the State of Karnataka (Department of Primary and Secondary Education), education officials up to the Block Education Officer, Karwar, and the Union Education Society, Majali, and its President. Coming on for preliminary hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner filed a memo seeking withdrawal; the memo was placed on record and the petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No issue on merits was decided and no precedent was cited or considered.

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HC-KAR

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,

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DHARWAD BENCH

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DATED THIS THE 18^TH DAY OF JULY 2025

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BEFORE

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THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR

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WRIT PETITION NO. 103065 OF 2025 (S-TR)

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BETWEEN:

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BALASAHEB B. GASTE S/O. BHIMAPPA GASTE AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, OCC: ASST. TEACHER, UNION HIGH SCHOOL, UNION HIGH COURT, MAJALI, KARWAR-581304, DIST: UTTARA KANNADA.

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…PETITIONER

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(BY SRI. ARAVIND D. KULKARNI, ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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VIJAYALAKSHMI M KANKUPPI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY AND

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SECONDARY EDUCATION,

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4^TH FLOOR, M.S.BUILDING, BENGALURU-01.

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UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT (SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY),

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4^TH FLOOR, M.S. BUILDING, BENGALURU.

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ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, DHARWAD.

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HC-KAR

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DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, KARWAR, UTTAR KANNADA DISTRICT.

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BLOCK EDUCATION OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS, KARWAR, UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT.

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UNION EDUCATION SOCIETY, MAJALI, KARWAR (U.K), A SOCIETY REGISTEED UNDER SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, BY ITS SECRETARY, UTTARA KANNADA.

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THE PRESIDENT UNION EDUCATION SOCIETY, MAJALI, KARWAR (U.K), KARWAR DISTRICT.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. P.N.HATTI, HCGP FOR R1 TO R5)

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT ORDER OR DIRECTION IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS DIRECTING THE RESPONDENT NO. 3 TO CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATIONS DATED 23/10/2021 PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-B AND 01/11/2021 PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-C AND TO PASS APPROPRIATE ORDERS IMPLEMENTING THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS HON’BLE COURT IN WP NO.101159/2018 AND CONNECTED MATTERS AND ETC.

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THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

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NC: 2025:KHC-D:8934 WP No. 103065 of 2025

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HC-KAR

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ORAL ORDER

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(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP SINGH YERUR)

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