Shri. Prakash Galemmanavar v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Dharwad Bench, WP No. 104601 of 2018 (S-RES), decided 02.06.2025, Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur (NC: 2025:KHC-D:7251). Petitioner Prakash Galemmavar, Assistant Commissioner, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, challenged under Article 226 the Urban Development Department order No.NA.AA.E.72, AHD 2017 dated 02.04.2018 (Annexure-M) and Karnataka Lokayukta charge memo No.UPLOK-1/DE/208/2018/ARE-8 dated 04.06.2018 (Annexure-N), seeking certiorari. Petitioner died 10.06.2023; legal representatives not brought on record; petition dismissed as abated. No merits decided; no precedent cited. Respondents: State of Karnataka (P.N. Hatti, HCGP), Commissioner HDMC (G.I. Gachchinamath), Lokayukta and Additional Registrar of Enquiries-8 (Santosh B. Malagoudar).
What did the court decide?
Upon counsel's memo recording the petitioner's death on 10.06.2023 and the failure to bring his legal representatives on record, the writ petition is dismissed as abated; the merits of the impugned order and charge memo were not examined.