A college professor sought payment of salary withheld from March 2020 to February 2021. Respondents issued a cheque for ₹2,92,168 after TDS deduction during the hearing; petitioner accepted it and Form No.16 was undertaken to be issued. Petition disposed as infructuous.
Salary amount of ₹2,92,168 paid by cheque to petitioner; Form No.16 to be issued.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI
WRIT PETITION NO. 15014 OF 2024 (S-RES)
BETWEEN:
DR. SANAULLA P F S/O MOHAMMED FAKRUDEEN SAHEB, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS WORKING AS PROFESSOR AND HOD, O/O KHBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OPP. MANYATA TECH PARK, NAGAWARA, BANGALORE-560045 R/AT 18/1-1, 2ND C CROSS, VASANTHAPPA GARDENS, GANGANAGAR, BANGALORE 560032
…PETITIONER
Digitally signed by SUNITHA K S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
(BY SRI. ANUSHA L., ADVOCATE)
AND:
#1, PALACE ROAD, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, SAMPANGI RAMA NAGARA, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA 560001.
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JNANA SANGAMA VTU MAIN ROAD VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MACCE BELGAUM KARNATAKA-590018.
…RESPONDENTS
(BY SMT. B.P. RADHA, AGA FOR R1 SRI. SANTHOSH S. NAGARALE, ADVOCATE FOR R2 SRI. H.R. SHOWRI, ADVOCATE FOR R3 SRI. M.D. RADHUNATH, ADVOCATE FOR R4 & R5)
THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO A) DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO PAY THE SALARY FROM THE DATE OF DENIAL I.E. MARCH 2020 TILL FEBRUARY 2021 AS PER ANNEXURE-L AND SAME SHALL BE PAID WITH INTEREST. B) DECLARE, THAT THE REDUCING THE SALARY OF THE PETITIONER FROM MARCH 2020 TILL FEBRUARY 2021 WITHOUT SERVING VALID NOTICE AND WITHOUT HEARING THE PETITIONER IS ARBITRARY AND VIOLATIVE OF ARTICLE 14, 16 AND 21 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND ETC.
HC-KAR
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI
ORAL ORDER
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having become infructuous.
Sd/(ASHOK S.KINAGI) JUDGE
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Dr. Sanaulla P F
State of Karnataka, Director, Department of Technical Education
Visvesvaraya Technological University
All India Council for Technical Education
HKBK College of Engineering (represented by Director C.M. Faiz Mohammed)
HKBK College of Engineering (represented by Chairman C.M. Ibrahim)
Ashok S. Kinagi
As recorded by the court registry
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