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Sri H Muniraju v. the State of Karnataka

Karnataka HC7 Feb 2025WP/1692/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Dismissed as withdrawn; WP No. 1692 of 2025 (S-KSAT), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (DB), 07-02-2025; H Muniraju (Audit Officer, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology) v. State of Karnataka, Principal Director Karnataka State Audit and Accounts Department, and Usha R; prayer to quash order dated 18.01.2025 (Annexure-F) and continue petitioner per earlier transfer order dated 30.10.2024 (Annexure-B); memo seeking withdrawal taken on record; liberty granted as sought for; AGA to accept notice for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2; Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India; no substantive holdings; no precedents cited.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted as sought for. ¶30

Sri H Muniraju Vs the State of Karnataka — Writ and Judicial Review | Karnataka HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted as sought for.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the order dated 18.01.2025 passed by Respondent No.2 vide Annexure-F should be quashed, Respondent No.3 transferred back to the Office of the Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka, and the petitioner continued as Audit Officer in Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology per the earlier transfer order dated 30.10.2024 (Annexure-B). NOTE: framed by the petitioner's prayer clause; not adjudicated because the petition was withdrawn.

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Ratio / Principle

The memo filed by the petitioner's counsel seeking withdrawal of the petition was taken on record; accordingly, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty granted as sought for.

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Key takeaways

The learned AGA was directed to accept notice for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2.ratio¶33-34

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 1692 of 2025 (S-KSAT), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru (Division Bench: K. Somashekar and Venkatesh Naik T, JJ.), decided 07-02-2025. The petitioner, an Audit Officer at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, had invoked Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution praying to quash Respondent No.2's (Principal Director, Karnataka State Audit and Accounts Department) order dated 18.01.2025 vide Annexure-F, to have Respondent No.3 (Smt. Usha R) transferred back to the Office of the Registrar General, High Court of Karnataka, and to be continued as Audit Officer per Respondent No.2's earlier transfer order dated 30.10.2024 vide Annexure-B. Coming on for final hearing, counsel for the petitioner (Sri Harshavardhan) filed a memo seeking withdrawal; the Court took the memo on record, dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn with liberty as sought for, and directed the learned AGA to accept notice for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. No substantive question concerning the transfer orders was examined or decided; the order carries no adjudicative weight on the dispute and is citable, if at all, only as a record of withdrawal.

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1 - NC: 2025:KHC:5538-DB WP No. 1692 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

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DATED THIS THE 7^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR

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AND

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THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VENKATESH NAIK T

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WRIT PETITION NO. 1692 OF 2025 (S-KSAT)

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BETWEEN:

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SRI H MUNIRAJU S/O LATE S.HANUMATHARAYA AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS WORKING AS AUDIT OFFICER IN KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONOCOLOGY DR.M H MARIGOWDA ROAD

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BENGALURU-560091.

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Digitally signed by SUMATHY KANNAN Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA

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(BY SRI. HARSHAVARDHAN - ADVOCATE)

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AND:

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…PETITIONER

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THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY FINANCE DEPARTMENT VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU-560001.

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THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR KARNATAKA STATE AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT, TTMC BUILDING 3^RD FLOOR, A BLOCK BMTC SHANTINAGARA BENGALURU-560005.

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SMT. USHA R W/O RAMESH B.R. AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS R/AT NO.103, 1^ST FLOOR

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2 - NC: 2025:KHC:5538-DB WP No. 1692 of 2025

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ELEGANT SILVER OAK APARTMENT SPENCER ROAD, FRAZER TOWN, BENGALURU-560005.

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…RESPONDENTS

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(BY SRI. B RAVINDRANATHA - AGA)

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DATED 18.01.2025 PASSED BY THE RESPONDENT NO.2 VIDE ANNEXURE-F BY ALLOWING THIS WRIT PETITION AND DIRECT RESPONDENTS NO.1 & 2 TO TRANSFER BACK THE RESPONDENT NO.3 TO THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AND TO CONTINUE THE PETITIONER AS AUDIT OFFICER IN KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY AS PER THE EARLIER TRANSFER ORDER DATED 30.10.2024 PASSED BY RESPONDENT NO.2 VIDE ANNEXURE-B.

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

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR and

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HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VENKATESH NAIK T

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ORAL ORDER

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(PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.SOMASHEKAR)

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Learned counsel Sri Harshavardhan for the petitioner is present before the Court physically. He has filed memo seeking withdrawal of the petition.