Case brief
What is this about?
WP No. 18130 of 2025 (S-RES), High Court of Karnataka (Bengaluru), decided 24-06-2025 by H.T. Narendra Prasad, J. Petitioner sought certiorari to quash a PWD general order (Annexure-V) and an allocation order dated 19/04/2025 (Annexure-Y) concerning employment on compassionate grounds, and mandamus for compassionate appointment. On the AGA's maintainability objection, the Court, relying on L.Chandra Kumar vs. Union of India (1997(2) SCR 1186), held that 'service matters' cannot be adjudicated by a writ Court as court of first instance and disposed of the petition with liberty to approach the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal. Statute cited: Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India. No monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to approach the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal. ¶33