Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 22456 of 2021 (S-RES), High Court of Karnataka, decided 09.10.2025 by Ashok S. Kinagi, J. Keywords: sealed cover promotion; departmental enquiry; censure; retrospective promotion; Junior Engineer to Assistant Engineer; pending representation; Karnataka Power Transmission Company Limited; Articles 226 and 227; mandamus; certiorari; Notification dated 22.05.2020; eight-week compliance direction. Petition allowed with direction to the respondent to consider the petitioner's representation and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within eight weeks.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; respondent directed to consider the petitioner's representation for promotion with retrospective effect and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.