Smt. Rekha B v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Inspector of Excise; counselling process; interim order; Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KAT) Application Nos.3368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3373, 3374/2025; Application No.3407/2025 dated 24.07.2025; order dated 24.07.2025 modified; writ petition disposed of by consent; Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; State of Karnataka Finance Department (Excise) and State Excise Department; no final orders until further orders; contentions left open; prayer No.1 not pressed. Relevant when tracing interim protection granted to Bengaluru-based Inspectors of Excise in connection with a counselling process notified by the excise authorities, and for the practice of extending an interim order granted in one Tribunal application (No.3407/2025) to identical applications by consent, with the Tribunal directed to hear all such applications together on 31.07.2025.
What did the court decide?
By consent, the writ petition was disposed of and the petitioners were held entitled to the interim order as granted in Application No.3407/2025 on 24.07.2025, namely: participation in the counselling process as per the notification issued by the respondent authority, and a direction to the respondents not to pass any final order after the counselling held on 24.07.2025 until further orders. The Tribunal was requested to hear the applications involved in the present petition on 31.07.2025, and the order dated 24.07.2025 in Application Nos.3368-3374/2025 was modified to that extent. All contentions were left open.