L Shivamurty v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), WP No. 24182 of 2025 (S-KSAT), decided 19.08.2025, DB S.G. Pandit & K.V. Aravind JJ. Keywords: Food Safety Officers; continuance in post; KSAT interim prayer rejected; OM dated 25.07.2025 relieving FSOs; posting as Junior/Senior Health Inspectors; Health and Family Welfare Services Department; Commissionerate of Food Safety; BBMP zones; status quo till disposal of Application Nos.3561-3579/2025; interim protection pending Tribunal disposal; expeditious disposal; Articles 226 and 227; challenge to rejection of interim stay; 14 years service as Food Safety Officers.
What did the court decide?
Respondents directed to continue the petitioners as Food Safety Officers in the Commissionerate of Food Safety at their present places of work till disposal of Application Nos.3561-3579/2025; Tribunal requested to dispose of the application expeditiously; pending interlocutory applications disposed of as not surviving.