Dr Maithreyi H L v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court 2025; Justice Ashok S. Kinagi; writ petition dismissed; over-age rejection of application; Assistant Professor Sanskrit recruitment; Department of Collegiate Education; Tunga Vidya Vardhaka Sangha Thirthahalli Shivamogga; age limit 40 years General category, OBC 43, SC/ST Category-1 45; Government Order 18.05.2023 upper age limit extension prospective effect not retrospective; Annexure-A notification paper publication 03.03.2023; Annexure-B application 16.03.2023; Annexure-C exemption; Annexure-F impugned letter No.TUVIVASAMTHEE.255.2024-25 dated 26.08.2024; mandamus to consider representations Annexures-D and E; G.M. Women quota Sanskrit lecturer; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; interim order selection process completed final list not published; writ petition infructuous; certiorari prayer; Shivamogga; Bengaluru.
What did the court decide?
As on the date of submitting the application the petitioner was over-aged (40 years 2 months 21 days against the notified General-category limit of 40 years), and the respondents rightly did not consider her application for the post of Assistant Professor in Sanskrit.