Smt Amrith B Kiran v. Mangalore Catholic Co. Operative Bank Ltd.
Case brief
What is this about?
Co-operative bank employee discipline; challenge to charge sheets, show cause notice and domestic enquiry order through writ petitions (S-RES) under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; petitions dismissed as withdrawn at final hearing on counsel's memo; alternative remedy pursued under Section 70, Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 before the Registrar within 3 weeks; interim direction to respondent bank not to relieve petitioner; Registrar directed to dispose expeditiously; single bench of Justice Ashok S.Kinagi; decided 13.10.2025; NC: 2025:KHC:40493; HC-KAR.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions dismissed as withdrawn on the memo filed by learned counsel, with liberty reserved to the petitioner to approach the Registrar of Co-operative Society under Section 70 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959 within 3 weeks; the Registrar directed to dispose of such petition in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible; and the respondent directed not to relieve the petitioner till she approaches the Registrar.