Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (DB: Krishna S Dixit & Ramachandra D. Huddar JJ), WP No. 35732 of 2024 (S-KSAT), decided 03-04-2025; certiorari against KSAT Bangalore order dated 16/12/2024 in Application No.4332/2024 voiding transfer order dated 27.08.2024 at instance of K.G. Dileep (District Women and Child Development Officer, Hassan); petitioner C.K. Jaikiran; fresh posting given 27.03.2025; petition allowed, Tribunal order set at naught, Application No.4332/2024 dismissed; 'No work no pay' principle broadly endorsed; two-week representation to be considered on normative basis, result within three weeks; costs made easy; Articles 226 & 227 Constitution of India.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned Tribunal order dated 16/12/2024 in Application No.4332/2024 set at naught; private respondent's Application No. 4332/2024 dismissed; private respondent permitted to make a representation within two weeks regarding the stay-away period, to be considered on normative basis with result communicated within three weeks next following; costs made easy.