Sri Gajendra Kumar R v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC DB order (07.01.2025, K. Somashekar & Venkatesh Naik T JJ.) in WP 4442/2024 (S-KSAT): petitioner Gajendra Kumar R, SDA selectee (notification 01.09.2017; final select list 02.06.2020, Sl.No.15), whose KSAT Application No.98/2023 was disposed on 03.11.2023 and who sought quashing of DMA endorsement E-289848/DMA/EST2/SDA/8/2020/6944 dated 26.12.2022 and an appointment letter; counsel urged petitioner was not a Government servant; court, on merits unexpressed, granted liberty to agitate the issues via Article 226 writ proceedings, held its observations would not bar writ initiation, and disposed of the petition. Keywords: Article 226, certiorari, KSAT, SDA, Directorate of Municipal Administration, KPSC, select list, liberty, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to pursue the issues between himself and the respondents through a writ proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, with no opinion expressed on the merits; no appointment letter directed and no costs dealt with.