A dismissed school teacher filed a civil contempt petition alleging non-compliance of a writ court direction to reinstate him. The court held the writ order had reserved liberty to the State to conduct fresh enquiry and found no non-compliance, closing the contempt case while leaving contentions open for review.
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NC: 2026:KHC:19723-DB CCC No. 1371 of 2024
HC-KAR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN
AND
THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1371 OF 2024
BETWEEN:
SURESH H C S/O CHANNEGOWDA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS WORKED AS ASSISTANT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER ANJANEYA BLOCK, K R NAGARA TALUK R/AT NO. 39, SRI VASAVI HAPPY HOME CHOWKAHALLI VILLAGE KALENAHALLI POST MYSURU ROAD, K R NAGARA MYSORE 571602
Digitally signed by RAKSHA Location: High Court of Karnataka
(BY SRI. PRATHEEP K. C., ADVOCATE)
AND:
…COMPLAINANT
M S BUILDING, BENGALURU 560 001
HC-KAR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TALUK ZONE
MYSORE 01
…ACCUSED
…PROFORMA RESPONDENT
(BY SRI. KAMROZ KHAN, AGA)
THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER PASSED BY THIS COURT IN WP NO.17990/2022 DATED 10.03.2023 VIDE ANNEXURE-A.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN and HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU
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HC-KAR
ORAL JUDGMENT
(PER: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN)
We have heard the learned counsel appearing for the complainant.
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"3. In view of the order passed by this Court in W.P No.14652/2022 and connected matters and the observations made therein, the writ petitions are allowed. The orders passed by this Tribunal is set-aside by reserving similar liberty to the State as stated in W.P.No.14652/2022 and connected matters.”
follows:
"18. We are unable to appreciate the conduct of the petitioners/State. The action is contrary to its own Notification noted supra. Without going into the legality of both the entrustment order and the charge memo, we proceed to uphold the order of the Tribunal in W.P.Nos.14652/2022, 135/2023 and 24830/2022 quashing the impugned orders of the Government and the writ petitions are hereby rejected.
19. Liberty is reserved to the State to re-do the exercise in consonance with the observations made by the Tribunal in paragraph No.7 of its order dated 25.01.2022 in Application Nos.5702-5708/2021 and as re-iterated and upheld by this Court in paragraph No.17 of this order."
NC: 2026:KHC:19723-DB CCC No. 1371 of 2024
HC-KAR
Sd/(ANU SIVARAMAN) JUDGE
Sd/(TARA VITASTA GANJU) JUDGE
RAK
List No.: 3 Sl No.: 3
2 issues framed by the court
Whether there was wilful disobedience of the Division Bench direction in W.P.No.17990/2022 in failing to reinstate the dismissed teacher.
Whether the liberty reserved to the State to redo the enquiry covered the complainant.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Suresh H C
Ritesh Kumar Singh
R Krishnappa
S T Javaregowda
State of Karnataka
Anu Sivaraman
Tara Vitasta Ganju
As recorded by the court registry
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