Doddahanumantharayappa v. Addl Chief Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Review petition dismissed; Section 114 r/w Order 47 Rule 1 CPC 1908; no mistake or error apparent on face of record; delay and laches; inordinate delay of 30 to 32 years; subsequent or series of representations cannot explain delay; Tribunal direction to consider representation insufficient; additional increment; Rule 6 Karnataka Civil Services (Service and Kannada Language Examination) Rules 1974; TBA benefits; Application No.1047/2021 order dated 02.09.2021; W.P. No.27667/2023 (S-KSAT); I.A. No.1/2025 condonation of 58 days delay; retired Sanskrit Literature Assistant; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; K.V. Aravind J. (author); S.G. Pandit J.; reserved 11.03.2026; pronounced 09.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
Multiple representations and the direction issued by the Tribunal to consider the representations cannot answer the inordinate delay of 30 to 32 years; subsequent or a series of representations cannot be a ground to explain such delay, and the grounds urged by learned counsel cannot be sustained.