The Secretary v. Sri M B Basavaraju
Promotion – Junior Assistant, Karnataka Legislative Council Secretariat
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Division Bench (D K Singh & T.M. Nadaf, JJ.), by oral judgment dated 01.04.2026, dismissed Writ Appeal No. 287 of 2026 (S-PRO) filed by the Secretary and Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council Secretariat against the Single Judge's order dated 04.03.2025 in W.P.No.14339/2013 directing promotion of respondent M.B. Basavaraju to the post of Junior Assistant with effect from 21.01.2013, the date his immediate junior was promoted; 280 days' delay in filing the appeal condoned; appeal under Section 4, Karnataka High Court Act, 1961; second respondent: Ranganath Deshpande, Junior Assistant; counsel: M.N. Sudev Hegde, AGA for appellants.
What did the court decide?
The delay of 280 days in filing the writ appeal is condoned, considering the averments made in the supporting affidavit filed along with the condonation application.