Chandrakant Basavanni Goni v. the Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench; WP No. 109042 of 2025 (S-RES); decided 21 January 2026 by K.S. Hemalekha, J.; four Constables seek mandamus against Union of India (Ministry of Railways), Divisional Security Commissioner RPF UBL Division Hubballi, and Sub-Inspectors/RPF South-Western Railways Ghataprabha and Bagalkote, to consider representations dated 11.08.2025, 08.09.2025, 02.11.2025 (Annexures E-H); filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; writ petition disposed of with direction to consider representations and pass orders in accordance with law within eight weeks of receipt of certified copy; no case law cited; no monetary claim; service/railway matter useful for precedents on judicial direction to decide pending representations.
What did the court decide?
Writ of mandamus directing respondent Nos.1 to 4 to consider the representations dated 11.08.2025, 08.09.2025 and 02.11.2025 (Annexures E to H) and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law within an outer limit of eight weeks from receipt of a certified copy of the order.