Sri Hanamanth S/O Basappa Kumbar v. the State of Karnataka
Service law – Suspension – Maintainability of writ petition
Case brief
What is this about?
Suspension of Principal/teacher by private management (Dandeli Welfare Society); writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 dismissed at threshold on maintainability; Karnataka Education Act, 1983 — Section 93(3)(a) (power of managing committee to suspend), Section 94(5) with Section 92(3)(a) (appeal against suspension to competent authority), Section 92(1); efficacious alternative remedy doctrine; writ of certiorari; Pre-University Education, Uttara Kannada; disposed of with liberty to appeal; time spent before High Court creditable before competent authority; single judge oral order, Dharwad bench, January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to approach the competent authority (appellate channel under the Karnataka Education Act, 1983) in accordance with law; time spent before this Court declared available to be urged before the competent authority. Suspension order not quashed; no reinstatement ordered.