Dr B.C. Ravikumar v. the Vice Chancelor
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court (Bengaluru), Ashok S.Kinagi J, 23-06-2026 — WP No. 18313/2024 C/W WP No. 19415/2024 (S-RES). Professor, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, challenged transfer order dt.25/06/2024 (AAKA/C.BO/PRAA-B.C.RA/VARGAVANE/2024-25), relieving order dt.01/07/2024 (Special Officer, University of Agricultural Engineering), and promotion-and-posting order dt.08.07.2024 (AO/RT/CAS-2006/PROM(PROF)/2024-25) posting R5 Dr Anilkumar T Dandekar to his post. Petitions DISPOSED OF AS INFRUCTUOUS upon report that petitioner retired on 30.04.2026 during pendency; pending IAs disposed of; no merits adjudication. Keywords: writ petition Articles 226 227; transfer; relieving order; promotion; posting; retirement; infructuous; University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK.
What did the court decide?
In view of the petitioner's retirement from service on 30.04.2026 during the pendency of the writ petitions, the Court accepted that the petitions did not survive for consideration and disposed of them as having rendered infructuous; pending interlocutory applications, if any, also stand disposed of. No finding was returned on the merits of the transfer, relieving or promotion/posting orders.