Sri Dev Prasad Yadav v. Central Silk Board
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Central Silk Board; Basic Tasar Silkworm Seed Organization, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; Skilled Farm Worker (TS)/SFW(TS); premature retirement/relieving from service; superannuation age 60; quashing of office order/Memorandum No.KeReBo/BhuTaReKiBiSam/Bilas/DePrayaYa/KruPraKa/Bilaspur/2025-26/3497 dated 10.03.2026 (Annexure-B); writ of certiorari; continuance in service till 60 years; period of absence treated as 'on duty'; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India; coordinate bench order W.P.No.18131/2025 dated 22.09.2025 applied; High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; W.P. No. 20842 of 2026 (L-RES); Justice Jyoti M; decided 14.07.2026; petitioner Dev Prasad Yadav; counsel Naik V.S. (petitioner), N.S.Narasimha Swamy (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Writ of Certiorari issued; Memorandum dated 10.03.2026 (Annexure-B) quashed; petitioner entitled to continue in employment under respondent Board till age of superannuation of 60 years subject to applicable Rules and Regulations; period from relieving to reinstatement to be treated as 'on duty' for all purposes; disposal in terms of W.P.No.18131/2025 (22.09.2025).