Case brief
What is this about?
Regularization of long-serving Forest Watcher/Office Assistant (1982-2024); Dharwad Scheme dated 06.08.1990; doctrine of parity; absorption, pay-scale fixation, pensionary benefits; Umadevi (2006) 4 SCC 1 and allied Supreme Court decisions; extensive Karnataka High Court precedent cited by counsel (including Jaggo v. UOI 2024 SCC Online SC 3826; Shripal 2025 INSC 144); Article 226 Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; petition disposed of as representation with directions — additional representation within four weeks, decision within two months; single judge S.R. Krishna Kumar; NC: 2026:KHC:22490; WP No. 34654 of 2024 (S-RES).
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of by treating it as a representation; liberty granted to the petitioner to submit an additional representation within four weeks; respondents directed to consider and take appropriate decision/pass appropriate orders on the regularisation representations in accordance with law, bearing in mind the referred judgments, within two months from receipt of a copy of the order.