Thulasi Kalamjiyam Swa Sahaya Sangha v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru; WP No. 36607 of 2015 (GM-TEN); NC: 2026:KHC:16325; oral order dated 23 March 2026 by Hon'ble Smt. Justice Lalitha Kanneganti (single judge). Petitioner: Thulasi Kalamjiyam Swa Sahaya Sangha (rep. by Smt. Rathnamma), through Sri B. Ravindra Prasad; respondents 1-3 (State of Karnataka, Women & Child Development authorities) through Sri Manjunath K., HCGP; respondents 4-6 served unrepresented. Subject: challenge to e-tender notifications dated 3.7.2015 of Mahila Supplementary Production Training Centers (Chennapatanna, Kanakpura, Magadi taluks) and Annexure-D of R-2. Outcome: dismissed as withdrawn as infructuous (tender period completed); all I.A.s closed. Keywords: Article 226, e-tender notification, withdrawal, infructuous, GM-TEN, women and child welfare, Ramanagara.
What did the court decide?
Since the tender period has been completed, the writ petition does not survive for consideration and has become infructuous; the memo seeking withdrawal was taken on record and the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn, with all pending I.A.s closed.