Smt Gayathri v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 39137 of 2025 (LB-RES); decided 05.01.2026 by Suraj Govindaraj, J. Petitioner: Smt. Gayathri, President, Kuppalu Grama Panchayat, Tiptur Taluk, Tumakur District. Challenge by certiorari to notice dated 12.12.2025 (No. CHU (2) (AVISHWASA)VIVA/36/25-26, Annexure-A) issued by Respondent No. 2 concerning a no-confidence motion; respondents included State of Karnataka (Dept. of Panchayath Raj), the Grama Panchayat, the Assistant Commissioner, Tiptur Sub Division, and 13 panchayat members (R4-R16). Petition dismissed as infructuous since the meeting could not be held for want of the forum being present; merits not decided. No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the learned AGA's submission that the meeting where the no-confidence motion was required to be considered could not be held on account of the forum not being present, the petition stands dismissed as infructuous. The validity of the impugned notice was not decided on merits.