ORDERS ON JURISDICTION

The petitioner was appointed as a peon on 5-2-1990 by the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore, for a period of two years, on probation. By an order dated 20-4-1992, it was declared that the petitioner has completed the period of probation satisfactorily. Thereafter he was transferred to the District and Sessions Judge Court, Bijapur. While working at the office of Civil Judge, Bagalkot, he was kept under suspension by order dated 12-1-1986 on certain charges of alleged misconduct, pending departmental enquiry. After enquiry, when all the charges levelled against him were proved and he was found guilty, he was dismissed from service by order dated 11-12-1996. He preferred administrative appeal before the Registrar General, High Court of Kamataka. The appeal was partly allowed. The order of penalty of dismissal was modified into reinstatement without back wages, consequential benefits and continuity of service. He was reinstated. Those two orders are challenged before this Court, in this writ petition.

2. This petition was filed in the year 2005 before the Principal Bench at Bangalore. On establishment of Circuit Bench at Dharwad, the case was tran

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