ORDER :

1. Heard the learned Senior Counsel Sri. M. Nagaprasanna on behalf of the petitioner, the learned Addl. Government Advocate on behalf of respondent No.1, learned senior counsel Sri. S.S. Naganand on behalf of respondent Nos.2 and 4 and the learned senior counsel Sri. V. Lakshminarayana on behalf of the third respondent.

2. The petitioner is before this court being aggrieved by the appointment of the third respondent as a nominated Director (Technical) on the Board of the fourth respondent Corporation in his place and the consequent appointment of the petitioner as Managing Director of KAVIKA under the impugned order dated 22.07.2019. The act of nomination is titled as a transfer-cum-nomination (Annexure-H).

FACTS OF THE CASE:

3. It is the case of the petitioner that he joined the services of the second respondent on 05.04.1984 as an Assistant Engineer and subsequently was promoted to the cadre of AEE on 29.11.1999 and to the cadre of Executive Engineer with effect from 22.08.2007. Thereafter, to the cadre of Superintending Engineer with effect from 30.04.2016. That on acc