ORDER :

Regard being had to the similitude in the controversy involved in all the three cases, they were heard analogously together and a common order is being passed.

2. The facts of WP.No.29212/2017 are narrated as under :

The present petition has been filed by the Lokayuktha Establishment being aggrieved by the order dated 19.4.2017 passed in Application No.2199/2016 by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore clubbed with Application No.2198/2016, by which the Tribunal has quashed the order dated 6.9.2013 i.e., the order by which the State Government has entrusted the enquiry against the respondent No.1 under Section 14-A of the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957. The Tribunal has also quashed the subsequent charge sheet issued by the Lokayuktha dated 8/20.4.2015.

3. The facts of the case reveal that a large scale mining scam took place in the State of Karnataka in Bellary District and other places and by an order dated 12.3.2007 the State of Karnataka referred the issue of alleged illegal mining to the Lokayuktha Establishment for investigation under Section 7(2-A) of the Karnataka Lokayuktha Act, 1984 (hereinafter referred to a