ORDER :

Maheshan Nagaprasanna, J.

1. The petitioners have filed this writ petition calling in question the order dated 25.06.2018, passed by the fourth respondent directing conduct of a de novo enquiry on the same charge sheet by a different Enquiry Officer.

2. Filtering out unnecessary details, the facts that are germane for consideration in the writ petition are as follows:

The first petitioner was appointed on 06.06.2006, as a Professor and Head of the Department in Biochemistry in the third respondent - Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as 'the Institute' for short). The second petitioner was appointed as a Director and discharged his duties in the Institute from 02.07.2012 to 20.03.2013 and is presently working as Professor and Head of the Department in the Department of Anaesthesia, Koppal Institute of Medical Sciences, Koppal. The third petitioner was also appointed as a Director of the Institute has worked from 25.05.2011 upto 02.07.2012 and now has retired on attaining the age of superannuation. The fourth petitioner was appointed as Medical Superintendent in the Institute on 28.06.2012 and functioned as such upto 21.11.2015 and presently working i