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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
S.G.PANDIT, K.V.ARAVIND
N. Chandrashekar, S/o. T. Ningappa – Appellant
Versus
State Of Karnataka Represented By Its Principal Secretary To Government, Revenue Department – Respondent
C.A.V. ORDER :
K.V. ARAVIND, J.
Heard Sri. Sridhar G. Bidre, learned counsel appearing for Sri. Raghavendra G. Gayatri, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri. V. Shivareddy, learned Additional Government Advocate for respondent Nos.1 and 2-State and Sri. Ashwin S. Halady, learned counsel for respondent No.3.
2. The unsuccessful applicant in Application No.8990/2014 has preferred this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, assailing the order dated 17.07.2017 passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru (for short, ‘the Tribunal’).
3. The facts, in brief, are that the petitioner was initially appointed on 15.11.2002 as a Village Accountant in the Revenue Department. While discharging his duties as Village Accountant at Kavali, a trap was laid against him by the Lokayukta Police on 30.08.2007, pursuant to a complaint lodged by one Sri. N.V. Chandrashekar. The complainant alleged that the petitioner had demanded a sum of Rs.2,000/- for effecting change of Khata in his name in respect of Survey No.218 of Talagunda Village. Consequently, a case came to be registered in Crime No.05/2007 by the Lokayukta Police for the offences punishable under the
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