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2025 Supreme(Kar) 1636
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT DHARWAD BENCH
SURAJ GOVINDARAJ, J.
Akki Mallikarjun – Appellant
Versus
The Principal, Secretary Government of Karnataka, Bangalore – Respondent
Writ Petition No. 104220 of 2025
Decided On : 06-08-2025
Important Points
Subject
Administrative Law - Writ Jurisdiction
Headnote
(B) Writ jurisdiction - The court only addresses live disputes; if the matter has become moot or academic, the petition will be dismissed. (Para 3)
Facts of the case:
Petitioners challenged the impugned notification regarding guest lecturers and sought to continue their service until the end of the academic year 2024-25.
Findings of Court:
Petition dismissed as the relief sought was no longer applicable due to the lapse of the relevant academic year.
Issues: The main issue addressed was whether the petition for continued service was still valid given the lapse of the academic year.
Ratio Decidendi: The court clarified that it will not entertain petitions that are no longer relevant as the underlying issue has become non-justiciable.
Result: Petition dismissed.
For the Appellant : B.N. Mulimani
For the Respondents: P.N. Hatti, Gangadhar J.M.
| Table of Content |
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| 1. seeking quash of notification related to guest lecturers. (Para 2) |
| 2. petition dismissed as infructuous. (Para 3) |
ORDER :
1. Learned High Court Government Pleader accepts notice for respondents.
2. The petitioners are before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:
1. To issue writ in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned notification passed by R-2, inviting the applications for guest lecturers bearing no. ka Shi E/NEVI-AUA/99/2024-25 dated 02/01/2025 vide Annexure-D in respect of petitioners.
2. Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus or in nature of any other writ directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to continue his service in the respondent colleges till end of the A.Y. 2024-25.
3. Pass such orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the facts and circumstances of the case as in duty bound the petitioners shall ever pray an act of kindness in the interest of justice and equity.
3. In the above matter, the petitioners are seeking for a mandamus directing the respondents to permit the petitioners to continue service in the respondent-college for the academic year 2024-2025. As the said academic year has already lapsed, the petition is dismissed as infructuous.
