ORAL ORDER

The petitioner has challenged a resolution passed by the respondent dated 30.07.2022 and the letter bearing No. UÁæ¥ÀA¥À:PÀªÀ-1/2022-23 dated 01.08.2022, addressed by the respondent. The petitioner has also sought for a direction to the respondent to appoint him as a Bill Collector by implementing the order dated 11.07.2022 passed by the Zilla Panchayath, Hassan, in Appeal No.1/2021-22.

2. The petitioner contends that he was appointed as an Attender at Maragondanahalli, Grama Panchayth, Holenarasipura Taluk. Later, in terms of a resolution dated 24.04.1997 of the said panchayath, he was appointed as a Bill Collector. The petitioner contends that from then on, he was been discharging duties without any blemish of whatsoever nature. His appointment was confirmed by respondent No.2 - Taluk Panchayath and he was appointed permanently on 25.01.2006. The petitioner contends that the respondent did not allow him to discharge his duty as a Bill Collector and was also not paying any salary from January 2013 on the ground that he had misappropriated the money collected. In that regard, he approached the Taluk Panchayath and Zilla Panchayath by filling representations. He claimed th