IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 5^TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.HEMALEKHA WRIT PETITION NO. 102329 OF 2023 (S-RES)

BETWEEN:

SRI. LAXMAN GOUDA S/O. KESHA GOUDA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, OCC: PROJECT HEAD, IISC, BENGALURU, R/O. HOSAMOTE, MAVIN KURVA, HONNAVARA, DIST: KARWAR-581335.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. SUNIL S.DESAI, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE DIRECTOR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), WALMI, CAMPUS, BELUR INDUSTRIAL AREA, NEAR HIGH COURT BENCH, PB ROAD, DHARWAD.

2. THE REGISTRAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (IIT), WALMI, CAMPUS BELUR INDUSTRIAL AREA, MANJANNA NEAR HIGH COURT BENCH, PB ROAD, E DHARWAD.

…RESPONDENTS D M i A g N ita JA lly N s N ig A n E ed by (BY SRI. SHIVASAI M.PATIL, ADVOCATE)

Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH Date: 2026.02.16 12:54:00 THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 +0530 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF CERTIORARI QUASHING THE IMPUGNED COMMUNICATION/ORDER BEARING NO.ADMIN/FW/LAXMAN GOUDA/2022-23/210 DATED 17-03- 2023 VIDE ANNEXURE-K ISSUED BY THE 2^ND RESPONDENT, AS ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY AND VIOLATION OF PRINCIPAL OF NATURAL JUSTICE, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQU