IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.15465 OF 2025 (S-RES)

BETWEEN:

1. SANDEEP PRAKASH DUREKAR AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS GANGOTRI CAMPUS, VENKATESHWAR FARM RAJIV GANDHI NAGAR MAGADI MAIN ROAD VISHWANEEDAM POST BENGALURU-560091 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. VIDYADHAR M. DURGEKAR, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. MANAGING DIRECTOR Digitally signed by DEVIKA M KARNATAKA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT Location: HIGH CORPORATION (KFDC)

COURT OF (GOVT OF KARNATAKA UNDERTAKING)

KARNATAKA HOIGE BAZAR, MANGALURU-575001

2. THE ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA BENGALURU-560001 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. MARUTHI S., ADVOCATE FOR R1;

SRI. G. RAMESH NAIK, AGA FOR R2)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 READ WITH THE ARTICLE 21 AND 300A OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT TO RELEASE ALL THE PENDING DUES OF LATE PRAKASH DURGEKAR WITH INTEREST AT THE PREVAILING SBI MCLR RATES AMOUNTING TO RUPEES SIX LAKHS FIFTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO TO THE LEGAL HEIR OF THE DECEASED EMPLOYEE THE MOTHER OF THE PETITIONER WHO IS THE WIFE OF THE DECEASED EMPL