THE HON’BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL AND THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA WRIT APPEAL No.536 of 2025 JUDGMENT: (Per the Hon’ble the Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul)

Sri Chidagam Srinivas, learned counsel appearing for Sri K.Vasudeva Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri Baglekar Akash Kumar, learned counsel or respondent No.1.

2. With the consent, finally heard.

3. This intra Court appeal takes exception to the order of a learned Single Judge passed in W.P.No.4307 of 2024 dated

27.02.2025.

4. The brief facts necessary for adjudication of this writ appeal are that the respondent No.1/writ petitioner was subjected to disciplinary proceedings which ended with punishment of dismissal from service on 13.06.2011. Aggrieved, respondent No.1 filed W.P.No.22240 of 2012 assailing the said punishment. The said writ petition was disposed of on 18.07.2023 holding that the punishment of dismissal is disproportionate in nature and accordingly, the competent authority was directed to reconsider the punishment of dismissal within a stipulated time. This order of writ Court was unsuccessfully challenged in W.A.No.881 of

2023 which came to be dismissed on 08.09.2023.

5. In obedie