- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:14883-DB WP No. 10796 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF APRIL, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR WRIT PETITION NO. 10796 OF 2025 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN: CAPTAIN SRINIVASA GOWDA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, TRANSFERRED AS SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER, KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD, BENGALURU. RESIDING AT NO.27/11, NIRMAL JYOTHI COMPLEX, OFF CUBBON ROAD, BEHIND ZUARI CORPORATE BUILDING, BENGALURU - 560 001. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SUBRAMANYA R.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560 001. 2. THE KARNATAKA HOUSING BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, CAUVERY BHAVAN, BENGALURU-560 009. 3. KARNATAKA SLUM DEVELOPMENT BOARD REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, NO.55, ABHAYA COMPLEX, RISALDAR STREET, SHESHADRIPURAM, BENGALURU-560 020. Digitally signed by CHETAN B C Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:14883-DB WP No. 10796 of 2025 4. SMT. JAYA H D/O LATE P H RAJU, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, UNDER ORDERS OF TRANSFER, SECRETARY, KARNATAKA SLUM DEVELOPMENT BOARD, BENGALURU, RESIDING AT NO.25, 6TH CROSS, PIPELINE ROAD, VIJAYANAGAR, BENGALURU-560 023. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.B RAVINDRANATH.,AGA FOR R1; V.C.O DATED 08.04.2025- SRI. KARTHIK V., ADVOCATE FOR R2; SRI. H L PRADEEP KUMAR., ADVOCATE FOR R3; SRI. P N RAJESHWAR., ADVOCATE FOR SRI. V R SARATHY., ADVOCATE FOR C/R4) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICELS 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO A) SET-ASIDE THE IMPUGNED INTERIM ORDER DATED 02/04/2025 PASSED IN APPLICATION NO.1124/2025 (ANNEXURE-A) BY THE HON’BLE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL AND B) PASS ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE ORDER, INCLUDING THE COST OF THIS WRIT PETITION. THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT AND HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT) Petitioner, a Civil Servant is grieving before the Writ Court against an interim order granted by the State - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:14883-DB WP No. 10796 of 2025 Administrative Tribunal on 02.04.2025 in private Respondent’s Application No.1124/2025. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner draws our attention to the fact that during the period between February 2014 and September 2019, the Caveator- respondent had served in Mandya, and since 30.9.2019 she has been working only in Bangalore City, although with different entities. A public servant cannot cling on to capital city of the State all through, regardless of its attraction; this we say in the best interest of public administration, ‘charaiveti charaiveti’ literally meaning ‘move on, move on’ being the rule of life. 3. The above aspect of the matter, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner submits, is not reflected in the impugned order even inarticulately. This renders the said order vulnerable for challenge. In view of that, the order of the Tribunal is liable to be set aside. - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:14883-DB WP No. 10796 of 2025 At this stage, learned counsel Prof.P.N.Rajeshwar appearing for Respondent No.4-Caveator submits that petition itself may be disposed off with the above arrangement, requesting the Hon’ble Tribunal to hear & dispose off the pending Application on the next date of hearing itself. We make that request to the Hon’ble Tribunal. Writ Petition is disposed off quashing the impugned order with the above observations, costs having been made easy. At the instance of learned counsel Prof.P.N.Rajeshwar appearing for the caveator-respondent, we make it clear that the observations herein above made being confined to disposal of this petition, do not cast their shadow or light on the adjudication of pending Application on its intrinsic merits. Sd/- (KRISHNA S DIXIT) JUDGE Sd/- (RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR) JUDGE Cbc/Snb List No.: 1 Sl No.: 20