- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:11569-DB WP No. 20269 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE KRISHNA S DIXIT AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR WRIT PETITION NO. 20269 OF 2024 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN: SRI. SATISH KUMAR M.C, S/O CHANDRA SETTY, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, R/O JUDICIAL LAYOUT, DATTAGALLI POST, BEHIND CHRIST PUBLIC SCHOOL, MYSURU 570 026. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. GOWRI SHANKAR E.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATION, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU 560 001. REPRESENTED BY ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY. 2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, SHESHADRI ROAD, BENGALURU 560 001. REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER. 3. KARNATAKA EXAMINATION AUTHORITY, REPRESENTED BY ITS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, 18TH CROSS, SAMPIGE ROAD, MALLESWARAM, BENGALURU 560 012. 4. SRI. JAYASHANKAR N, PADMAPURA, RATNASANDRA POST, SIRA TALUK, TUMKUR 572 137. REG NO.A2244. Digitally signed by CHETAN B C Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:11569-DB WP No. 20269 of 2024 5. SRI. KIRAN C, CHIKKANNANA KOPPALU, BANAVARA POST, ARASIKERE TALUK, HASSAN 573 112. REG NO X3186 …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.VIKAS ROJIPURA.,AGA FOR R1 & R2; SRI.RAMESH NAIK L., ADVOCATE FOR R4) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO I) CALL FOR THE RECORDS RELATING TO, CONCERNING AND PERTAINING TO APPLICATION NO.1545/2023, PERUSE THE SAME, AND QUASH THE IMPUGNED ORDER DATED 13/03/2024 VIDE ANNEXURE-A, PASSED BY THE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, AT BENGALURU, VIDE ANNEXURE-A, AS UNSUSTAINABLE IN LAW AND ETC., THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, 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 is knocking at the doors of writ court for assailing the State Administrative Tribunal’s order dated 13.03.2024 whereby his Application No.1545/2023 has been negatived. In the said Application he had sought for quashment of Final Select List of Assistant Professors (Management) dated 03.03.2023 wherein his name did not figure and instead names of private respondents did. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:11569-DB WP No. 20269 of 2024 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently argues that his client possesses the prescribed educational qualification inasmuch as he has an MBA Post Graduate Degree with BBM Degree besides a pass in KSET Examination in Management. Learned AGA appearing for the official respondents vehemently resists the petition making submission in justification of impugned order of the Tribunal and the reasons on which it has been constructed. He adds that the NET/SLET is required to be in Commerce since what is being selected is to the post of Assistant Professor in Commerce. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the petition papers, we find that the petitioner does not have the requisite educational qualification, although he has all the educational degrees which he has asserted before the Tribunal and before us. 4. The Tribunal at para 12 of its order has observed as under and we fully endorse the same: - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:11569-DB WP No. 20269 of 2024 “12. In the instant case, it is not at all the case of the learned counsel for the applicant that the respondents 5-6 have not passed their NET / SLET in the relevant subject which is the subject of commerce in which they have obtained PG degree. It is PG Degree in Commerce which is also regarded as fulfilling the eligibility requirement for Assistant Professor of Management and the respondents 5-6 possess PG Degree in Commerce. Therefore, the NET / SLET requires to be in Commerce subject only where the PG Degree is in Commerce since PG Degree in Commerce is recognised as a subject eligible for being recruited to the post of Assistant Professor in Commerce.” In the above circumstances, petition being devoid of merits is liable and accordingly rejected, costs having been made easy. Registry to send a copy of this order to the private respondents by Speed Post immediately. Sd/- (KRISHNA S DIXIT) JUDGE Sd/- (RAMACHANDRA D. HUDDAR) JUDGE Cbc/Snb List No.: 1 Sl No.: 16