- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF WRIT PETITION NO. 34737 OF 2025 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN: 1. SRI. NARESHA B.A S/O ADEPPA, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER, R/A NO 419, GROUND FLOOR, 1ST MUNICIPAL LAYOUT, WARD NO 6 M.G. ROAD, CHIKKABALLAPUR - 562 101. WORKING AT KARNATAKA PUBLIC SCHOOL (HPS) MANDIKAL CHIKKABALLAPUR TALUK AND DISTRICT- 562104. 2. SMT. CHAITRA K.P., W/O SUBRAHMANYA HEGDE, AGED ABOUT 39 YEAR, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER, R/A MAANIKYA, H105 SAI RADHA NEST, KUNJIBETTU UDUPI 576102, PRESENTLY WORKING AT Digitally Signed by REKHA R Location : High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL NUKKURU, 34 KUDI, BAIDEBETTU POST, KOKKARNE, UDUPI 576234. 3. SRI.KARIYANNA N S/O NARASIMHAPPA AGED ABOUT 42 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A 818/17 1ST MAIN 10TH CROSS S S HIGH TECH LAYOUT NEAR SAI BABA TEMPLE DAVANAGERE DIST PRESENTLY WORKING AT SIDDAIAHNAKOTE GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL JAGALURU TQ DAVANAGERE DIST-PIN 577513. 4. SRI SUMATHENDRA RAO K C S/0 CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO K S AGED ABOUT 40 YEAR PIN-577413 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A KUBATOORU AT POST SORABA TALUK SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT PRESENTLY WORKNG AT CLUSTER RESOURCE PERSON CENTER RESOURCE CENTER SHAKUNAVALLI SORABA TALUK SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT-577419. 5. SMT.CHAITHRA T, D/O LATE THYAGARAJU AGED ABOUT 35 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 BURUDAGUNTE VILLAGE AND POST CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPURA DISTRICT PIN-563159. PRESENT WORKING AT KARNATAKA PUBLIC SCHOOL KAIWARA CHINTAMANI TALUK CHIKKABALLAPURA. 6. SMT. GAYATRI NAIK D/O TOTAPPA NAIK AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A AVARAGUPPA SIDDAPURA TALUK UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT PRESENT WORKING AT D.K.Z.P GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL MANCHI -KUKKAJE BANTWALA TALUK DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT -57421. 7. SMT.KAVITHA R W/O SHIVAKUMAR D.G. AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A DODDASARANGIPALYA GULUR HOBLI KAMBATHANAHALLI POST TUMKUR TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT 572118 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, YALACHIHALLI, D.KUNNALA POST - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 KADABA HOBLI GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR -572219. 8. SMT.USHADEVI TR W/O PRASANNA T AGE -36 YEAR GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY TEACHER THIRUMALAPURA (AT) AMRITHAPURA (POST)577557 HOLALKERE (TALUK) CHITRADURGA DISTRICT PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PREMARY SCHOOL BEERENAHALLI AT POST. HIRIYUR TALUK. CHITRADURGA DISTRICT. 577526. 9. SMT SAVITHA C G W/O RAMESH HD AGED ABOUT 41 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A KUVEMPU NAGAR FIRST MAIN, 3RD CROSS, TUMAKURU PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL BELAVATHA, GUBBI TALUK TUMKUR DISTRICT - 572219. 10. SRI.BASAVARAJ S NAGALAPUR S/O SHIVANAPPA NAGALAPUR GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A H NO. 153/3 SHIVAGANGA NILAY KADROLLI KITTUR TALUK BELAGAVI DISRICT-591153 PRESENTLY WORKING AT - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 KANNADA HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL TOLAGI, KHANAPUR TALUK BELAGAVI DISTRICT. 11. SMT. VISHALA V D/O VISHWESHWARAPPA AGE- 32 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER GPT ENGLISH R/A PAMPAPURA VILLAGE ECHAGAHATTA POST HOLALKERE TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT -577551. PRESENTLY WORKING AT GHPS MALLURAHALLY CHALLAKERE TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT-577536. 12. SRI. PRAKASHA KS S/O SIDDA NAYAKA C AGED ABOUT45 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A KAPPASOGE VILLAGE CHANDRAVADI POST NANJANGUD TALUK MYSURU DISTRICT -571314 PRESENT WORKING AT UPGRADED HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL SINDHHUVALLI VILLAGE AND POST NANJANGUD TALUK MYSURU DISTRICT -571118. 13. SRI NAVEEN KUMAR B S/O LATE BANDIGOWDA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER, - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 R/A SRINIVASA AGRAHARA VILLAGE KIRANGURU POST SHETTIHALLI TALUK MANDYA DISTRICT -571807 PRESENT WORKING AT UPGRADED HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL GATTAVADI VILLAGE AND POST NANJANGUD TALUK MYSURU DISTRICT -571312. 14. SRI RANGASWAMY S R S/O RAJACHARI, AGED ABOUT 41 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A SALEKOPPALU VILLAGE HOSURU POST, CHUNCHANAKATTE HOBALI. SALIGRAMA TALUK MYSURU DISTRICT-571617 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL HARAVERAMENAHALLY, HUNSUR TALUK, MYSURU DISTRICT-571134. 15. SMT.N SHASHIKALA W/O GIRISH HG AGED ABOUT 39 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A BADDIHALLI 8TH CROSS GOKULA EXTENSION KYTHSANDRA POST TUMKUR DISTRICT 572104 PERMANENT WORKING PLACE GHPS PRABHUVANAHALLI GUBBI TALUK, TUMKUR DISTRICT -572216. - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 16. SRI.MANJUNATHA M S/O MADDURAPPA C AGED 38 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER BALUVANAHALLI VILLAGE, SHIDLAGHATTA TALUK, CHIKKABALLAPUR DIST-562102 WORKING AT GHPS SRIRAMAPURA, CHIKKABALLAPUR TALUK AND DISTRICT -562103. 17. SMT.VIJAYALAKSHMI GS W/O YOGEESH D AGE-35 YEAR GRAGUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A BYPASS ROAD NAYAKANAHATTY NEAR GHPS AK COLONY SCHOOL CHALLAKERE TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT PIN CODE-577536 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, MALLURAHALLY CHALLAKERE TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT PINCODE-577536. 18. SMT.SOMYA S SUVARNA W/O SUKESH KUNDAR AGED ABOUT 40 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A H/NO.3-78/4 SHUBHAKANKSHI TENKU KALYA, KAPU TALUK UDUPI DISRICT PIN 574106 - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, HAIKADY HILIYANA POST BRAMHAVARA TALUK- 576212. 19. SMT. RASHMI P. C W/O MAHESHA MAIYA AGED ABOUT 38, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER C/O ROHINI AITHAL UDUPI DISTRICT-576225 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, BADAKERE NORTH BYNDOOR BLOCK, UDUPI DISTRICT-576224. 20. SMT.PAVANA S K D/O KUMARAPPA S AGED ABOUT -32 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A SHETTIHALLI KADUR TQ CHIKKAMAGALURU DISTRICT PIN CODE 577138 PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, MALLURAHALL CHALLAKERE TQ CHITRADURGA DISTRICT PINCODE-577536. 21. SMT.GEETHAMMA E W/O SANTHOSH N.M, AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER, - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 R/A JCR EXTENSION 5TH CROSS, WEST SIDE, CHITRADURGA, PRESENT WORKING AT GHPS, MI HATTY MADAKARIPURA CHITRADURGA TALUK CHITRADURGA DISTRICT PIN 577524. 22. SRI.ULRIC SIMON S/O JOHN GILBERT AGED ABOUT 43 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A 1484 ANTHONY NILAYA NEW KARINANJANAPURA EXTN CHAMARAJANAGARA- 571313 PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL CHAMARAJANAGARA TALUK CHAMARAJANAGARA DISTRICT -571342. 23. SRI.MANUKUMAR N M S/O MAHADEVAPPA N S AGED ABOUT 38 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A19, MAATHRU NILAYA BASTIPURA ROAD KOLLEGALA TOWN CHAMARAJAGAR-571440. PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, SAGADE CHAMARAJAGARA TALUK-571128. 24. SMT.JOYCE JOLITA DSOUZA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A JERUSALEM - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 NEAR PUNAR SCHOOL BELMAN POST KARKALA TALUK-576111 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL HALUVALLI 576215 BRAHMAAVRA TALUK UDUPI DISTRICT. 25. SRI.MAHENDRA S/O GIRIRAJU AGED ABOUT-35 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER BEVINATHALAPURA VILLAGE ANKANASHETTYPURA POST CHAMARAJANAGAR- 571127 PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, MUKKADAHALLI. CHAMARAJANAGAR TALUK, CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT-571 128. 26. VASUDEVA MURTHY K V S/O VENKATAIAH K AGE 40 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A NO 14, SRIVAARI LAYOUT BYADARAHALLI MAGADI ROAD BANGALORE 560091 PRESENT WORKING AT GMPS THIGALARAPALYA NORTH -1 BANGALORE NORTH. 27. SMT.NISHA KIRAN W/O RAJESH SHETTY AGE 45 YEARS - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A1-477/C 'VANITHASHREE' 52ND HEROOR, MANDICHANAGARA NEAR BC ROAD BAIKADY, BRAMHVAR POST AND TALUK, UDUPI DIST-576213 PRESENT WORKING AT G.H.P.S. KADTHALA KARKALA TALUK UDUPI DISTRICT -574108. 28. SRI.MAHESHA H S S/O SIDDAIAH AGED ABOUT 38 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A SHRI MATHRU PITHRU SADANA HEGGAVADI VILLAGE AND POST SANTHEMARAHALLI HOBALI CHAMARAJANAGAR TALUK AND DISTRICT-PIN-571316 PRESENT WORKING AT UPGRADE GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL ERASAVADI CHAMARAJANAGAR TALUK AND DISTRICT -PIN-571441. 29. SMT.MADHUMATHI W/O BALAKRISHNA NAIK AGED ABOUT -39 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER SHRI DURGA BHAVANI KAIKAMBA, MARNE AJEKAR POST, KARKALA TALUK 574101 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GHPS KAKKUNJE KAKKUNJE VILLAGE AND POST BRAHMAVARA TALUK, UDUPI DIST. - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 30. SMT.RADHA V. W/O ABHILASH A. R. AGED ABOUT 37 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/AT ARR NILAYA FIRST CROSS, DEPPEDAR NARAYANAPPA LAYOUT CHALLAKERE GATE CHITRADURGA CHITRADURGA DISTRICT-577501 PRESENT WORKING AT UPGRADED GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL, HIRIYUR TALUK, CHITRADURGA DISTRICT-577546. 31. SRI.RAJU LAMBUGOL S/O SURESH, AGED ABOUT -37 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/AT VITTAL MANDIR MANJARI BELAGAVI, KARNATAKA 591213 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GHPS BHUTRAMANAHATTI BELAGAVI RURAL BELAGAVI DISTRICT-591156. 32. SRI. RANDHIR KOLKAR S/O SURESH KOLKAR AGED ABOUT-38 GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A H.NO. 330/2 AMBEDKAR GALLI KALAKAMBA, BELAGAVI TALUK BELAGAVI DISTRICT-590016 - 13 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT MARATHI HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL NO 19 ALAVAN GALLI BELAGAVI -590003. 33. SMT. GOURI MALLAYYA HIREMATH W/O RAJSHEKHAR ATHANIMATH AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/A NO.624, KALMATH ROAD BELAGAVI-590002, KARNATAKA PRESENTLY WORKING AT KHPS, DEVALATTI, TQ: KHANAPUR DIST BELAGAVI. 34. SRI.NAGARAJU C S/O LATE CHANNASHETTY AGED ABOUT 37, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER, R/AT NO.392, BOVI STREET KUNAGALLI VILLAGE AND POST KOLLEGAL TALUK CHAMARAJANAGARA DISTRICT - 571442 PRESENT WORKING AT UPGRADED GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL MASANAPURA CHAMARAJANAGARA TALUK AND DISTRICT-PIN - 571117. 35. SRI.SHIVARAJA V A S/O VEEREBHADRAPPA AGED ABOUT 37, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER R/AT MALLAPURA SORABA TALUK, SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT -577413 - 14 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 PRESENTLY WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL DUGGANI HATTI HIRIYUR TALUK CHITREADURGA DISTRICT-577598. 36. ARUN N S/O NANJUNDAPPA, AGED ABOUT 33, R/AT NIDAGHATTA KADUR TALUK, GRADUATE PRIMARY TEACHER CHIKKAMANGALORE DIST 577548 PRESENT WORKING AT GOVERNMENT HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL KOODLAHALLI HIRIYUR TALUK CHITRADURGA DIST 577511. &PETITIONERS (BY SRI M P SRIKANTH, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, LITERACY DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY, M.S. BUILDING, BENGALURU 560 001. 2. THE COMMISSIONER FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY DEPARTMENT NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, - 15 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 K.R.CIRCLE, BANGALORE -560 001. 3. THE DIRECTOR PRIMARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY NEW PUBLIC OFFICES, NRUPATHUNGA ROAD, K.R.CIRCLE, BENGALURU -560 001. 4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY BENGALURU NORTH-560009. 5. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY CHIKKABALLAPURA-562101. 6. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY MYSURU-570007. 7. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY CHAMARAJANAGARA-571313. 8. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERAC DAVANAGERE-5700029. - 16 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 9. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY SHIVAMOGGA-577201. 10. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY BELGAVI-590001. 11. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY UDUPI-576101. 12. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY DAKSHINA KANNADA-575001. 13. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY TUMKUR-572101. 14. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY CHITRADURGA-577501. &RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.VIKAS ROJIPURA., AGA) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO a) SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 29/10/2025 PASSED IN APPLICATION NOS. 4443-4478/2025 BY THE - 17 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU VIDE ANNEXURE-D. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.M.NADAF ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD) The petitioners are Graduate Primary School Teachers who are working in different Government Higher Primary Schools across Districts in the State. They have filed their applications in Nos.4443- 4478/2025 with the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru [for short, 'the Tribunal'] calling in question the conditions of the Notification dated 29.05.2025 issued by the second respondent for counselling to enable transfer of both Graduate Primary School Teachers and Primary School Teachers - 18 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 and for directions to the respondents to re-do the counselling and transfers to the posts earmarked separately for Graduate Primary School Teachers and Primary School Teachers. 2. The Tribunal has opined that the authorities must be heard before any interim order is granted staying the counselling and transfers in terms of the Notification dated 29.05.2025. Sri M P Srikanth, the learned counsel for the petitioners, and Sri Vikas Rojipura, a learned Additional Government Advocate who is called upon to accept notice for the respondents, are heard on the petitioners' grievance with the Tribunal's order dated 29.10.2025. 3. It is undisputed that the Tribunal in the earlier round of litigation in the Application Nos.6043-6076/2021, which is disposed of on 28.03.2022, has directed, amongst others: "The transfer of primary school teachers (Std 1-5) to the post in the cadre of - 19 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 Graduate Primary School teacher (Std 6-8) is untenable since they belong to different cadres with different pay scales, the transfer from the first cadre to the second cadre will constitute a promotion with any order of promotion while the transfer from the second cadre to the first cadre will constitute a demotion to the officer concerned, which is impermissible." Further, it is undisputed that the Tribunal has rejected the State's Review Application No.64/2022 for review of the Order dated 28.03.2022 and that the present impugned Notification dated 29.05.2025 enables common counselling for and transfer of both Graduate Primary School Teachers and Primary School Teachers. 4. The Graduate Primary School Teachers teach students in classes between 6th and 8th and the Primary School Teachers teach students in classes between 1st to 5th. The petitioners hinge their case in the Tribunal's direction as aforesaid and the State - 20 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 Government proposes to contend that the common counselling for the Graduate Primary School Teachers and the Primary School Teachers, who have to be transferred within the District, is in view of the peculiar situation viz., that the vacancy in the cadre of Primary School Teachers is less than ten percent but the vacancies in the posts of Graduate Primary School Teachers is about fifty percent. 5. Sri M P Srikanth and Sri Vikas Rojipura are heard on the interim arrangement that must be as they propose to elaborate their respective positions on the common counselling/transfer and the justification therefor, but this Court is of the opinion, especially with the petitioners contending that the counselling will begin, that the counselling must go on with first preference to the Graduate Primary School Teachers for their accommodation as against the existing vacancies with the Primary School Teachers being accommodated against those posts - 21 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 which are not taken on preference by the Graduate Primary School Teachers and that the outcome of the counselling with these parameters must be placed before the Tribunal before further orders are issued. As such, the following: ORDER [a] The petition stands disposed of observing that the counselling can go on but with first preference to the Graduate Primary School Teachers to make a choice. [b] The authorities are directed to place on record the outcome of such counselling process with the Tribunal, observing that all questions are left open to be decided by the Tribunal. [c] It is needless to clarify that with the counselling having commenced from 31.10.2025, this Court's direction to ensure the process involves preference to - 22 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48366-DB WP No. 34737 of 2025 Graduate Primary School Teachers shall also be applicable to the counselling that is completed as of today. Sd/- (B M SHYAM PRASAD) JUDGE Sd/- (T.M.NADAF) JUDGE AN/-