- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI WRIT PETITION NO. 28088 OF 2014 (S-RES) BETWEEN: 1. SRI.JAYAKUMAR.S S/O SRI.A. SAMUEL AGE:51 YEARS 2. SRI. A.R. DATTATRI S/O SRI. N.RAMAIAH AGE: 52 YEARS 3. SRI. Y. MARKANDEYA S/O SRI. Y.BASANNA, AGE: 50 YEARS, 4. SRI. R. SHEIK AHAMED S/O SRI.ABDUL RAHIM, AGE: 51 YEARS, 5. SRI. S.MURTUZA ALI S/O SRI.SYED MIR ALI, AGE: 49 YEARS, 6. SRI. S. VEERANNA S/O SRI.MADIWALAPPA SURYE, AGE: 54 YEARS, Digitally signed by SUNITHA K S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 7. SRI. M.H. BHASKAR S/O LATE S. HANUMANTHA SHETTY, AGE: 51 YEARS, 8. SRI. BASAVARAJA YELABURGI S/O SRI. SHEKHARAPPA, AGE: 50 YEARS, 9. SRI. G.R. SRINIVASA S/O SRI. G.S. RAMAIAH, AGE: 50 YEARS, 10. SRI. G. L. BADI S/O SRI.L.R. BADI AGE: 49 YEARS, 11. SRI. M.S. SUDARSHAN S/O SRI.M.R.SRINIVASA RAO, AGE: 51 YEARS, 12. SRI. KRISHNA S/O SRI.K.S.SHASTRI, AGE: 48 YEARS 13. SRI. N. NAGESHA S/O LATE SRI.NINGEGOWDA, AGE: 49 YEARS, 14. SRI. S.B. KAMATAGI S/O SRI.BABURAO, AGE: 43 YEARS, 15. SRI. NANJUNDE GOWDA S/O SRI.MUDALAGIRI GOWDA, AGE: 47 YEARS, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 PETITIONERS 1 TO 15 ARE APPOINTED AS PROJECT ASSISTANT BY THE KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, BANGALORE:560 012, NOW ON DEPUTATION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA, M.S.BUILDING, BANGALORE:560 001. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. P A KULKARNI ., ADV.) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYAT RAJ, M.S.BUILDINGS, BANGALORE-560 001. 2. SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS (SERVICES), GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BANGALORE:560 001. 3. KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS AT INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE PREMISES BANGALORE:560 012, BY ITS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 4. ZILLA PANCHAYATH CHITRADURGA-577502 BY ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B.K.ESHWARAPPA, AGA FOR R1 & R2, SRI. PRADEEP SAWKAR, ADV. FOR R3, SRI. C.SHIVAKUMAR, ADV. FOR R4) THIS WP FILED PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO CAUSE ABSORPTION OF THEIR SERVICES IN RDPR DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF KARNATAKA FROM THE DATE OF THEIR INITIAL JOINING RDPR WITH ALL CONSEQUENTIAL BENEFITS INCLUDING THE MONETARY BENEFTIS FLOWING THERE FROM, QUASH THE ORDER DT.7.6.14, ANN-E, PASSED BY THE R4, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ZILLA PANCHAYAT CHITRADURGA SO FAR AS PETITIONER NO.4 IS CONCERNED AND GRANT INTERIM ORDER TO STATUS QUO REGARDING PETITIONERS PRESENT WORKING. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI ORAL ORDER Learned counsel for the petitioners filed a memo seeking leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition with a liberty to submit a representation to the respondents, seeking for regularisation in terms of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of JAGGO V. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS, IN SLP (CIVIL) NO.5580/2024, DHARAM SINGH & ORS. VS. STATE OF U.P. & ANR. IN CIVIL APPEAL NO.8558/2018 AND SHRIPAL & ANR. V. NAGAR NIGAM, GHAZIABAD, IN CIVIL APPEAL NO. 8157/ 2024. 2. The memo is placed on record. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44464 WP No. 28088 of 2014 4. Liberty is reserved to the petitioners to make a representation within three weeks from the date of receipt of this order. If such a representation is made, the respondents are directed to consider the representations in terms of the proposition laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the cases of JAGGO, DHARAM SINGH AND SHRIPAL (Supra) within two months from the date of receipt of the representation and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law, within two months from the date of receipt of the copy of this order. 5. All the contentions of the parties are kept open. Sd/- (ASHOK S.KINAGI) JUDGE SSB