- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI WRIT PETITION NO. 16440 OF 2025 (S-REG) BETWEEN: 1. SRI RAJU R S/O LATE RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS R/AT No.90, WARD No.27, 11TH CROSS GANDHINAGAR MYSORE -570008. 2. SRI. LAKSHMANA S/O LATE BUDDPPA AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/AT 27, GOKULUM, 2ND STAGE, MCC COLONY MYSORE-570008. 3. SRI. K. GOPI S/O KULLA VENKATESH AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, R/AT 147, 8TH CROSS, C.V. ROAD, MANDI MOHALLA, MYSORE-570015 4. SRI. RAMESH S/O LATE RAMU AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, 121, NAVODAYA BADAVANAE, J.P. NAGAR, 2ND STAGE MYSORE-570031 Digitally signed by SUNITHA K S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 5. SRI. PUTTASWAMY S/O LATE BUDDA AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS BLOCK NO 12 HIGH WAY CIRCLE NEAR ASHARIVAD HOTEL BACKSIDE MYSORE-570075 6. SRI. KRISHNA P S/O LATE PALANI AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS #40, 4TH MAIN 16TH CROSS, P.K COLONY, VIDYARANYAPURAM MYSORE-570008 7. SRI. CHELUVA S/O LATE GURUNATH AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS 95, NAVODAYA BADAVANE J.P NAGAR, 2ND STAGE MYSORE-570031 8. SRI. RANGASWAMY. E S/O ESHWARA, AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS R/AT 42/1, 2ND CROSS, P K COLONY, VIDYARANYAPURAM MYSORE-570008 9. SRI. BANNERI S/O LATE RANGA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS 84, B.R. AMBEDKAR NAGAR MAHADEVAPURA MAIN ROAD, SATHGALI, BHARATH NAGAR MYSORE-570019 10. SRI. BASAVA RAJU S/O LATE KARPAYAA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 #65, M.C.C COLONY JYOTHI NAGAR, MYSORE-570019. 11. SRI. MUTTURAJU G S/O LATE GOVINDA AGED ABOUT 51 YEARS R/AT # 1293, KSIC OPP MANANDAVADI ROAD NEELUR SHED MYSORE-570003 12. SRI. M. MAHADEVA S/O LATE MARADA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT # 74, MCC COLONY JYOTHI NAGAR MYSORE-570017 13. SRI. HANUMESHA B G S/O LATE GANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS R/AT 79, NAVODAYA BADA VANE, 2ND STAGE, J.P NAGAR, MYSORE-570031 14. SRI. KUMARA P S/O LATE P. PEREMAL AGED ABOUT 40 R/AT 34, MANASAGANGOTHRI KUDREMELA SARASWATHIPURAM MYSORE-570009 15. SRI. R KARPASWAMY S/O LATE RAMA AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS R/AT, 87, AMBEDKAR COLONY 13TH CROSS, ASHOKPURA, MYSORE-570008 - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 16. SRI. MAHADEVA R N S/O LATE RAJU AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT 1, KURIMANDI, B BLOCK, MCC COLOY, MYSORE-570007 17. SRI. RAVINDRA K S/O LATE CHENNAPPA PUJARI AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS R/AT 1608/12, 4TH CROSS, HOSAKERI, K. R MOHALLA, MYSORE-570014 18. SRI. N HANUMANTHARAYA S/O LATE NARASAPPA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS R/AT 265, MANADAVADI ROAD NELLUR SHED POUR KARMIKARA COLONY OPPOSITE SILK FACTORY MYSORE-570008. 19. SRI. MALLESH S/O LATE ANNAPPA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, R/AT 237/1 MANANADAVADI ROAD NELLURU SHED, OPPOSITE SILK FACTORY, MYSORE-570008 20. SRI. KUMAR S/O LATE KITTA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/AT 68, AMBEDKAR COLONY 13TH CROSS, ASHOKAPURA MYSORE-570008 - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 21. SRI. MARUTHESHA B R S/O RAMMANNA B O AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, R/AT # 265. MANDAVADI ROAD NELLURU SHED OPPOSITIE SILK FACTORY MYSORE-570008 22. SRI. GANESHA K S/O LATE KANNA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT NO. 34, RAJIV GANDHI COLONY, SILK FACTORY COLONY, MANANDAVADI ROAD, MYSORE-570008 23. SRI. MAHADEVA S/O LATE ARUMUGAM AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT 77, MAHADEVAPURA BHARATHA NAGAR RING ROAD MYSORE-570019 24. SRI. DEEPU P S/O PARUMAL, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, R/AT 95, MCC COLONY, JYOTHINAGARA, MYSORE-570019 25. SRI. P RANGASWAMY S/O LATE PALANI AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT 88/C, MCC COLONY, JYOTHINAGARA, MYSORE-570019 26. SRI. KEERTHI B R S/O RAMANNA AGED ABOUT 34 YEARS R/AT 265, MANADAVADI ROAD, - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 OPOSITE NELLUR SHED P.K COLONY MYSORE-570008 27. SRI. RAVI KUMAR D S/O DORESWAMY AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, R/AT 07, HEBBAL COLONY, 1ST STAGE, BASAVANAGUDI ROAD, MYSORE-570016 28. SRI. VIJAY S/O LATE RAJA AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT 58/1, OPPOSITE SILK FACTORY MANADAVADI ROAD, RAJEEVI GANDHI COLONY MYSORE-570019 29. SRI. ARUMUGGAM K S/O LATE KITTA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS R/AT 27, JYOTHINAGAR, MCC COLONY MYSORE-570019 30. SRI. R MANJUNATH S/O LATE RAMA AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS R/AT 3, DHARAMSINGH COLONY VISHESARANAGAR, 2ND STAGE VIDYARAYAPURA, MYSORE-570008 31. SRI. HANUMANTHA S/O LATE PALLAIAH AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT NO. 66, B B KERI, KAILASAPURAM SAMUDAYA BAHVANA, - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 MANDIMOHALLA, MYSORE-570001 32. SRI. SRIRAMA P S/O PENCHALAIAH AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/AT 1274, SILK FACTORY OPPOSITE, NELLUR SHED, MANDINAD ROAD MYSORE-570008 33. SRI. GANESH S/O LATE BANNAYYA AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/AT 13, B BLOCK KURIMANDI LUSKAR MOHAHAL MYSORE-570007 34. SRI. SHANKARA S/O LATE SANJEEVA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, R/AT 52, C V ROAD 6TH CROSS, MANDIMOHALLA MYSORE-570021 35. SRI. NARASIMHA N M S/O LATE MARAPPA AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS R/AT 4, MANADAVADI ROAD, SILK FACTORY, OPPOSITE NALLUR SHED MYSORE-570008 36. SRI B G RAMANJEYAYA S/O LATE GANGAPPA, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS R/AT # 187, NAVODAYA BADAVANE, JP NAGAR, 2ND STAGE, MYSORE 570031 - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 37. SRI. PRAKASH N S/O NARASAPPA AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS R/AT 35, SILK FACTORY OPPOSITE TO NELLUR SHED, MANANDAWADI ROAD MYSORE 570008 38. SRI. G VENKATESHALU S/O LATE GOVINDA AGED ABOUT 52 YEARS R/AT 26, NELLUR SHED KSIC OPP MYSORE 570008 39. SRI. SHEKAR S S/O R SHIVA AGED ABOUT 41 YEARS R/AT 52, DHARMASINGH COLONY, VISHVESHWARAIAH NAGARA MYSORE 570008 40. SRI. P. MAHADEVA S/O PALANI AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS R/AT 12, 2ND CROSS, DHARAM SINGH COLONY VISHWESHVARANAGARA, MYSORE- 570008 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. SHARATH S GOWDA., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS CHIEF SECRETARY VIDHANA SOUDHA, B R AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE 560001 - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 2. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA, B.R AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BENGALURU -560001 3. DIRECTORATE OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION REP. BY ITS SECRETARY B.R AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, 9TH AND 10TH FLOOR, VISHESHWARAIAH TOWER BENGALURU - 560 001 4. MYSURU CITY CORPORATION NEW SAYYAJI RAO ROAD REP. BY ITS COMMISSIONER MYSURU - 570024 5. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MYSURU KRISHNARAJA BOULVARD ROAD, MYSURU 570024, …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT B.P. RADHA, AGA FOR R1 TO R3 & R5 SMT. GEETHADEVI M.P., ADVOCATE FOR R4) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT AUTHORITIES TO REGULARIZE THE SERVICE OF THE PETITIONERS FROM THE DATE OF THEIR INITIAL APPOINTMENT, BY CONSIDERING THE REPRESENTATION DATED 10.01.2025 VIDE ANNEXURE-K,K1,K2 AND K3. DIRECT THE RESPONDENT AUTHORITIES TO DISBURSE INCIDENTAL SERVICE BENEFITS ON REGULARIZATION THE SERVICE OF THE PETITIONERS. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 10 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI ORAL ORDER The petitioner filed this writ petition seeking for a mandamus directing the respondents-Authority to consider the set of representations dated 10.01.2025 and 15.01.2025 vide Annexures-K to K3. 2. Brief facts leading rise to the filing of this petition are as follows: 2.1. The petitioners were appointed directly by the Mysuru City Corporation as Underground Drainage Workers (Pourakarmikas) in Vani Vilas Water Supply, Division of Karnataka Water Supply and Sanitary Board. After 1997 onwards, the responsibility of the water supply to Mysuru City was handed over from erstwhile Karnataka Water Supply and Sanitary Board to Mysuru City Corporation. From the date of appointment, the petitioners have been continuously working in respondent No.4- Corporation. They submitted applications for regularization - 11 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 of their services vide Annexures-K to K3. The respondents have not passed any order on the said representations. Hence, this writ petition. 3. The learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4-Mysuru City Corporation submits that, if reasonable time is granted, the respondents will consider the representations vide Annexures-K to K3 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. 4. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for respondent No.4, I proceed to pass the following: ORDER i. The writ petition is allowed; ii. The respondent-Mysuru City Corporation is directed to consider the representations vide Annexures-K to K3 in terms of the judgment passed by the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Jaggo Vs. Union of India and Others1, 1 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3826 - 12 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:48296 WP No. 16440 of 2025 Dharam Singh and Others Vs. State of U.P. and Another2 and the order passed by this Court in the case of K.C. Jagadeesh and Others Vs. The State of Karnataka and Others3 Annexure-L, and pass appropriate order within 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. iii. Pending IA(s), if any, shall stand disposed of accordingly. Sd/- (ASHOK S.KINAGI) JUDGE PA CT:KHV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 29 2 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1735 3 WP No.14510/2024, disposed of on 06.12.2024