- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:42359 WP No. 15014 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI WRIT PETITION NO. 15014 OF 2024 (S-RES) BETWEEN: DR. SANAULLA P F S/O MOHAMMED FAKRUDEEN SAHEB, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS WORKING AS PROFESSOR AND HOD, O/O KHBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OPP. MANYATA TECH PARK, NAGAWARA, BANGALORE-560045 R/AT 18/1-1, 2ND C CROSS, VASANTHAPPA GARDENS, GANGANAGAR, BANGALORE 560032 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ANUSHA L., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, #1, PALACE ROAD, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, SAMPANGI RAMA NAGARA, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA 560001. 2. VISVESAVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR Digitally signed by SUNITHA K S Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:42359 WP No. 15014 of 2024 JNANA SANGAMA VTU MAIN ROAD VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY MACCE BELGAUM KARNATAKA-590018. 3. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION NELSON MANDELA MARG VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI-110070., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN 4. HKBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR C.M.FAIZ MOHAMMED HKBK COLLEGE ENGINEERING 22/1, OPP. MANYATA TECH PARK, NAGAWARA, BANGALORE-560045. 5. HKBK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN C.M IBRAHIM HKBK COLLEGE ENGINEERING 22/1, OPP. MANYATA TECH PARK, NAGAWARA, BANGALORE-560045. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. B.P. RADHA, AGA FOR R1 SRI. SANTHOSH S. NAGARALE, ADVOCATE FOR R2 SRI. H.R. SHOWRI, ADVOCATE FOR R3 SRI. M.D. RADHUNATH, ADVOCATE FOR R4 & R5) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO A) DIRECT THE RESPONDENTS TO PAY THE SALARY FROM THE DATE OF DENIAL I.E. MARCH 2020 TILL FEBRUARY 2021 AS PER ANNEXURE-L AND SAME SHALL BE PAID WITH INTEREST. B) DECLARE, THAT THE REDUCING THE SALARY OF THE PETITIONER FROM MARCH 2020 TILL FEBRUARY 2021 WITHOUT SERVING VALID NOTICE AND WITHOUT HEARING THE PETITIONER IS ARBITRARY AND VIOLATIVE OF ARTICLE 14, 16 AND 21 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA AND ETC. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:42359 WP No. 15014 of 2024 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI ORAL ORDER 1. Petitioner has filed this petition seeking for a direction to the respondents to pay the salary from March-2020 till February-2021 as per Annexure "L". 2. Today, the learned counsel for the respondents have issued a cheque in the name of the petitioner for a sum of ₹2,92,168/-, after deducting the TDS amount. 3. The petitioner is personally present before the Court and he has accepted the cheque and the respondents have also undertaken to issue Form No.16. 4. As the respondents have paid the amount as claimed by the petitioner, In view of the same nothing survives for consideration in this writ petition. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:42359 WP No. 15014 of 2024 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of as having become infructuous. Sd/- (ASHOK S.KINAGI) JUDGE RK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 11