- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5893-DB CCC No. 100375 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 2ND DAY OF APRIL, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S G PANDIT AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO.100375 OF 2024 BETWEEN: 1. DR. P.S. ANILKUMAR S/O. LATE P. SATYANARAYAN SHETTY, AGE. 56 YEARS, OCC. TUTOR, DEPT. OF PATHOLOGY, KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, VIDYANAGAR, HUBBALLI, DIST. DHARWAD-580021. 2. DR. SUNIL S/O. GOKHALE, AGE. 59 YEARS, OCC. TUTOR, DEPT. OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE, KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, HUBBALLI, DIST. DHARWAD-580021. 3. DR. RAMANAGOUDA S/O. SHANKARGOUDA PATIL, AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS, OCC. TUTOR, DEPT. OF PHYSIOLOGY, KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, VIDYANAGAR, HUBBALLI, DIST. DHARWAD-580021. …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI RAMACHANDRA A.MALI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. MOHMAD MOHSIN, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPT. OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560001. Digitally signed by V N BADIGER Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5893-DB CCC No. 100375 of 2024 2. DR. SUJATHA RATHOD, DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, ANAND RAO CIRCLE, BENGALURU-560001. 3. RAJU M.T., FINANCE SECRETARY-II (EXPENDITURE), DEPT. OF FINANCE, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU-560001. 4. DR. S.F. KAMMAR, DIRECTOR, KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, HUBLI, DIST. DHARWAD-580022. …ACCUSED 5. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY AGA. …PRO-FORMA RESPONDENTS (BY SRI V.S. KALASURMATH, ADDL. GOVT. ADVOCATE FOR A1-A3; SRI ARAVIND D.KULKARNI, ADVOCATE FOR A4 AND A5) THIS CONTEMPT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 215 OF CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, 1950 R/W SECTION 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, PRAYING TO, INITIATE THE APPROPRIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED/CONTEMNORS HEREIN FOR WILLFUL, INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE DISOBEDIENCE AND VIOLATION OF THE ORDER DATED 6-06-2024 MADE IN W.P.NO.101595/2024 (S-RES) PASSED VIDE ANNEXURE-J BY THE SINGLE JUDGE OF THIS COURT AMOUNTING TO GROSS CONTEMPT OF THIS COURT AND ACCORDINGLY TRY AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW AND ALSO IMPOSE EXEMPLARY COSTS FOR THE ARBITRARY AND ILLEGAL INACTION ON THE PART OF THE ACCUSED AUTHORITY IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THIS CONTEMPT PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S G PANDIT AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5893-DB CCC No. 100375 of 2024 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S G PANDIT) This contempt petition is filed by the complainants complaining willful disobedience of the order dated 06.06.2024 passed in W.P No.101595/2024, whereunder, this Court has directed the respondents No.1 to 3 to consider the recommendation made by the Public Accounts Committee dated 10.11.2020 and 03.10.2023 and to communicate the decision taken thereon. 2. Learned AGA has filed an affidavit dated 02.04.2025 of the Principal Secretary, Department of Medical Education, Bengaluru, enclosing government order bearing No.DPÀÄPÀ 77 JAJA¹ 2016 ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ, ¢£ÁAPÀ:28.03.2025, whereunder, the complainants have been granted AICTE pay scale with a direction to re-fix their pay in the revised pay scale. 3. On going through the affidavit filed by the accused No.1 as well as the government order enclosed with the affidavit, we are satisfied that there is substantial compliance of the order of this Court, wherein, this Court has directed to - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC-D:5893-DB CCC No. 100375 of 2024 consider the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee. Since we are of the view that there is substantial compliance, further proceedings in the present contempt are dropped, reserving liberty to the complainants to initiate appropriate proceedings, if they are not satisfied with the government order dated 28.03.2025. 4. Pending applications, if any, are disposed of as not surviving for consideration. Sd/- (S G PANDIT) JUDGE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE PMP List No.: 1 Sl No.: 31