- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36540-DB WP No. 25028 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND WRIT PETITION NO. 25028 OF 2025 (S-KSAT) BETWEEN: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, VIKASA SOUDHA, BENGALURU - 560001. 2. THE COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT, KAUSHALYA BHAVANA, BANNERGHATTA ROAD, BENGALURU - 560001. 3. THE PRINCIPAL, GOVERNMENT ITI, TERAKANAMBI, GUNDLUPET, CHAMARAJANAGAR - 571111. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. V. SHIVAREDDY, AGA.) AND: SWETHA G W/O GOPI VALLABHA C., AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS, Digitally signed by PRASHANTH N V Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36540-DB WP No. 25028 of 2025 R/O NO.146, ANIKETHANA ROAD, BEHIND KEB, KUVEMPU ROAD, GUNDLUPET, CHAMARAJANAGARA - 571111. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. KRISHNA S VYAS., ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI OR ORDER OR DIRECTION FOR SETTING ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 19.03.2025 PASSED BY THE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU IN APPLICATION No. 56/2025 (ANNEXURE-A) AS THE SAME IS BAD IN LAW AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT) Heard Sri V.Shivareddy, learned AGA for petitioners and Sri Krishna S Vyas, learned counsel for respondent. 2. Petitioners – State authorities are before this Court questioning the order dated 19.3.2025 in Application No.56/2025 passed by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bengaluru (hereinafter referred to as ‘Tribunal’), whereunder the order of discharge/termination dated - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36540-DB WP No. 25028 of 2025 23.9.2024 (Annexure-A10) insofar as respondent is concerned is set aside and the petitioners – authorities are directed to reinstate the respondent into service with liberty to initiate regular departmental enquiry proceedings against the respondent. 3. Learned AGA would submit that the petitioner was appointed as Junior Training Officer (Engineering Drawing) in pursuance to notification dated 19.2.2018. Learned AGA would submit that the respondent has submitted false experience certificate and as the respondent admitted the said fact under order dated 23.9.2024 (Annexure-A10), the respondent was discharged in exercise of power under Rule 6(1)(2) of the KCS (Probation) Rules 1977 (hereinafter referred to as ‘1977 Rules’). As the respondent admitted her lapses, it was not open for the Tribunal to interfere with the impugned order of discharge/termination of respondent. Since the respondent admitted the fact of submitting false experience certificate, there was no occasion for the petitioners to conduct enquiry. Therefore, learned AGA would pray for setting aside the order of the Tribunal. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36540-DB WP No. 25028 of 2025 4. Per contra, learned counsel Sri Krishna S.Vyas for the respondent/caveator would submit that no government servant could be terminated or discharge attaching stigma. Learned counsel invites attention of this Court to impugned termination/discharge order dated 23.9.2024 and submits that a reading of the order itself would indicate certain allegations against the respondent, which would make the order of discharge/termination stigmatic. Thus, learned counsel would submit that since the Tribunal has quashed the order of discharge with liberty to the petitioners to conduct regular departmental enquiry, the petitioners cannot be considered as aggrieved persons. Thus, he would pray for dismissal of the writ petition. 5. Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and on perusal of the entire writ petition papers, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order passed by the Tribunal. 6. It is settled position of law that no government servant could be discharged or terminated attaching stigma. 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