- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF JUNE, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.G.S. KAMAL WRIT PETITION NO. 821 OF 2022 (GM-RES) BETWEEN: 1. KARNATAKA POWERLIFTING ASSOCIATION (AFFILIATED TO INDIAN POWELIFING FEDERATION, JAMSHEDPUR AND RECOGNIZED BY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SPORTS GOVT OF KARNATAKA BNAGALORE) REP. BY HON'BLE SECRETARY MR SATHEESH KUMAR S/O SUNDAR KARKERA AGED 62 YEARS R/A AMBIKA NIVAS, K C ROAD KUDROLI, MANGALORE-575003. 2. VINCENT PRAKASH CARLO S/O NOBERT CARLO AGED 49 YEARS R/AT VENCE VILLA DOOR NO 3-80/15 BAJJODI MAROLI ROAD MANGALORE 575005 …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. MOHAMMAD IRFAN, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. CYRIL PRASAD PAIS., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVT DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SPORTS, VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE 560001. 2. CHIEF SECRETARY GOVT OF KARNATAKA Digitally signed by SUMA B N Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 VIDHANA SOUDHA BANGALORE-560001. 3. THE DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SPORTS, YAVANIKA NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BANGALORE-560001. 4. EKALAVYA AWARD 2015 SELECTION COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND SPORTS YAVANIKA NRUPATHUNGA ROAD BANGALORE-560001 REP BY ITS CHAIRMAN SRI SYED KEERAMANI. 5. RAJGURU S S/O SUBRAMANIAN AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS R/AT #649, 9TH D MAIN '4TH B CROSS ROAD 2ND STAGE, RPC LAYOUT VIJAYANAGARA, BANGALORE-560009. 6. MR PAWAN SHETTY S/O NARAYAN SHETTY AGED 35 ABOUT YEARS R/AT JAL VAYU HEIGHTS APARTMENT B-1204, HMT MAIN ROAD JALAHALLI CROSS BANGALORE-560013. 7. MR. ARVIND A S/O L ARUMUGAM AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS R/AT NO 5, B STREET SHANTHI NAGAR, WARD NO 117 BANGALORE-27. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 8. MR. KRISHNA NAYAKODI S/O AMMOGEPPA NAYAKODI AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS R/A GUBBEWAD TALUK SINDAIG DISTRICT VIJAYPUR, KARNATAKA-586128. 9. MR.ANUP D COSTA S/O ANTHONY D COSTA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS R/A GIRIJAKSHI BUILDING B G ROAD,HANGUR KUNDAPURA, UDUPI-10. 10. MR. UMESH RUDRAPPA KHADE S/O RUDARAPPA GURULINGA KHADE AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS R/AT ROTARY CORPORATION SPORTS ACADEMY GOAVESA, BELAGAVI-590006 11. MR. MOHAMMED RAFIQUE HOLI S/O RAJESAAB AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS R/A SINGENAHALLI POST DHARWAD TALUK AND DISTRICT-580011. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.MANJUNATH RAYAPPA, AGA FOR R1 TO R4: SRI RAVISHANKAR SHASTRY, ADVOCATE FOR R6: SMT. DIVYA R BALEHITTAL, ADVOCATE FOR R8: SRI. SYED ARIF PASHA, ADVOCATE FOR R9: SRI. P N HARISH, ADVOCATE FOR R10) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE AWARD GIVEN TO R-5 TO 11 AND CONSIDER THE REPRESENTATION OF THE 2ND PETITIONER VIDE ANNEXURE-R AND UPON CONSIDERATION OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE 2ND PETITIONER GRANT THE 2ND PETITIONER THE EKALAVYA AWARD AND CONSEQUENTLY SET ASIDE THE REPLY GIVEN BY THE R-4 AT ANNEXURE-S SINCE HE IS MOST ELIGIBLE AS PER THE RULES LAID DOWN BY THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND ETC. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.G.S. KAMAL ORAL ORDER 1. Petitioners are before this Court being aggrieved by the purported denial of conferment of Ekalavya Award to petitioner No.2 for the year 2015. 2. Petitioners had earlier approached this Court by filing writ petitions in W.P.Nos.11859-11860/2017, which were dismissed vide order dated 02.04.2019 on the submission made by the Additional Government Advocate regarding petitions having become infructuous. Thereafter, review petitions in R.P.Nos.170 and 191 of 2019 came to be the filed, which were disposed of vide order dated 13.06.2019 directing the respondent No.3 to decide the representation of the petitioners by a speaking order in accordance with law within a period of one month from the date of receipt of certified copy of the said order. 3. Thereafter, petitioners seem to have made representation dated 01.07.2019. In response thereof, a communication dated 29.07.2019 has been issued by the respondent No.3, which reads as under: - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¸ÀPÁðgÀ ¸ÀA.rÃ.ªÉÊ.E.J¸ï/QæÃ.ZÀ.¥ÉÆæÃ/EvÀgÉ/2019-20 DAiÀÄÄPÀÛgÀ PÁAiÀiÁð®AiÀÄ AiÀÄĪÀ ¸À§°ÃPÀgÀt ªÀÄvÀÄÛ QæÃqÁ E¯ÁSÉ gÁdå AiÀÄĪÀ PÉÃAzÀæ, £ÀÈ¥ÀvÀÄAUÀ gÀ¸ÉÛ ¨ÉAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ-01, ¢£ÁAPÀ: 29.07.2019 UÉ, CzsÀåPÀëgÀÄ/PÁAiÀÄðzÀ²ðUÀ¼ÀÄ PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¥ÀªÀgï °¦üÖAUï C¸ÉÆùAiÉÄõÀ£ï CA©PÁ ¤ªÁ¸ï. PÉ.¹ gÀ¸ÉÛ PÀÄzÉÆÝçý, ªÀÄAUÀ¼ÀÆgÀÄ-575003. «µÀAiÀÄ: ²æà «£Àì£ïÖ ¥ÀæPÁ±ï PÁ¯ÉÆÃð EªÀjUÉ 2015 £Éà ¸Á°£À KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹Û ¤ÃqÀ¢gÀĪÀ §UÉÎ. G¯ÉèÃR: PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¥ÀªÀgï °¦üÖAUï C¸ÉÆùAiÉÄõÀ£ï EªÀgÀ ¥ÀvÀæ ¢£ÁAPÀ: 01.07.2019. ªÉÄîÌAqÀ «µÀAiÀÄ ºÁUÀÆ G¯ÉèÃTvÀ ¥ÀvÀæPÉÌ ¸ÀA§A¢ü¹zÀAvÉ 2015£Éà ¸Á°£À KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹ÛUÁV J®è ªÀiÁ£ÀzÀAqÀUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥Àj²Ã°¹ ¥ÀªÀgï °¦üÖAUï QæÃqÁ¥ÀlĪÁzÀ ²æà «£Àì£ïÖ ¥ÀæPÁ±ï PÁ¯ÉÆð EªÀgÀ ºÉ¸ÀgÀ£ÀÄß ²¥sÁgÀ¸ÀÄì ªÀiÁqÀ¯ÁVvÀÄÛ ¸ÀzÀjAiÀĪÀgÀÄ ¥ÀæµÀ¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥ÀqÉÀAiÀÄ®Ä J®è CºÀðvÉAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ºÉÆA¢zÀÝgÀÆ PÀÆqÀ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥ÀjUÀt¹gÀĪÀÅ¢®è. DzÀgÉ C¥ÀÆtð ºÁUÀÆ CºÀðvÉ E®èzÀ QæÃqÁ¥ÀlÄUÀ½UÉ ¥ÀæµÀ¹ÜAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¤ÃrgÀÄwÛÃj. DzÀÝjAzÀ ²æà «£Àì£ïÖ ¥ÀæPÁ±ï PÁ¯ÉÆð EªÀjUÉ 2015£Éà ¸Á°£À KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¤Ãr UËgÀ«¸À¨ÉÃPÀÄ JAzÀÄ «£ÀAw¹PÉÆArgÀÄwÛÃj. 2015£Éà ¸Á°£À KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¸ÁPÁðj ªÀiÁUÀð¸ÀÆa ºÁUÀÆ DzÉñÀ£ÀéAiÀÄ CºÀð QæÃqÁ¥ÀlÄUÀ½UÉ ¤ÃqÀ¯ÁVgÀÄvÀÛzÉ. 2017£Éà ¸Á°£À KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹ÛUÁV C£ÉèöÊ£ï ªÀÄÆ®PÀ ¸À°è¹gÀĪÀ CfðAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¹éÃPÀj¸À¯ÁVzÀÄÝ ¸ÀPÁðgÀzÀ ªÀiÁUÀð ¸ÀÆa/DzÉñÀzÀAvÉ ¥Àj²Ã®£Á ¸À«ÄwUÉ ¸À°è¸À¯ÁUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ. ¸ÀzÀj ¸À«ÄwAiÀÄÄ CfðUÀ¼À£ÀÄß ¥Àj²Ã°¹ CºÀð QæÃqÁ¥ÀlÄUÀ¼À ¸ÀA¨sÀªÀ¤ÃAiÀÄ ¥ÀnÖAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¹zÀÝ¥Àr¹ ¸À«ÄwUÉ ¸À°è¸ÀÄvÀzÉ. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 DAiÉÄÌ ¸À«ÄwAiÀÄÄ CAwªÀÄUÉƽ¸ÀĪÀ ¥ÀnÖAiÀÄAvÉ CºÀð QæÃqÁ¥ÀlÄUÀ½UÉ KPÀ®ªÀå ¥Àæ±À¹ÛAiÀÄ£ÀÄß ¥ÀqÉAiÀÄ®Ä PÀæªÀÄ ªÀ»¸À¯ÁUÀĪÀÅzÀÄ JAzÀÄ F ªÀÄÆ®PÀ »A§gÀºÀ ¤ÃqÀ¯ÁVzÉ. ¸À» AiÀÄĪÀ ¸À§°ÃPÀgÀt ªÀÄvÀÄÛ QæÃqÁ E¯ÁSÉ. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that after issuance of the said communication dated 29.07.2019, there has been no progress in the matter and the petitioners have not even been informed if any steps were taken upon their representations. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate submits that if granted some time, the representations of the petitioners will be reconsidered, if not already considered. 6. Submission is placed on record. 7. The communication dated 29.07.2019 extracted hereinabove indicates that the process of preparing the provisional list of eligible candidates for conferment of Ekalavya Award was still on. It also indicates that the Award would be conferred on the eligible sports persons upon finalization of the list. It is however not clear whether the list is finalized or not. - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:25965 WP No. 821 of 2022 8. In view of the above and in the light of the submission made by the Additional Government Advocate, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondent No.3 to pass appropriate order and communicate the status to the petitioners in writing within an outer limit of 4 (four) weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Sd/- (M.G.S. KAMAL) JUDGE DM List No.: 1 Sl No.: 33