- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1101-DB WP No. 100429 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. MURALIDHARA PAI WRIT PETITION NO. 100429 OF 2024 (S-KAT) BETWEEN: 1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, (PRIMARY SECONDARY EDUCATION), M. S. BUILDINGS, BANGALORE – 560 001. 2. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS (ADMIN) BELAGAVI DISTRICT, BELAGAVI – 590 001. … PETITIONERS (BY SRI. G.K. HIREGOUDAR, PRINCIPAL GOVT. ADV.) AND: SRI. N. H. VADAGAONKAR (NASIR AHMED HAZRATSAB VADGAONKAR) S/O. HAZRATSAB VADAGAONKAR, AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS, RETIRED HEAD MASTER, O/O THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS (ADMIN), BELAGAVI DIST, BELAGAVI, R/AT: NO.225, 5TH CROSS, VEERABHADRA NAGAR, BELAGAVI – 560 016. …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. BHUSHAN B. KULKARNI, ADV.) 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 TO QUASH THE IMPUGNED ORDER PASSED BY THE HON’BLE KARNATAKA STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL AT BELAGAVI IN APPLICATION NO. 11363/2021 BY ORDER DATED 15-06-2022 VIDE ANNEXURE-A AND ETC., Digitally signed by VISHAL NINGAPPA PATTIHAL Location: High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench, Dharwad - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1101-DB WP No. 100429 of 2024 THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING B GROUP THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B. MURALIDHARA PAI ORAL ORDER (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN) 1. Aggrieved by the order passed in Application No.11363 of 2021 by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal at Belagavi (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Tribunal’), the State has preferred this Writ Petition. 2. The order passed by Tribunal reads as under: “i) The application is hereby allowed; ii) The respondents are hereby directed to grant the remaining additional qualifying service available under Rule 247-A of KCSRs to the applicant in accordance with law as per the law laid down by this Tribunal in A.No.1005/2018 C/w. 7627/2018 dated 24.09.2020 at Annexure-A2 and also including A.No.7628/2018 dated 30.09.2021 at Annexure-A6; iii) The respondents are also hereby directed to revise the pension and pensionary benefits and to grant consequential benefits to the applicant within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this Order.” - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1101-DB WP No. 100429 of 2024 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the order passed by the Tribunal in Application No.11363 of 2021 has already been modified by this Court in Writ Petition No.16582/2023 C/w. Writ Petition Nos.13427/2022, 18490/2022, 20687/2022, 4099/2023, 12931/2023 and 26337/2023. Accordingly, he prays that he impugned order in the present case may also be modified as per the order passed by this Court in W.P. No.16582/2023 and connected matters. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent has no objections to the same. 5. In view of the above submissions, this Court proceeds to pass the following: ORDER i) The impugned order passed in Application No.11363 of 2021 by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal at Belagavi stands modified in terms of the order passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.16582/2023 and other connected matters. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC-D:1101-DB WP No. 100429 of 2024 ii) The respondents herein shall be given the benefits in terms of the said order. Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE Sd/- (B. MURALIDHARA PAI) JUDGE VNP / CT: ASC List No.: 3 Sl No.: 12