Karnataka High Court directs government to appoint three candidates as Works Inspectors despite abolition of posts
The Hindu
Karnataka High Court orders government to appoint three candidates selected as works inspector despite the abolition of the posts.
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government to appoint three candidates, who were selected to the posts of work inspectors in the Department of Municipal Administration (DMA) in 2017, even though the government in 2021 had abolished the cadre of work inspectors under the DMA in 2021.
A Division Bench comprising Justice D.K. Singh and Justice S. Rachaiah issued the directions while allowing an appeal filed by Harish Kumar H.P. of Kanakapura in Bengaluru South district, Vishwanath of Yelaburga in Koppal district and Hampanna Kolakar of Basavana Bagewadi in Vijayapura district.
The appellants had challenged a single judge’s February 24, 2022 order of dismissing their petition, in which they had questioned the government’s November 4, 2021 endorsement denying appointments to the petitioners citing abolition of the posts.
The petitioners had successfully cleared the competitive examination conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission in 2016 for 211 posts of work inspector. Their names appeared in the final select list published on September 16, 2017, and they had secured more than 25% marks.
Meanwhile, the government withheld appointment process in the guise of proposal to abolish various posts, including these posts in 2019. However, the government subsequently had told the court in an earlier proceedings that it would issue appointment letters only to those who have secured 25% of marks. The government had also told the court that in the event of abolition of these posts the candidates, who had secured more than 25% marks would be merged with equivalent cadres.
Later, the government in 2021 issued an order abolishing 1,694 posts across various departments, including 380 posts of work inspector in the DMA, excluding the then Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.
Karnataka High Court orders government to appoint three candidates selected as works inspector despite the abolition of the posts.
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