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Deputation of Deve Gowda's kin quashed

Staff Reporter

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BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Monday quashed the deputation and absorption of Parushurame Gowda, a relative of the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, as Executive Engineer of the Karnataka State Slum Clearance Board (KSSCB).

Mr. Gowda's deputation was challenged by four Assistant Executive Engineers (AEEs) of the board.

The petitioners, H.M. Mohan Kumar and three others, said Mr. Parushurame Gowda was working as Assistant Appraisal Officer of the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO). Mr. Parushurame Gowda is the son of H.D. Akkiamma, sister of Mr. Deve Gowda.

On September 29, 2005, Mr. Parusharame Gowda was deputed as Executive Engineer to the KSSCB.

On March 16, 2005, the KSSCB absorbed his services and appointed him Executive Engineer. The petitioners questioned the deputation as well as absorption of his services, saying that it was illegal and contrary to the rules.

Justice B.S. Patil said the future of the petitioners will be affected if the rules on promoting persons from the post of AEE to EE are changed. Justice Patil upheld the legal contention advanced by the petitioners and quashed the deputation and absorption of Mr. Parushurame Gowda to the KSSCB.

Allowed

Justice N.K. Patil on Monday directed the authorities to permit 49 students of East West Institute of Yeshwanthpur to appear for the engineering examination on Monday, subject to their eligibility and the result of the writ petition.

The students and the institution had challenged the decision of the authorities not to permit the students to write the examination. They had also challenged sub-rule (3) of Rule 11 of the Karnataka Selection of Candidates for Admission to Professional Institutions Rules, 2004 as unconstitutional.

No compensation

Compensation in case of accidents is paid to the next of kin of the dead, but when such a claim is made when a seer dies, the High Court has ruled that the claim of parents of the seer would be untenable.

The court said that such a claim was not tenable as a person who had become a seer had severed all his links with his natural family and that he had opted for "Guru Parampare."

In such a case, it was the head of the math to which the seer was attached to maintain a petition of compensation.

It could seek compensation not for loss of dependency but for loss of estate.

The court came out with this ruling on the law while dealing with a claim petition of 1993. Siddalinga Swami of Hubli was killed in an accident in 1993 when a KSRTC bus hit the car in which he was travelling near Hubli.

The parents of the seer filed a claim petition.

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