Bengaluru: In a setback to several candidates set join posts of Group A and Group B gazetted probationer following their selection, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday refused to vacate its April 5 interim order restraining the government from appointing 362 candidates who were selected in the 2011 recruitment batch by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar rejected the applications filed by 81 selected candidates who had requested the court to allow the State to issue appointment orders to them subject to final outcome of a PIL petition. The legality of approval given by the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal for the selections made by the KPSC was questioned in the PIL petition.
The Bench said that it cannot consider these applications for vacating stay due to the principles of res judicata as the court on April 21 rejected the plea for vacating the stay made by the State government.
