SHANKAR RAO vs PRINCIPAL SECY. TO GOVT.OF KARNATAKA — C.A. No. 5343/2006

Summary of C.A. No. 005343/2006 (Shankar Rao v. Principal Secy. to Govt. of Karnataka) The Supreme Court set aside the transfer order of Shankar Rao, an English Lecturer at Akkamahadevi Degree College, Bidar. The Court held that a person cannot be transferred to work simultaneously at two separate institutions 30 kilometers apart, even if under the same management. The Court directed the Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Karnataka to pass appropriate orders within three months to reassign the appellant to a full-time college position with 16-hour workload. The appeals were allowed as the appellant expressed willingness to work at any sanctioned full-time college post. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.