The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed the State government’s August 31 corrigendum, which resulted in abruptly ending the tenure of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board’s chairperson Shanth A. Thimmaiah.
While permitting Mr. Thimmaiah to continue as chairperson of the Board till further orders, the court restrained him from taking any policy decision till the court decides the legality of both the government’s corrigendum ending his tenure as well as the notification issued by the government on November 15, 2021, appointing him to the post.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dixit passed the interim order while hearing the petition filed by Mr. Thimmaiah questioning the corrigendum and the PIL petitions, in which the court was monitoring framing of guidelines by the government for appointing chairperson and members for the KSPCB as per the law and the judgments of the apex court.
