The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to deposit ₹5 lakh as cost and recover this amount from the six erring officers, who have till today failed to pay the enhanced salary to a library assistant in a private aided school as was directed by the court way back in 2020.
The amount of cost could be recovered from the Secretary, Department of Primary and Secondary Education; the Director, Department of Public Libraries, and the Commissioner, the Director, the Deputy Director, and the Block Education Officer concerned of the Department of Public Instruction.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dixit passed the interim order on a contempt of court petition filed by V.A. Nagamani, a 64-year-old retired library assistant.