KAT order set aside

BANGALORE: The High Court on Thursday set aside the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) order which had cancelled the recruitment of Hindi teachers who were appointed based on the degree  Hindi Shikshana Parangath.The division bench comprising of Justice K L Manjunath and Justice B Manjunath, hearing a petition by K K Ramakrishna and eleven others, who had moved the court following a KAT order in 2006 cancelling their appointment stating that they are not entitled for the job as it is not a regular degree, has quashed the KAT order and directed the State Government to continue them in service. The bench observing that the course was started by the government to promote the Hindi language, ruled that the petitioners are entitled for the job.