Suman Anant Anand Bhalerao v. Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Maharashtra Vahatuk Bhavan Mumbai and Others
Service record – MSRTC driver
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, decision dated 03-12-2025; WP 2339/2018; MSRTC driver service record nomination of second wife; entitlement of legally wedded first wife to service-record entry, welfare schemes and family pass; Full Bench ruling in Kamalbai (2019(3) Mh.L.J. 921) that a second wife not legally wedded is not entitled to family pension; marriage of 1985; second marriage during subsistence of first marriage; desertion allegations by both sides; legal heirship certificate demanded during lifetime of employee; gratuity confiscation of Rs. 7,17,730 by order dated 26.07.2025; earlier decree of Rs. 2,21,503 in Regular Civil Suit No.132/2012; writ of mandamus; Rule made absolute; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed in terms of prayer clause B: respondent nos.2 and 3 directed to include the name of the petitioner as wife in reference to respondent no.4 in the records kept with them, and to give the petitioner the benefit of welfare schemes as wife of respondent no.4 including Family pass; Rule made absolute in the above terms; no orders as to costs.