The State of Karnataka v. Umesha T N
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ appeal WA No. 1480 of 2024 (S-RES); Karnataka High Court; NC: 2025:KHC:46065-DB; Government Security Press Tumkur and Peenya printing press closure; outsourced daily-wage workers; compensation in lieu of regularization; Article 142 versus Article 226 jurisdiction; State of Karnataka v. Umadevi (2006) 4 SCC 1; Ranbir Singh v. S.K. Roy 2022 SCC OnLine SC 521; deletion of compensation for non-employment period 2005-2010; special treatment of petitioners at Sl.Nos. 11, 20 and 21; payment within eight weeks; judgment not a precedent.
What did the court decide?
Writ appeal disposed of by modifying the impugned order of the learned Single Judge: compensation for the non-employment period 2005-2010 (Rs.25,000/- per completed year) is deleted; retaining the 2016-2023 award at Rs.50,000/- per completed year, Rs.50,000/- is added, so that each petitioner except those at Sl.Nos. 11, 20 and 21 receives Rs.4,00,000/-, and petitioners at Sl.Nos. 11, 20 and 21 receive Rs.3,50,000/- each; the compensation is to be paid by the State Government within a period of eight weeks.