Suresh S/O Vitthal Naik v. the Chief Personnel Manager
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court Dharwad Bench; WP No. 108550 of 2019 (S-KSRTC); Justice Suraj Govindaraj; NWKRTC North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation; Gokak Depot; reservation counter ticket issuing post; lighter job/duty pending Medical Board certificate; Right of Persons with Disability Act, 2016; directions in WP No. 102082/2024; endorsement No. ªÁPÀgÀ¥Á/a«/¹§âA¢/2745 dated 18.02.2019 (Annexure-G); mediation compromise petition accepted; petition disposed in terms of joint compromise; decided 10.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed in terms of the joint compromise: (i) Corporation to refer the workman again to the Medical Board for a Medical Certificate as per directions in WP No. 102082/2024 and the Right of Persons with Disability Act, 2016, to be furnished within 12 weeks of receipt of copy of order; (ii) workman continued in lighter job till certificate is furnished or 12 weeks, whichever is earlier, with the Corporation to take appropriate decision on such certificate; (iii) if no certificate is furnished, Corporation free to take appropriate decision; (iv) either party aggrieved by the Medical Certificate/report may appeal under the 2016 Act.