Rajashekar v. the Managing Director
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.No. 12099/2025 (Lok Adalat No. 6567/2025), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, National Lok Adalat conciliation order dated 12-07-2025. Petitioner: Rajashekar (workman, adv. M C Basavaraju); Respondents: Managing Director BMTC and Chief Personnal Manager BMTC (adv. Renuka H.R.). Dispute: Office Order No.BANMASASAM/KEKA/ADALITHA/5450/2024-25 (25/01/2025) restricting light duty to three months with discharge to original post. Disposed by settlement/Joint Memo: medical board disability assessment and certificate per guidelines in WP No.7140/2023 and WP No.8271/2025 within two months; BMTC to examine light-duty claim; no monetary quantum. Keywords: BMTC, light duty, disability certificate, medical board, percentage of disability, Joint Memo, HCLSC, National Lok Adalat.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of in terms of the Joint Memo: petitioner to be examined by the concerned jurisdictional medical board for assessment of percentage of disability and to produce the disability certificate (per guidelines in WP No.7140/2023 DD 27/07/2023 and WP No.8271/2025 DD 27/03/2025) within two months; on such production, BMTC to examine his claim for light duty; corporation at liberty to seek clarification/re-examination of the certificate; workman to be kept present with identity proof before the Secretary, HCLSC within a week.