Sri S N Aruna v. the Board of Directors
Service law – KSRTC employee – disciplinary action
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Appeal No. 1857 of 2024 (S-KSRTC), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 22-07-2026, coram D K Singh and T.M. Nadaf, JJ. (judgment per D K Singh). Intra-court appeal against the learned Single Judge's judgment dated 20.04.2023 in W.P.No.28572/2018, which upheld the penalty of withholding one annual increment with cumulative effect imposed on a Senior Depot Manager of KSRTC, Chikkamagaluru, for non-disclosure of investments of Rs.4,71,900/- (assessment years 2008-2009, 2009-2010 and 2010-2011) in violation of Regulation 14(2) and 14(3) of the KSRTC Employees Conduct and Disciplinary Regulations, 1971. Appeal dismissed. Keywords: KSRTC; departmental enquiry; non-disclosure of investments; misconduct; Regulation 14(2); Regulation 14(3); withholding of annual increment with cumulative effect; writ appeal dismissed; Karnataka High Court.
What did the court decide?
The Division Bench found no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge, wherein the learned Single Judge had upheld the penalty imposed on the petitioner for violation of Regulation 14(2) and 14(3) of the Regulations, 1971; accordingly, the writ appeal was dismissed.