The Divisional Controller Bengaluru Mahanagara Transport Corporation v. Sri Ashok N
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; Justice Jyoti M; decision dated 08-07-2026; WP No. 10470 of 2025 (L-KSRTC); Divisional Controller, BMTC vs Ashok N.; writ petition disposed of in terms of joint memo; consensual settlement; reinstatement with continuity of service without back wages or consequential benefits; postponement of one annual increment without cumulative effect for two years; undertaking not to participate in or instigate strikes; award dated 04.11.2024 of III Addl. Labor Court, Bengaluru in I.D.No.421/2021 modified; related earlier proceedings in W.P.11160/2022 (final order dt:10/02/2023); interim orders discharged; pending interlocutory applications disposed of.
What did the court decide?
By consent via joint memo: respondent to be reinstated with continuity of service without consequential benefits, back wages or interim relief from the date of dismissal till reporting to work (per the memo recorded in the final order dt:10/02/2023 in W.P.11160/2022); postponement of one annual increment without cumulative effect for two years from the date of reporting to work; and an undertaking not to participate in or instigate strikes and not to remain absent during strike periods. Interim orders, if any, discharged; pending interlocutory applications disposed of.