The Executive Engineer (v) v. Manjunath
Case brief
What is this about?
Death of workman during pendency of writ petition; survival/non-survival of reinstatement direction in Labour Court award; claim of adopted son/legal representative to revised-wage dues; wage revision notification dated 02.05.2019; indemnity bond protection against rival LR claims; KPTCL v. LR of deceased workman and State of Karnataka (Department of Labour); Ref.No.12/2014 award dated 04.12.2017; Articles 226 and 227; High Court of Karnataka, Anant Ramanath Hegde J., 16.02.2026; WP No.25597 of 2018 disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of: payments under the Labour Court award recorded as satisfied; reinstatement portion of the award held not to survive; Respondent No.1(a) granted liberty to substantiate his adoption claim with documents, and the petitioner to consider the representation and pay revised dues if satisfied, within 30 days, optionally insisting on an indemnity bond.