Jagadisha v. N v Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 31257 of 2024 (S-KSRTC); decided 22.06.2026 by Jyoti M, J.; NC: 2026:KHC:30880. KSRTC driver (OOD driver, Badge No.16493, Vijayanagar Depot, Mysore) sought light-work assignment under Article 226. Disability certificate held non-compliant with Court-prescribed medical norms; fresh examination before Medical Board, K.C. General Hospital Malleshwaram ordered (appearance 20.07.2026); reasoned certificate within 30 days per norms of W.P.No.8322/2022; Corporation barred from precipitate action on light duty pending its decision. Keywords: KSRTC, OOD driver, light duty, disability certificate, Medical Board, medical norms, Article 226.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations and directions: petitioner to appear before the Superintendent, Medical Board, K.C. General Hospital (Malleshwaram) on 20.07.2026 at 10:30 a.m.; Medical Board to conduct the examination and issue a reasoned disability certificate within 30 days, strictly in consonance with the norms in W.P.No.8322/2022, and forward a copy to the Corporation; petitioner to furnish the certificate to the Corporation; Corporation to decide thereon and issue an endorsement, without taking precipitate action on light-duty assignment until it decides on the certificate; Additional Government Advocate to intimate the Superintendent, Medical Board, of the disposal and the petitioner's appearance.