M R Jagadamba v. the Managing Director
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 5135 of 2024 (S-KSRTC); NC: 2026:KHC:30875; decided 22.06.2026 by Jyoti M, J. KSRTC employee M.R. Jagadamba sought light duty with pay protection under Section 20(4) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016; disability certificate held not in substantial compliance with the Court's medical norms; fresh examination before Medical Disability Board, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital directed; certificate to follow norms in W.P.No.8322/2022; Corporation to decide and endorse, no precipitate action meanwhile; petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions: petitioner to appear before the Superintendent, Medical Board, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital 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 any precipitate action on light-duty assignment till such decision.