Thiru.T.Radhakrishnan was employed as a Conductor in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Limited, Dindigul Region. He joined service in the year 1989. He had an altercation with his superior on 30.11.2001. Therefore, disciplinary action was initiated against him. Domestic enquiry was conducted. He was found guilty and he was dismissed from service by order dated 31.01.2004. The management applied for approval. The approval petition was pending for quite sometime. Finally, approval was granted on 03.02.2006. The order granting approval was challenged by the employee by filing a writ petition in WP(MD)No.4000 of 2006. The said writ petition was finally dismissed on 05.10.2010 and the dismissed employee was relegated to move the Labour Court. Thereafter, he raised an industrial dispute. It was taken on file in I.D No.11 of 2011. The Labour Court, Tiruchirappalli (Camp at Dindigul) set aside the order of dismissal by order dated 11.07.2017 and the management was directed to reinstate the workman with continuity of service but without backwages. Challenging the denial of backwages, the aggrieved workman filed WP(MD)No.16746 of 2018. Challenging the order of reinstatement the management filed WP(MD) No.12402 of 2018. Both these writ petitions are taken up together for final disposal.
