DEPOT MANAGER, A.P.S.R.T.C. vs K.V. NATH — SLP(C) No. 19746/2004

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed APSRTC's special leave petition challenging a High Court Division Bench order awarding full back-wages to K.V. Nath, an APSRTC driver who was wrongfully dismissed. Although the Court disagreed with the Division Bench's proposition that back-wages should be paid as a matter of course, it declined to interfere based on the peculiar circumstances—namely that Nath had already received and spent the back-wages awarded, and recovering it from his salary would be impractical and harsh. The petition was dismissed with no order on costs, though the Court kept the broader legal question open for future consideration. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.