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Civil Appeal No. 4390 of 2025
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL No. 4390 OF 2025
(Arising out of Special Leave to Appeal (C) No. 4303 of 2022)
KV PATHROSE …APPELLANT (S)
VERSUS
THE DIVISIONAL CONTROLLER
KSRTC …RESPONDENT
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order
of the High Court of Karnataka1 at Bengaluru dated
02.09.2021 passed in Writ Appeal No. 1046 of 2014
whereby (a) the order of the learned Single Judge dated
25.02.2014 was set aside to the extent it granted the
benefit of continuity of service for the purpose of
terminal benefits to the appellant and (b) the award of
1 The High Court
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the Labour Court dated 28.03.2011 in Reference No.17
of 2009 was quashed.
Background Facts
3. Briefly stated the facts giving rise to the instant appeal
are:
(i) The appellant was a workman under the
respondent-corporation. On 28.02.1998 his
services were terminated on ground of
absence from duty. Aggrieved by the order of
termination, the appellant preferred a
departmental appeal before the appellate
authority. When the appea...