{"id":45265,"date":"2009-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bangalore-metropolitan-vs-puttaswamaiah-on-12-august-2009"},"modified":"2016-01-22T00:31:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:01:47","slug":"bangalore-metropolitan-vs-puttaswamaiah-on-12-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bangalore-metropolitan-vs-puttaswamaiah-on-12-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Bangalore Metropolitan … vs Puttaswamaiah on 12 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Bangalore Metropolitan … vs Puttaswamaiah on 12 August, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: K.L.Manjunath And Malimath<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH com? 0F\"K}-\\R\"f>eATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 12*\" {MAY OF AUGUST, 2009\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HC}N\"BLE MRJUSTICE K.L.MA_\u00a3'\u00a7J'i5\u00a7\\i;?;Tif};\u00a71'  \nAND u 'T 3 A\nTHE HOWBLE MR.}LiS}}'ICE4Rz3\"\u00a7:'1 MAL:I'M%AmV..:%IvT%i'\nWRIT APPEAL I'\u00a7O.S64'.0i\u00bb':2\u00a3309(Lvt\u00a7<E.'~\u00a7'ra\u00a3\u00a7-o':i\"*- '\nK.H.u Road', Ban;3.a\u00a5c!f;\u00e9\"'\u00ab \n\nBy it\u00e9wchivef 'fraf\ufb01c nager\n\n, fieggres\u00e9rstietiby its\n  yaw Gf\ufb01ger\u00e9  APPELLANT\n\n, - ,. 14 V {\ufb01\\{\"$ri. i?~iv.R. Renuka, Advocate)\n\n%m;:%% ' k\n\n\" Qutga\u00e9wamaiah\n\nSic: \"Va radaiah\n\n.. AA '*~._Aged about 39 years,\n QR\/'o Virupasandra\n\nAkkur Pest, Koctaga\u00e9 Habi\u00e9\n\nRamarzagaram Taiuk\nSangaiare Rurai Existrict. WRESPGNDENT\n\n\n\n-2-\n\nThis Writ Appeal is filed Li\/S 4 of the Karnataka High\nCourt Act praying tie set aside the order passed in the Writ\nPetition f~:o.127G3\/2007 dated 03\/11\/2008.\n\nThis apeeai coming en for preliminary hearing this\nday, Manjunath 3., Delivered the foliowing:- -\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
The concurrent \ufb01ndings ef the i..abeu.if:’_<\/p>\n
erder passed by the learned Single.  ii\ufb01itiits. <\/p>\n
Petition \u00a5\\%o.12703]200? datec:!’i’.V3′:’.’.’.Aii’4io\\\u00a7en\u00a7b–\u00e9\u00e9l’,..VV 2;i\u00a730li\u00e9;n1i%is it<\/p>\n
called in question in this ai>i:i_:ea,_l.<\/p>\n
2. The facts leading te..t’i1is”_\u00a2ases._are a’s”i’aere’under:–<\/p>\n
 The.fesii-oAne,erst:e:.hc was working as conductor was<\/p>\n
issueci\ufb02aiitny 5 niemo stating that he remained<\/p>\n
aliigsent una’utnov;”ise:d\u00a5y from 27-6-1998. Based on the<\/p>\n
.A  an enquiry was izeid. Subsequently, he was<\/p>\n
 inniialmlsse  service on 31-5-2002. Aggrieved by the<\/p>\n
e\u00a5ee’?:’Vef”eismissal the respondent raised a dispute under<\/p>\n
it * Visectien :\u00a3,O(4-A) of the Inclustriai Disputes Act, in<\/p>\n
‘\u00a7;AfA5.i’~io.122f2\u20ac102 before the Labour Court. The Leeeur<\/p>\n
T Court after considering the case of both the parties held<\/p>\n
g6 .\n<\/p>\n
that the enquiry was fair and proper and vaiid. Thereafter
\nthe parties were permitted to lead evidence an_d___ after<\/p>\n
considering the evidence adduced by both the pa’;’tie~::{‘the<\/p>\n
Labeur Court came to the conciusmm that trie- <\/p>\n
absentee himseif unauthorised\u00e9y:~en_the_; he <\/p>\n
was su\ufb01fering from tuberculosis “‘and7’.’_b’ri’i atcovtunt <\/p>\n
of the Doctor he was uncie\u00a7~..\u00a3C:\u20acsrr;piete .be4:.iu %et”st’\u00a7.;””t*3ased on-‘<\/p>\n
the cause shown by the respe–eVd’ent,~..the ‘L’ab0uri.&ourt held
\nthat the Greer of disri*ii’\u00a7.f~:.ei”‘isf’}\u00bbi{iver\u00a7’Vee.harsh and shacks the
\ncenscience evf_the_ Cqtirt;”::Vfr modi\ufb01ed the<\/p>\n
erdetgof–.pt::iiSVhifn.e\ufb011:\u00bb’b\ufb01:irnpesing penalty and has ardered
\nfor reiri’\ufb01a”tevrr’ient”witbtontinuity of service without<\/p>\n
bat\ufb01iktvages andV:vvby’:withthoiding two annuai increments<\/p>\n
. with cAuvmuiAa*t;ve effect.\n<\/p>\n
 \u00aborder of the Labeur mutt was chailenged<\/p>\n
 befe”i’e__A’1~the learned Singie Image by the appeilaet-<\/p>\n
“E’.C_erf.paration. The iearrzeti Judge also came to the<\/p>\n
it Rzoncitzsicn that the maeificat\u00e9on ef the order of \ufb01ismissai is<\/p>\n
just anti tamper. However, the Writ Petition was ailawed<\/p>\n
<iV\/<\/p>\n
in-pert hoiding that the respondent was not 'eiititied for<\/p>\n
continuity of service' and further or6er{\u00a7;;g.'.,_i_:5?or"\u00abthis<\/p>\n
confirmation of oreer of reinstatement\u00bbti\u00a7r~.vx\u00e9v\u00e9thhoiaLii1g.oft<\/p>\n
two annuai increments with igumuiatixieb effect;'r"ThisVeorder.A I<\/p>\n
is caiied in question in tVh'is4__.appe'a_it'<\/p>\n
4. We have ;.heard&V.t:1e:.’i_earnoed httoliiiseieppearing for
\nthe appeiiant. Her””to_rnte’:at\u00a7’ori the Labour Court as
\nwen as Veeriiriiiitted a serious error
\nin not. sufficient cause, the
\ni”es,r3on_;iAe.r;’iE  unauthorisediy and they
\nsi’i’eAu\u00a3ei”  with the order at’ punishment.<\/p>\n
Ti3erefa_’rte,.Vsiie’  the Court to set aside the order.<\/p>\n
‘    Butiareivwe are not in a position to accept the<\/p>\n
iiaz\ufb01iizfiiietitsvi\ufb01advanceci by the learned counsei for the<\/p>\n
A -__appeii’at’ra.t\u00a5iCZorporation for the feiiowing reasons-<\/p>\n
“1) Acimittediy Exit!-6 discioses that the respondent<\/p>\n
V *  is-as suffering from serious pulmonary Tubercuiosis and he<\/p>\n
was in the Hospital for a eeriod of one year from<\/p>\n
27–6—1998 til! 15-12-2000. A show cause was<\/p>\n
issued to the respondent for which he <\/p>\n
A charge memo dated 4-1-1999. as per’Ar.riexii’re;A to <\/p>\n
Writ Petition has been issuedV”-by ::i’rejiVapp_ei’i’ai1t’CIo~:p’o1r_ation””~. *1<\/p>\n
and the explanation oifereqp b3r ‘tn:e .responi3en: \ufb01ves teat
\nimmediately after A_ciischargu_e’:A’fr_oej_v he made an
\nattempt to report ?i’irnsei”\u00abf  he was not aiiowed
\nto work.  then.=’i:ireI’i:na\u00a3ee’ served on him.
\n t\u00e9neiiiieerned Singie Judge was
\n  of the Labour Court\n<\/p>\n
 -of ciismissai and imposing the<\/p>\n
penamf “of i of two increments and denying the<\/p>\n
..r.{:i'”.\u00bb’a<:i<. waoesrwiivvn relation to that the iearned Single Judge<\/p>\n
A   consideri~ng the conduct of the respondent in not reporting<\/p>\n
 nlastiaiso ordered that the respondent is not entitled<\/p>\n
 forvieontinuity of service. Considering the nature of iilness<\/p>\n
V " =\u00bb,_thve respondent was sn\ufb01ering we no not see any ground to<\/p>\n
 "interfere with the concurrent findings of the Labour Court<\/p>\n
and that of the learned Sirzgie Judge. This appeal isw <\/p>\n
accomingiy dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
Since we have dismissed the appeafliihere     <\/p>\n
necessity to condone the deiay of 19  \u00ab.\n<\/p>\n
appeaL , z_ . –,_,<\/p>\n
rsk ”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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