- 1 - HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, BENGALURU BEFORE THE NATIONAL LOK ADALAT IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 8TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 CONCILIATORS PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR & SRI M.N.UMASHANKAR, MEMBER WRIT PETITION NO. 18904 OF 2021 (L-KSRTC) (Lok Adalat No.435/2025) BETWEEN Divisional Controller, KSRTC, Ramanagar Division, Represented by its Chief Law Officer, KSRTC, Central Office, Bengaluru-560027. ...Petitioner (By Sri A.C.Balaraj, Advocate) AND Sri Shiva Kumar, S/o Late Eranna, Major, Driver, Token No.3230/33229, R/at Boresandra Village, Guleganahalli Post, Sira Taluk, Tumkur. …Respondent (By Sri Shankarappa, Advocate) This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying to quash the impugned order dated 02.07.2019 on the issue of Domestic Enquiry produced - 2 - vide Annexure-L and set aside the impugned award dated 20.01.2020 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagara, vide Annexure-A, in ID No.14/2016. This petition coming on for conciliation before National Lok Adalat, the following conciliation order is passed. CONCILIATION ORDER In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the impugned order dated 02.07.2019 on the issue of domestic enquiry produced vide Annexure-L and setting aside the impugned award dated 20.01.2020 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagara, vide Annexure-A, in ID No.14/2016. 2. After negotiations, the parties have arrived at a settlement voluntarily. Accordingly, both the parties have filed a joint memo duly signed by them. Parties admit the contents of the joint memo. The joint memo shall be read as part and parcel of this order. 3. Therefore, in terms of the joint memo, this writ petition is disposed of modifying the award dated 20.01.2020 in ID No.14/2016 passed by the Principal - 3 - District and Sessions Judge, Ramanagara, in I.D.No.14/2016 produced vide Annexure-A. Sd/- JUDGE Sd/- MEMBER CKL CT: BL - 4 - FILED BEFORE LOK ADALAT HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE,BENGALURU BEFORE THE HIGH COURT LOK ADALAT WP.NO.18904/2021 (LOK ADALAT NO. 435/2025) BETWEEN DIVISIONAL CONTROLLER, KSRTC …Petitioner AND: SRI. SHIVA KUMAR …Respondent JOINT MEMO The WP filed against the award in ID No.14/2016 dated 20.01.2020 on the file of the Principal District and Session Judge, Ramanagara has been settled between the parties on the following terms and the award may kindly be modified as under: 1. The Corporation has agreed to take the Respondent into service as a trainee from the date of reporting/working pursuant to the interim order passed in the above writ petition, training will for 1 year. 2. The Respondent to be placed on probation for a period of 2 years on completition of 1 year of training. 3. The period of service rendered by the employee/trainee prior to the order of removal would not be considered for any purpose. 4. The Respondent is not entitled for difference of wages from the date of probation till the date of settlement, however they are entitled to get notional pay fixation from the date on which they are brought on probation. 5. The settlement is arrived without prejudice to the contentions taken by the corporation that the trainee is not a workman under the provisions of I D Act and the said issue is kept open to be decided in appropriate cases. The parties to the proceedings have agreed for the above terms. The parties to this petition have set their hands to this settlement before the Lok Adalat in the presence of Conciliators on this 08.03.2025 at Bengaluru Bench. Sd/- Sd/- SIGNATURE OF PETITIONER SIGNATURE OF RESPONDENT/S Sd/- Sd/- ADVOCATE FOR PETITIONER ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT/S