HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE DHARWAD BENCH BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA DHARWAD BENCH DATED THIS THE 13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025 CONCILIATORS PRESENT THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G. PANDIT AND SHRI LAXMAN T. MANTAGANI WRIT APPEAL No.100765/2025(GM CC) LOK ADALAT No.925/2025. BETWEEN: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, NWKRTC, GOKUL ROAD, HUBBALLI, R/BY ITS CHIEF LAW OFFICER, NWKRC, GOKUL ROAD, DHARWAD. ...APPELLANT (BY SHRI LINGRAJ MARADI, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. NANDISHKUMAR MALAGI S/O DIGGEPPA AGE. 40 YEARS, OCC. AT PRESENT UNEMPLOYED, R/O HOSALLI, POST. INGALAGONDI, TQ. RATTIHALLI, DIST. HAVERI 581116. 2. MALLIKARJUN SATTIHALLI S/O LOKAPPA AGE. 49 YEARS, OCC. AT PRESENT UNEMPLOYED, R/O HOSALLI, POST. INGALAGONDI, TQ. RATTIHALLI, DIST. HAVERI 581116. 3. MALAKANAGOUDA PATIL S/O GADIGEPPAGOUDA AGE. 47 YEARS, OCC. AT PRESENT UNEMPLOYED, R/O HOSALLI, POST. INGALAGONDI, TQ. RATTIHALLI, DIST. HAVERI 581116. 2 4. THE DEPARTMENT OF BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, VIKAS SOUDHA, BENGALURU 560001. R/BY ITS SECRETARY. 5. THE ADMINISTRATOR AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT CASTE AND INCOME INVESTIGATING COMMUNITY, HAVERI DISTRICT, R/BY DEPUTY COMMISSIONER. 6. THE THASILDAR, TQ. HIREKERUR, DIST. HAVERI. 7. THE MEMBER OF SECRETARY AND DISTRICT BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, HAVERI, DIST. HAVERI. 8. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY AND DISTRICT BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, DIST. HAVERI. 9. DISTRICT CASTE AND INCOME VERIFICATION COMMITTEES, HAVERI DISTRICT, HAVERI. …RESPONDENTS (BY SHRI PRAKASH S. GUDIHINDIN, ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SEC.4 OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, 1961, PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 06-02-2025 PASSED IN WP NO.100416/2024 (GM-CC) BY THE SINGLE JUDGE IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THIS WRIT APPEAL COMING ON FOR CONCILIATION BEFORE LOK ADALAT AFTER BEING REFFERED BY THE COURT, THE FOLLOWING CONCILIATION ORDER IS PASSED: 3 CONCILIATION ORDER The Management of NWKRTC has filed this appeal against the learned Single Judge’s order dated 20.01.2025 in W.P.No.100416/2024, whereunder the writ petition filed by the respondents-workmen is allowed and it is held that the workmen are entitled for all consequential benefits. 2. The parties to the lis have amicably resolved their dispute before the Lok Adalat and to that effect, they have filed joint memo of settlement. The terms of settlement read as under: 1. The Petitioner Corporation has challenged the legality and correctness of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court, in W.P.No.100571/2024. The Respondents were Driver Cum Conductor in the Petitioner Corporation and they were dismissed from service vide order dated 27/11/2018 pertaining to obtaining Sinduthva. On detailed adjudication, the Hon’ble High Court quashed the caste verification rejection orders and directed that the respondent/workmen are entitled for all consequential benefits that would flow from the quashment of the order by its order dated 06.02.2025. Being aggrieved with the said orders, the Corporation filed present W.A.No.100765/2025 before this Hon’ble High Court. On detailed discussions both the petitioner and respondent and their counsels have decided to enter into compromise on the following terms. 4 2. The Petitioner Corporation agreed to re-instate the respondent workman back into service without continuity of service, without consequential benefits and without backwages from the date of dismissal till the date of re-instatement in pursuance of this settlement. 3. The Respondent Corporation agreed to re-instate the petitioner workman within 3 months from the date of orders of this Hon’ble High Court in pursuance of the settlement herein. 4. The respondent workman is not entitled to the wages or any arrears of wages from the date of dismissal till his actual re-instatement. 5. The settlement has been entered into in the interest of both the parties and without any duress or force. The settlement is fair, legal and reasonable also. 3. The joint memo of settlement is placed on record. 4. In terms of the above settlement, the appellant-Corporation is directed to re-instate the respondents-workmen back into service without continuity of service, without consequential benefits and without backwages from the date of dismissal till the date of reinstatement. The appellant-Corporation shall reinstate the respondents-workmen into service 5 within one month though it is agreed between the parties that respondents-workmen would be reinstated within three months. 5. The writ appeal stands disposed of in terms of the joint memo of settlement entered into between the appellant-Corporation and the respondents-workmen. Sd/- JUDGE Sd/- MEMBER NC,CT:VP 6 7