1 HIGH COURT LEGAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, BENGALURU BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH, 2026 CONCILIATORS PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE & SRI. M.N.UMASHANKAR, MEMBER W.P.No.35596 OF 2024 (L-KSRTC) (Lok Adalath No.6398/2025) BETWEEN: THE DIVISIONAL CONTROLLER & DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY, KSRTC, KOLAR DIVISION,KOLAR. NOW REP. BY ITS CHIEF LAW OFFICER, KSRTC, CENTRAL OFFICE,K.H ROAD, SHANTHINAGAR,BENGALURU-560 027. ...PETITIONER (BY SRI HAREESH BHANDARY.T, ADVOCATE) AND: SRI M GOVINDAPPA, S/O MUNIYAPPA,AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS,DRIVER CUM CONDUCTOR, BADE NO. 2683,MULABAGILU DEPOT, REP. BY PRESIDENT,KSRTC STAFF AND WORKERS UNION, NEAR DIVISIONALOFFICER,CHIKKABALLAPURA ROAD, KOLARA DIVISION, KOLAR-563 101. ...RESPONDENT Digitally signed by DEEPU M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA 2 (BY SRI H.K NAGABHUSHAN, ADVOCATE ) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE AWARD DATED 28.05.2024 PASSED BY THE INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNAL, BENGALURU IN I.D.NO.37/2021 VIDE ANNEXURE-A ETC. LABOUR COURT D. K MANGALURU IN IDA NO.6/2019 DATED 30.01.2023 VIDE ANNEXURE -E TO THIS WP AND ETC. THE PETITION IS COMING ON FOR CONCILIATION BEFORE LOK ADALAT, THE FOLLOWING CONCILIATION ORDER IS PASSED: CONCILIATION ORDER The petition is filed by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) assailing the award dated 28.05.2024 passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Bengaluru in I.D.No.37/2021. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner and respondent are present. 3. Parties to the proceeding have signed the joint memo reporting settlement. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner/KSRTC and respondent/employee would submit that the dispute is settled and the parties have reduced the terms of the settlement in the joint memo. 3 5. The joint memo reads as under:- "JOINT MEMO The WP filed against the award in ID.No.37/2021 dated 28.5.2024 on the file of the Industrial Tribunal, Bangaluru has been settled between the parties on the following terms and the award may kindly be modified as under: 1. Reduced one incremental stage of the basic pay of the Respondent for a period from the date of punishment i.e., to till settlement without cumulative effect. 2. The parties to the proceedings have agreed for the above terms". 6. This Court does not find any impediment to accept the terms of the settlement. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. The impugned award dated 28.05.2024 passed by the Industrial Tribunal, Bengaluru in I.D.No.37/2021 is modified in terms of the joint memo. Sd/- JUDGE Sd/- MEMBER brn