JUDGMENT

SAWANT, J.:— Civil Appeals Nos. 185961 of 1990 are preferred by the workmen,Of the Rajasthan State Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation,,) against the decision dated March 8, 1989 of a Division Bench of the High Court of Rajasthan and Civil Appeal No. 1862 of 1990 is preferred by another workman against the decision dated March 15, 1989 of the same Division Bench whereas Civil Appeal No. 1863 of 1990 is preferred by the Corporation against the decision dated March 15, 1989 of another Division Bench of the High Court. Since the issues involved in all these appeals are common, we are deciding them all together.

2. The facts of Civil Appeals Nos. 1859-62 are same. The workers in question were appointed as drivers to drive the roadways buses of the Corporation in the region of Ajmer, Jaipur and Bharatpur. They had put in a long service discharging their duties to the satisfaction of the Corporation. Sometime in 1987, their routine medical examination showed that they had developed defective eyesight and did not have the required vision for driving heavy motor vehicles like buses for which they were engaged by the Corporation, The Corporation, there