JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.—

1. Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 22300 of 2007.

2. Reference to this Bench has been made by a Division Bench of this Court by an order dated 22.11.2007 for resolution of a purported conflict in two three-Judge’ Bench judgments of this Court in the cases of Rajasthan State Road Transport corporation & Anr. vs. Krishna Kant & Ors.1 [1995 (5) SCC 75] and Rajasthan SRTC & Ors. vs. Khadarmal2 [2006 (1) SCC 59].

3. The purported conflict in the aforementioned two decisions centres round the jurisdiction of the civil court to entertain suits questioning orders of termination passed by the appellant - Corporation against the respondents herein. The suits were filed by the respondents, inter alia, on the premise that termination of their services was in violation of the principles of natural justice.

4. As this Court in this case at this juncture is only required to lay down a principle of law, it is not necessary to state the facts of the matter in detail.

5. Appellant - Corporation, indisputably, was constituted in terms of the provisions of Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950 (for short, “the 1950 Act”). By reason of the provision of Secti