( 1 ) THE petitioner herein is an unfortunate widow belonging to backward class whose bread has been snatched by the respondent, the Maharashtra State Road transport Corporation, Chandrapur Division, chandrapur (for short, the "msrtc") putting her and her two small children to starvation. What would have been the plight of a woman when her coolie husband suddenly became blind and became a liability on her along with her two children. What would have been the plight of a woman who was suddenly deprived of the income even of Rs. 550/- per month with which she supported her two children and her husband who then expired and she bacame widow during the pendency of the lis. It is further unfortunate that the respondent has, on the basis of the constitution Bench judgment of the Supreme court in The Secretary of State of Karnataka vs. Umadevi and ors. and other judgments, sought to unjustifiably dodge the petitioner from getting any relief to which she is otherwise entitled to in accordance with law. Though the pronouncement of law by the Constitution bench of the Apex Court in Umadevi's case (supra) related to regularization of employees, taking a few sentences from the said judgment, it

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