IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 27^TH DAY OF APRIL, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI M WRIT PETITION NO. 113596 OF 2015 (L-KSRTC)

BETWEEN:

NORTH WEST KARNATAKA ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, NWKRTC, CHIKKODI DIVISION, TQ: CHIKKODI, DIST: BELGAUM-591201, R/BY ITS CHIEF LAW OFFICER, REGIONAL OFFICE, GOKUL ROAD, HUBLI.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. M. M. KHANNUR, ADVOCATE)

AND:

SURESH S/O KALLAPPA MANAVADDAR, AGE: MAJOR, OCC: NIL, R/O: H.NO:2708, P.B. ROAD, S A A YU M B REEN DsSAD iAY i E gg UMn S ite HBR adl N E by E U yN R SANKESHWAR, TQ: HUKKERI, DESHNURLHCK o AOIcG RU aH N t R i A o T n T O :

AFKA DIST: BELAGAVI.

…RESPONDENT (BY SRI. M. S. HARAVI, ADVOCATE)

THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND

227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, SEEKING CERTAIN RELIEFS.

THIS WRIT PETITION IS LISTED FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, AN ORDER IS MADE AS UNDER:

ORAL ORDER

Sri.M.M.Khannur, counsel for the petitioner and Sri.M.S.Haravi, counsel for the respondents, have appeared in person.

2. The brief facts are these:

The petitioner was appointed as a driver in the establishment of the Corporation. He remained unauthorizedly absent from 06.04.2003 to 01.07.2004. Cons