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Single judge order on KSRTC division stayed

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: In what could be termed as a major relief to the Karnataka Government and State road transport corporations, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday stayed a single judge order annulling the division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) into four entities.

The judge had on July 2, 2007 allowed petitions by the workmen of the KSRTC represented by the KSRTC Staff and Workers’ Federation and S. Nagaraj of the office-bearers of the federation, and quashed government notifications “dividing” the KSRTC into smaller corporations.

The single judge had said that the consent of the Centre had not been obtained before the State decided to establish separate road transport corporations for Bangalore (BMTC), and three other corporations covering the rest of the State.

The State Government, KSRTC, BMTC and other corporations had filed an appeal against the single judge order and also sought a stay of the order.

The appellants said the single judge had granted relief that had not been sought by either the workmen or Mr. Nagaraj.

They said the single judge had failed to take note of the fact that the workmen and others were consulted before the corporations were created.

They also urged a Division Bench, comprising Justice S.R. Bannurmath and Justice A.N. Venugopal Gowda, to stay the single judge order.

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