Ashok Patil Conductors' Benefit Claim Dismissed

Authority: High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur

Order Date: 21 October 2026

Case Overview

• Petitioners: Shri Ashok Maruti Patil and others, former conductors employed by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).
• Respondents: State of Maharashtra and MSRTC.
• Petition sought direction for MSRTC to grant benefits of earlier service (regular pay scale, arrears) after petitioners had been reinstated under consent terms.
• Petitioners were dismissed for misconduct; an Industrial Court inquiry led to consent terms dated 1‑7 November 2006, under which they were re‑employed on agreed pay scale and relinquished earlier service benefits.
• Petitioners later filed the writ in 2015, claiming the consent terms were not beneficial.

Final Outcome

• The Court held that the consent terms executed before the Industrial Court remain binding and have not been set aside.
• Consequently, the petitioners cannot claim the earlier service benefits and the writ petition is dismissed.

Topics: Labor Dispute, Court Order