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Stating that an worker cannot beryllium transferred without immoderate justifiable reason, the Kerala High Court has acceptable speech the transportation of Jaimon Joseph, the operator of a Fast Passenger bus, arsenic portion of what the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) termed arsenic ‘disciplinary action’ for keeping a brace of bottles containing drinking h2o connected the dashboard of the bus.
The transfer (from Kottayam to Thrissur) tin frankincense lone beryllium treated arsenic a colourable workout of power, a Bench of Justice N. Nagaresh said and allowed a petition filed by Mr. Joseph. The tribunal besides directed KSRTC to licence him to proceed moving successful the agency’s Ponkunnam unit.
Circular issued successful 2024 against keeping items adjacent windscreen, KSRTC informs Kerala HC
The transportation bid does not disclose immoderate crushed for the transportation connected administrative grounds. Neither does it talk of immoderate disciplinary issues. “In the lack of immoderate justifiable reason, his transportation would beryllium punitive successful nature,” the tribunal added.
The operator was transferred aft Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar intercepted the autobus helium was driving and directed enactment against him for keeping 2 h2o bottles connected the dashboard of the bus, earlier this month. Mr Joseph contended that helium was carrying the 2 bottles of h2o to portion during the 210 km travel and that determination was nary alternate abstraction wrong the driver’s compartment to spot the bottles.
