Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) employed workers who claimed wages for work performed on holidays declared under the Andhra Pradesh Factories and Establishments (National Festival and Other Holidays) Act, 1974. APSRTC contended that Section 11(1)(c) of that Act excluded it because it was an…

The appellants, private stage‑carriage operators, challenged a Delhi Government notification dated 31‑12‑1999 issued under Section 67 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which (i) raised the fees for using DTC bus shelters and terminals and (ii) made all DTC concessional passes binding on private operators. The Supreme Co…

The Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CSTC), a statutory body created under the Road Transport Corporations Act to provide road transport services, claimed that its income was exempt from tax under Section 10(20) of the Income‑Tax Act, 1961, on the ground that it was a "local authority" as defined in Section 3(31) …

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and a trade union entered into an industrial settlement in 1956 (Clause 49) granting any employee who worked continuously for 180 days the benefits of a time‑scale worker. A later settlement in 1985 (Clause 19) provided for the absorption of daily‑rated workers a…

The petitioners, former employees of Uttar Pradesh Roadways, claimed that they were entitled to pension after their absorption into the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC). The issue was whether they ever held a pensionable post before or after absorption and whether members of the Roadways Karmchar…

S.P. Dubey joined a private transport company in 1947 where the superannuation age was 60. The company was taken over by the Madhya Pradesh Government on 31 August 1955 with a notification assuring that existing staff would not be adversely affected in their terms of service. When the staff were transferred to the Madh…

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation entered into a 1988 settlement with the KSRTC Staff and Workers Federation granting a Pay Roll Check‑Off facility for union subscriptions. Although the union’s recognition expired in July 1996, no fresh referendum was held. In May 1993 a Memorandum of Understanding was sig…

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (the Corporation) absorbed employees of the State Transport Department whose pension rights were protected under Section 34 of the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950 and were to be governed by Part III of the Kerala Service Rules, 1959 (KSR). The State Government, by a lett…

The appellant, selected as a conductor for the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, was appointed to a temporary vacancy and worked for more than 240 days. He was terminated under Regulation 10(5) of the Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (Cadre & Recruitment) Regulations 1982 on the ground of being unsuitable…

The Supreme Court examined complaints lodged before the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta against several officials—chief executive officer of a state cooperative union, a business manager of a handloom cooperative, a clerk of a wool cooperative, and a divisional manager and doctor of the State Road Transport Corporation. The H…

V.V.G. Reddy, a bus conductor employed by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, was dismissed following disciplinary proceedings. The Labour Court, on a consent award, ordered his reinstatement with continuity of service but expressly denied back wages and attendant benefits. Reddy sought notional increm…

Kamruddin, a bus conductor employed on probation by the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, was caught five times for not issuing tickets to passengers. After a warning, a disciplinary enquiry was held, found him guilty, and terminated his services. The Labour Court, invoking Section 11A of the Industrial Dispu…

The petitioners, who were temporarily promoted to Assistant Traffic Manager (ATM) positions under the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation's recruitment regulations, challenged their placement below direct recruits in the integrated seniority list of 1994. The core dispute was whether seniority should be determined by…

The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) absorbed surplus employees of the now‑defunct Rajasthan State Agro Industries Corporation (RSAIC) and offered them a choice between the CPF scheme and the RSRTC pension scheme. Respondent Goverdhan Lal Soni opted for the pension scheme, and the employee and employe…

The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), an autonomous corporation established under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, sought to defer the implementation of enhanced pension benefits recommended by the Fifth Kerala Pay Commission due to its precarious financial condition. The State Government, after…

The Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sadak Pariyahan Karamchari Union filed an application before the Labour Court under Section 11‑C of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, read with Section 13‑A of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, seeking a declaration that fifteen contract drivers and conductors be regularised as su…

The petitioners were temporary employees of PEPSU Roadways who, by a government order dated 16‑10‑1956, were transferred and merged into the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation (PRTC). The corporation then operated under a Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) scheme and did not provide pension. After PRTC introduced a pensio…

The respondent, a conductor appointed in 1981, exercised his option in 1991 to join the pension scheme created by the Calcutta State Transport Corporation Employees’ Service (Death cum Retirement Benefits) Regulations, 1990, which had retrospective effect from 1 April 1984. Upon voluntary retirement in 2017, he receive…

Thirty-two bus conductors employed on a daily‑wage basis by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) alleged that the corporation, being a statutory body, is a "State" within Art 12 of the Constitution and that it had discriminated against them by regularising nineteen similarly placed conductors and gran…

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC), a statutory corporation created under the Road Transport Corporation Act, 1950, claimed exemption from income tax for the assessment years 1960-61, 1961-62 and 1962-63 under section 4(3)(i) of the Income‑Tax Act, 1922 and section 11 of the Income‑Tax Act, 19…