Gujarat State Road Transport ... vs Maheshbhai Navalshankar Pandya on 18 September, 2014
The second is the judgment of this Court (Coram: Honourable
Ms.Justice R.M.Doshit, as Her Lordship then was) recorded on
Special Civil Application No.10974 to 10976 of 1993 dated
20.09.2004 in the case of Gujarat State Road Transport
Corporation vs. S.T. Workers' Union. Both the above, i.e. the
order and the judgment respectively, are confirmed by the
Division Bench of this Court. Reference can be made to (i) the
order of the Division Bench dated 12.03.2001 recorded on
Letters Patent Appeal No.905 of 2000 in Special Civil
Application No.393 of 2000, and (ii) the order of the Division
Bench of this Court dated 13.12.2005 recorded on Letters
Patent Appeal No.1544 of 2005 in Special Civil Application
No.10976 of 1993. Both the appeals were dismissed, thus both
the orders of learned Single Judges stood confirmed. In all
other subsequent orders, either of the above is followed. Thus,
now it is to be seen as to, of these two, which order or
judgment should be followed in this group of petitions. Having
minutely gone through both the orders i.e. of Special Civil
Application No.393 of 2000 and Special Civil Application
No.10974 of 1993, this Court finds that, it is the judgment in
Special Civil Application No.10974 of 1993 which lays down the
law and not the order recorded on Special Civil Application
No.393 of 2000. Further, the order of the Division Bench of this
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Court, dismissing the appeal (Letters Patent Appeal No.905 of
2000) against the order recorded on Special Civil Application
No.393 of 2000 also makes it clear that, while deciding Special
Civil Application No.393 of 2000, this Court had not laid down
any law and the decision was rendered considering the facts of
that case. The Division Bench had, while dismissing the said
appeal, observed thus.