The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Monday informed the Bombay high court that it was ready to reinstate the driver who contracted HIV, but won’t pay his arrear wages on the gr The Maharashtra State air compressor motor Road Transport Corporation (https://www.waylead.com.cn/product/farm-duty-motor/dripproof-single-phase-air-compressor-motor.html) on Monday informed the Bombay high court that it was ready to reinstate the driver who contracted HIV, but won’t pay his arrear wages on the ground that there was an agreement between the corporation and the petitioner. The driver’s lawyer, however, pressed for his pending wages. The court asked the MSRTC to produce the agreement and slated the next hearing for October 10.

A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere was hearing the plea of HIV positive driver, who was expelled from service on May 16, 2012. On Monday, MSRTC informed the court that it was ready to reinstate the driver as a peon, but won’t pay his pending wages on the basis of the agreement. To this, the petitioner’s advocate said that if they don’t pay his back wages they would press for compensation. The corporation based its decision on the report of the medical superintendent of the Sassoon General Hospital in Mumbai, submitted a day earlier, which stated that the driver was suffering from “immuno compromise status with peripheral neuropathy without motor deficit”. The report had said he was unfit to work as a driver for heavy vehicles.

The driver filed a petition on July 25 the same year against the MSRTC and others challenging his suspension. He said the Sassoon medical superintendent had, on February 8, 2012, issued a letter stating that while he was unfit to drive heavy vehicles, he was suitable for light work. Earlier, on September 4, 2009, the medical superintendent had issued a letter that he was fit to work as a driver, the petition stated.In his petition, the driver alleged that he had been removed from service because he was suffering from HIV. He said his salary has been pending since December 8, 2011.

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