A.P.S.R.T.C. vs S. NARSAGOUD

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the High Court directing the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation to compute periodical increments for the respondent, a Conductor, who was reinstated after being found guilty of unauthorized absence under Section 2(A)(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Court clarified that while the respondent's absence was unauthorized, the continuity of service entitles him to increments that would have been earned had he not been absent. The Court affirmed the High Court's ruling that reinstatement includes the calculation of such increments for wage fixation.