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The 5 paise coin had been out of circulation for decades. But that is exactly the amount over which 73-year-old Ranvir Singh Yadav has been fighting a case for more than 40 years. With the Delhi Transport Corporation as the complainant, lakhs of rupees have been spent over the years as legal fees by both sides. Back in 1973, Mr Yadav worked as the conductor of a DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) bus. The allegation against him was that he charged a woman passenger 15 paise, gave her a ticket of 10 paise and pocketed the extra 5. After allegation by checking staff who had boarded the bus, an internal inquiry was held and he was sacked in 1976.
Though Mr Yadav won the case in Labour Court in
1990, which held his sacking illegal, the transport body appealed the following
year. Till date, it has spent ₹ 47,000 to fight the case.
"Even my children would ask me if I had
cheated," said Mr Yadav, who, at the time, had two young sons to bring up.
"I would be at pains to explain to them that I haven't cheated... Others
go on pilgrimages, I have been going to court."
When the High court finally dismissed the petition
of the DTC, it asked the transport body to pay ₹ 30,000 to Mr. Yadav. A
gratuity of Rs.1.28 lakh and another Rs.1.37 lakh as CPF should be paid to him,
the court ruled. During the hearing, the court asked the DTC how many lakhs
have been spent on litigation over the years to recover 5 paise.
"Here is a case, where the respondent has been
fighting a prolonged battle with the DTC spanning over 40 years and despite
having won the case in the Labour Court and the High Court, he has not been
able to reap the fruits," the court said.
"Whether the case was worth 5 paise or 2 paise,
the way we have been penalised for it, it is worth lakhs of rupees. Even the
currency has disappeared, but we are still stuck," said Mr Yadav's wife
Vimla.
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