JUDGMENT

A.K. Mathur, J.—Leave granted.

2. This appeal is directed against an order passed by the learned Single Judge of the Uttaranchal High Court at Nainital in Writ Petition No. 729(M/S) of 2001 whereby learned Single Judge by order dated 28.7.2005 has confirmed the finding of the Tribunal holding the delinquent guilty of charges but the punishment of dismissal is not commensurate to the charges leveled against the respondent. The learned Single Judge has reduced the punishment from that of dismissal to that of punishment of one censure entry and stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect. It is, however, held that the respondent shall not be paid back wages but the continuity of the service shall be given to him with cumulative effect. Hence, the present appeal has been filed by U.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Dehradun.

3. Brief facts are that the respondent was appointed as a Conductor on 24.7.1988. While he was carrying the bus of U.P. State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’) on 28.7.1989 from Uttarkashi to Chamoli, the bus was suddenly checked and it was found that twenty passengers were travelling without ticket in the bus.