( 1 ) THIS writ petition is directed against the award dated 9-11-1992 passed in I. D. No. 309 of 1990 on the file of the Industrial Tribunal- cum-Labour Court, Godav arikhani (for short the labour Court ) declining to grant any relief to the petitioner-delinquent.

( 2 ) WHEN the petitioner was serving as driver in the establishment of the a. P. S. R. T. C, he was issued a Charge Memo. The charge reads as under:"for having found on the Driver s Rest seat of Guntur service which came to depot on 17-11-1988, in fully drunken and unconscious condition while on duty which constitutes serious misconduct in terms of Reg. 28 (XXXI) of A. P. S. R. T. C. Employees (Conduct) reg. , 1963 read with item (ix) under note (2) of Regulations of A. P. S. R. T. C. Employees (CC and A) Regulations, 1987.

( 3 ) THE petitioner did not submit any reply to the charge and in that context a departmental Enquiry was held against the petitioner in terms of A. P. S. R. T. C. (CC and a) Regulations. The Enquiry Officer found the petitioner guilty of the charge. On the basis of the finding recorded by the Enquiry officer, the Depot Manager, A. P. S. R. T. C, adilabad Depot who is the Discipli