C. V. N. SASTRY, J.

( 1 ) IN this writ petition the petitioner challenges the award of the Labour Court which upheld the order of dismissal from service passed against him by the management. While the petitioner was serving as Assistant Grade-I in the first respondent company, a charge-sheet was issued to him on 17-12-1983 to the effect that he failed to check and scrutinise the L. T. C. claims properly and passed claims of some employees knowing them to be fraudulent which resulted in payments to employees for which they are not entitled and thereby caused pecuniary loss to the company. It was further alleged that he had received Rs. 1836. 00 from one Satyanarayana as illegal gratification for having got his L. T. C. bill passed by his colleague Chalapathi JKao for Rs,3036/-knowing fully well that Sri Satyanarayana had already availed L. T. C. for 1982-83. An Enquiry Officer was appointed to hold enquiry into the said charges. After conducting enquiry the Enquiry Officer submitted a report holding the charges to be proved. After considering the report of the Enquiry Officer and the explanation of the petitioner, he was dismissed from service on 18-5-1985. Questioning the said order

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