P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) THIS writ petition is filed by the Depot manager, A. P. State Road Transport corporation, Hyderabad Depot-I questioning the award of the Additional Industrial tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hyderabad in i. D. No. 24 of 1986, dated 25-2-1988. The industrial Tribunal while holding the charges proved against the 1st Respondent-workman, directed reinstatement with continuity of service but without backwages and thus modified the order of removal. Contending that the relief of reinstatement ought not have been granted by the Tribunal, the present writ petition is filed.

( 2 ) THE 1 st Respondent was conducting the bus No. AAZ 3414 on the route Nanded- hyderabad on 8-9-1983. On a check at stage no. 15 (Naigaon), it was detected that he failed to issue tickets to as many as 16 passengers, who boarded the bus at Nanded and bound for narsi though he collected a fare of Rs. 120/- (at the rate of Rs. 7. 50 per passenger) from them. He was also charged of not closing the tray numbers of all denominations in the statistical return upto the point of check. The statement of the passengers who were travelling without tickets was recorded by the checking staff and the 1st

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