MADHUSUDAN RAO, J.

( 1 ) ALL these writ petitions involve common questions for decision and they are therefore being disposed of under a common judgment. The petitioner in each case is the A. P. State Road Transport corporation represented by the concerned District Manager or the depot Manager. The respondent in each of the cases is either a conductor or driver employed as such in the A. P. State Road transport Corporation (which will hereinafter be referred to as the Corporation or the management ). On the ground that the conductor or the driver committed certain act or acts of misconduct, charges were framed by the Corporation against the various employees. After due inquiry, the management passed orders removing the employees under Regulation 9 (2) of the A. P. State Road Transport Corporation employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Regulations, 1967 (which will hereinafter be referred to as the Corporation s Conduct regulations ). At the instance of the employees who disputed the correctness of the orders of removal, the matter was referred to the labour Court. After holding the due enquiry the Labour Court agreed with the finding of the management that each of the emplo

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