D. V. SHYLENDRA KUMAR, J.

( 1 ) THE Karnataka state road transport corporation, employer of the respondent has preferred this appeal, being aggrieved by the order dated June 29, 2000 passed by the learned single judge of this court in W. P. No. 37687/1998. Affirming the award passed by the labour court, mangalore, in i. d. Application No. (lcm)-126/19 dated March 20, 1998, praying for setting aside the order of the learned single judge and also for quashing of the award and for other incidental reliefs.

( 2 ) THE brief facts leading to the above appeal are that the respondent/workman who was working as conductor in the service of the appellant/corporation in the year 1968 onwards was found to have committed certain acts of misconduct while working as a conductor. It appears that the respondent was conducting the corporation bus bearing myf-9821 which was plying on mangalore-puttur road and while so plying, the bus was inspected on November 24, 1985 by the inspecting squad of the corporation and found that the conductor had not issued tickets to some passengers but had collected fare from them and in view of the same, an article of charge dated December 31, 1985 came to be issued wh

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