S. Muralidhar, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the order dated 19th April 2017 of the learned Single Judge of this Court allowing W.P.(C) 5590/2013 filed by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), the Respondent herein, and holding that the charge against late Shri Ambika Ram, who worked as a Conductor with the DTC, stood proved and the punishment of removal from service imposed upon him was justified.

2. It requires to be noted that late Shri Ambika Ram expired during the pendency of the writ petition and by order dated 8th November, 2010, his legal representatives (LRs) were brought on record. They have filed the resent appeal. For the sake of convenience, however, hereafter in this order the term “Appellant” will be used to refer to late Shri Ambika Ram.

3. The background facts as mentioned in the charge sheet issued to the Appellant on 7th August 1992 by the Depot Manager (Pataparganj Depot), are that whilst the Appellant was on duty as Conductor on Bus No.9211 on Route No. 328 on 27th July 1992, the checking staff [which comprised Shri Khacheru Singh, Ticket Inspector (TI) later examined as Management Witness AW-I and Shri Roop Chand TI (AW-2)] stopped the bus at Kark