JUDGMENT

Ajay Mohan Goel, J. - By way of this petition, the petitioner has primarily prayed for the following reliefs:-

"(i) That the impugned orders dated 27.01.2007 & 18.09.2007 passed by the respondents may kindly be quashed and set- aside.

(ii) That the respondents may be directed to reinstate the petitioner as Driver in the HRTC with all consequential benefits".

2. The case of the petitioner is that he was working as a Driver with the respondent-Corporation since 1998. Vide Memorandum dated 04.05.2005 (Annexure P-1), the petitioner was informed that the respondent-Corporation intended to hold an inquiry against him, under Rule-14 of the (Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rule 1965 on the statement of article of charges appended with said Memorandum as Annexure A-1. The article of charges were as under:-

" Article-I:

That the said Sh. Khub Chand, while on the rolls of HRTC, Rohroo unit and working in the capacity of driver, during the month of February, 2005 and on dated 07.02.2005 the said Sh. Khub Chand, driver was performing his duty with bus No. HP-10/0392 while aforesaid bus was driver by the said driver from Bus Stand, Rohroo to Workshop and when he