ORDER :

A.K. Rajan, J.—The writ petition is for issue of writ of Certiorari. The petitioner is the Pandian Roadways Corporation Ltd., The second respondent was appointed as a Conductor with effect from 1.4.83. On 8.10.1983, while he was performing his duty in the bus bearing Registration No. TML 5606 at 3.40 p.m. in the afternoon trip from Sivakasi to Thiruvannamalai, the Checking Inspector boarded the bus at Thiruvannamalai and found that the second respondent issued only 5 tickets of 50 paise to five passengers travelling from Sivakasi to Thiruvannamalai, even though he had collected Rs.7.50 at the rate of Rs.1.50/- per ticket. Therefore, there is misappropriation of Rs.2.50 by the second respondent. In view of this misconduct, a charge memo was issued on 22.11.1983. An enquiry was conducted on 10.3.1984. The enquiry officer filed his report on 29.3.1984 holding that the charges have been proved. Thereafter, a second show cause notice was given on 24.5.1984. The second respondent also gave his explanation to the second show cause notice. Since the explanation was not satisfactory, the management imposed the punishment of dismissal from service with effect from 21.8.1984.

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