Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J.—A checking squad of the U.P. State Roadways Transport Corporation stopped Bus No. UGE 507 on 18.12.1993 and upon checking, found that out of 95 passengers, 48 passengers were travelling without tickets. On the basis of the checking report, the petitioner was suspended on 14.12.1993 and a charge-sheet dated 11.1.1994 was issued. The charges against the petitioner was that 47 persons were travelling without tickets and that the petitioner had manhandled the checking staff and had also incited the passengers, who in turn, misbehaved with the checking staff and that the petitioner indulged in indiscipline and violated the Rules and Regulations of the Corporation. The petitioner denied the allegations and submitted that he was in the process of issuing the tickets when the bus was stopped by the checking staff and, at that stage, he had already issued several tickets. He further submitted that he did not misbehave with the checking staff nor had incited the passengers and, in fact, was instrumental in assuaging the tempers of the passengers. The disciplinary authority found that the reply of the petitioner was not satisfactory, and decided to hold an o