By the Court.—Heard Sri S.D. Singh, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Abhay Pratap Singh, learned counsel for petitioner and learned Standing Counsel and perused the record.

2. Writ petition is directed against order dated 8.3.2001 passed by Managing Director, U.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as ‘UPSRTC’) imposing punishment of ‘Censure’ and orders dated 27.6.2001 and 1.5.2002 whereby petitioner’s appeal and revision have been rejected by Chairman and Board of Directors respectively. He has also challenged order dated 9.4.2001 whereby full salary other than subsistence allowance already paid during suspension period, has been denied to petitioner.

3. Brief facts giving rise to present dispute are as under:

4. Petitioner was appointed as Assistant Law Officer in UPSRTC and posted at Aligarh Region in December 1996 where he worked till 20.1.1999. Alleging that petitioner remained out of station/unauthorizedly absent on certain dates in March and April, 1998 i.e. 12.3.1988, 16.3.1998, 30.3.1998, 31.3.1998, 7.04,1998 to 13.4.1988, 18.4.1988 to 21.4.1998, Regional Manager, UPSRTC, Azamagarh vide notice dated 21.4.1998 sought to withho