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ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI, LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY
L. Upender Reddy – Appellant
Versus
TSRTC, Prior to Bifurcation APSRTC – Respondent
JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Laxmi Narayana Alishetty)
This Writ Appeal is filed aggrieved by the order dated 26.02.2024 passed by the learned single Judge of this Court in W.P.No.43437 of 2016.
2. Heard Sri V.Narasimha Goud, learned counsel for appellant, Sri Gaddam Srinivas, learned standing counsel for TSRTC appearing for respondent Nos.1 to 3 and the learned Government Pleader for Labour appearing for respondent no.4.
3. The facts of the case in nutshell are that appellant was engaged as Conductor on daily wages on 24.09.1991 and subsequently, his services were regularized w.e.f. 01.06.1992. While so, when the appellant was performing duty on 24.01.2010 on route from Kodad to Miryalaguda, a check was conducted at Allagadda and the checking officials found that he has re-issued the used tickets and consequently, charge memo framing three charges was issued to the appellant; that appellant submitted explanation to the charge memo; that not satisfied with the said explanation, an Inquiry Officer was appointed and regular inquiry was conducted and the appellant participated in the said inquiry and the Inquiry Officer submitted his report holding that the charges are proved; that
The court upheld the removal of the appellant from service for re-issuing used tickets, affirming that the inquiry was fair and the penalty was proportionate to the misconduct.
The court upheld the dismissal of an employee for failure to issue tickets and misappropriation, affirming the Labour Court's adherence to the due process of law and recognizing limited grounds for j....
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