ORDER

This writ petition has been filed challenging the order passed in I.D.No.178 of 2018 dated 26.09.2019 on the file of the Ist Additional Labour Court, Chennai, by which, the punishment imposed on Mr.N.Manoharan was modified from the punishment of postponement of annual increment for two years with cumulative effect to postponement of annual increment for two years without cumulative effect.

2. The Transport Corporation will be referred to as petitioner, the Union as respondent and the workman as workman. The case of the petitioner is that the respondent raised a dispute on behalf of the workman, who was working as a bus conductor under the petitioner in Employment No.C-15536. On 27.12.2007, the said workman was on night duty, in bus route No.PP 19 Extn-F which was plying from Broadway to Kovalam and a checking was made on 21st stage of the bus. The Checking Inspector found that the workman had committed irregularity in issuing tickets. On 16.01.2008, the petitioner suspended the workman and on 08.02.2008, a charge memo was issued to the following effect:

1.On 27.12.2007, when Manoharan attached with Central Depot worked as conductor in bus route No.PP1 Extn.F on night duty that t