THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

ORDER:

Assailing the award passed by the Labour Court-I at Hyderabad, (for short, ‘the Labour Court’) dated 11.12.2003 in I.D.No.88 of 2001, the present Writ Petition was filed.

2. The brief facts of the case are that respondent No.1 was initially appointed as a Conductor in the petitioner Corporation on contract basis w.e.f., 16.03.1985, and his services were later regularized w.e.f., 01.10.1985. While so, a complaint dated 18.11.1999 was received from one Mr. Rajender, alleging that respondent No.1 had joined the services of the petitioner Corporation by producing a bogus and forged S.S.C. certificate. Thereafter, upon verification, it was observed that the said certificate produced by respondent No.1 was in fact a fraudulent one. As such, a preliminary enquiry was conducted, wherein, a prima facie guilt against respondent No.1 was established. Therefore, he was immediately placed under suspension and was issued with the charge sheet dated 25.05.2000, leveling two charges. However, since the explanation submitted by respondent No.1 was unsatisfactory, a domestic enquiry was conducted and the enquiry officer submitted his report, holding respon