IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAO Date : 17.04.2026 WRIT PETITION No.29446 of 2014 Between :

The Superintending Engineer and another.

.. Petitioners AND Sri B.Srinivas and another.

.. Respondents

ORDER:

This writ petition is filed challenging the Award dated

21.06.2013 passed by the Labour Court-I, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Labour Court’) in I.D.No.87 of 2011.

2. Brief facts of the case are as follows :-

(a) The 1^st respondent was appointed as an Attender on 07.04.1992 in the petitioners’ organization. Thereafter, he was promoted to the post of Record Assistant on 23.07.1996. While so, the 1^st respondent absented himself from duty from 06.04.2002 without any intimation to the petitioner authorities. The said fact was informed by the Divisional Manager, vide letter dated 15.04.2003, to the 1^st petitioner herein, requesting to take appropriate action against the 1^st respondent as per the Regulations.

(b) Thereafter, the 1^st petitioner appointed an Enquiry Officer to conduct an enquiry. The Enquiry Officer sent a charge-sheet to the 1^st respondent through RPAD on 11.06.2003; however, it was returned with the endorsement