LPA No.243 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. LPA No.243 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 22.02.2010 Partap Singh ....Appellant. Versus General Manager and another ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for the appellant. ... Alok Singh, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and perused the record. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the appellant was working as a driver in the Transport Department of Haryana Government and was posted in Haryana Roadways, Fatehabad Depot, Fatehabad. On 5.12.1997, the appellant and one Gurdial Singh were on duty as driver and conductor respectively. On the aforesaid day, while the appellant was going from Hisar to Bhattu Kalan route, he handed over the bus to one Pirthi Singh to drive the same and he caused an accident in which Pirthi Singh and five other persons had died. Consequently, the appellant being found guilty of having unauthorisedly allowed another person to driver the bus, was dismissed from service vide order dated 15.1.1999. The aforesaid order was LPA No.243 of 2010 2 challenged by submitting demand notice which was referred to the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Hisar for adjudication. The Labour Court vide order dated 5.8.2008 set aside the dismissal order and ordered his reinstatement with 50% back wages. The aforesaid order was impugned by filing writ petition. Learned Single Judge vide order dated 23.10.2009 allowed the writ petition and set the order of the Labour Court dated 5.8.2008. Hence, the present appeal has been filed impugning the order dated 23.10.2009 passed by learned Single Judge. 3. Undisputedly on 5.12.1997, workmen had taken responsibility as driver and had taken the vouchers. Undisputedly, when accident took place, the workmen had not been on the wheel and some other person was driving the vehicle. 4. In our considered view, workmen have absolutely no authority or power to permit another person to drive Corporation buses. In view of the undisputed facts that workmen had the responsibility to drive the buses and that at the time of accident, in which Pirthi Singh, who was driving the bus illegally. five other innocent persons died. Action of the Workmen does not call for any lenient view. 5. In our view, learned Single Judge was within its jurisdiction to allow the writ petition. No ground is made out to interfere with the order passed by learned Single Judge. 6. The appeal is dismissed. ( Alok Singh ) Judge ( Adarsh Kumar Goel ) Judge 22.02.2010 sk.