HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 2507 OF 2002 DATED 15TH SEPTEMBER, 2011. BETWEEN Sri K.Danayya ….Petitioner and M/s.,Rastriya Ispat NigamLtd., Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam,rep. by its General Manager and anr Respondents. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION No. 2507 OF 2002 ORDER: The petitioner was initially appointed as a Kalasi (Labour.1) in the respondent organization on 24.10.1989 and later he was promoted as a Khasi (Labour 2) in the year 1990. While so, he was charge sheeted on 17.09.1999 for his absence from duty and subsequently dismissed from service on 1.12.2000 after holding due inquiry. The said dismissal order was also confirmed by the General Manager of the respondent-organization vide order dated 5.11.2001 upon the appeal preferred by him. Hence this Writ Petition. It is the case of the petitioner that as the petitioner has availed more leave than the leaves available to his account to look after his old aged parents and to pursue family litigations before the Court, the respondent authority took it as a serious misconduct, which ought not to have been done so. It is his further case that his request for grant of extraordinary leave or at least leave without pay was turned down. He asserted that the respondent- organization has shown vindictive attitude against him and that the dismissal from service against the charges levelled against him is extreme in nature. The respondent filed counter denying the averments made by the petitioner in the affidavit filed in support of the Writ Petition. Explaining the manner in which the enquiry was conducted into the charges levelled against the petitioner and as to the details of charge sheets given to the petitioner on earlier occasions for his misconduct of willful and habitual absence from duty and violation of provisions of Standing Orders Clause No. 22.2., it sought to support the punishments imposed thereon. Heard the learned Counsel on either side. Perused the record. From the record, it is established that earlier the petitioner was charge sheeted on four occasions for his willful and habitual absence from duty and violation of provisions of Standing Orders of the respondent organization, and the punishment of reduction of pay by one stage in S.1 grade with cumulative effect for a period of one year was imposed on three occasions. Even though the charges levelled against the petitioner were treated as serious in nature, the respondent management has afforded due opportunities on every occasion with a view to enable him to improve his conduct in discharge of his duty. While imposing punishments pursuant there to, the respondent-organization has also cautioned the petitioner that further recurrence of similar or any other misconduct would be viewed seriously. There is no improvement in the petitioner notwithstanding the same. Apart from the above, there were also adverse remarks in his CCRs for among other factors like punctuality in attending to duty. The order of the primary authority would disclose that after conducting due enquiry and affording reasonable opportunity, the removal order dated 1.12.2000 was passed against the petitioner. The established charges of misconduct are serious in nature and warrants suitable punishment as they speak of gross indiscipline on the part of the petitioner and violation of the provisions of the Certified Standing Orders of the respondent organization. Considering the relevant aspects of the mater and the material placed on record, the subject punishment was imposed upon the petitioner. Viewed thus, I see no merit in the Writ Petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------------------------- JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA Dated 15th September, 2011. Msnro