HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.25101 OF 2010 ORDER: Petitioner is working as a Driver in Ramachandrapuram Depot of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. He was on duty on inter-state service between Draksharamam and Gangavathi in the State of Karnataka. A check was conducted on the way and on finding a packet of approximately 4 kgs. near the seat of the petitioner, it was presumed that he took the packet by collecting Rs.15/-, but the same was not accounted for. Through an order dated 24-08-2010, the Depot Manager, Ramachandrapuram, 1st respondent herein, placed the petitioner under suspension. Hence, this writ petition. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is rather frivolous. It is not uncommon that the citizens use the bus service to send small parcels to places on route by requesting the drivers or conductors. It is only when a person accompanies the goods, that there would be necessity to collect the fare and issue luggage tickets. The generosity shown by the petitioner to oblige a person in need to deliver a packet enroute, ought not to have been treated as an act of misconduct at all. The impugned order is arbitrary and untenable. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is allowed and the order dated 24-08-2010 passed by the 1st respondent is set aside. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J October 06, 2010. KTL