IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO : 816 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 08/04/2008 in WP NO : 7511 OF 2008 on the file of the High Court.) Between: K. Eswaraiah S/o K. Narayanappa R/o D. No. 2/151, S.C. Old colony, Atmakur Post & (M) Anantapur District. ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The Depot Manager, APSRTC., Anantapur Depot, Anantapur. 2 The Industrial Tribunal cum Labour Court, Anantapur, rep by its Chairman cum Presiding officer. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant:MR.S.D.GOWD Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.W.V.S.RAJESWARI The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per Anil R. Dave, CJ) The order in W.P.No. 7511 of 2008, dated 8-4-2008 has been challenged in this appeal. The appellant-original petitioner was working as a Conductor under the respondent- Corporation. He was found to have committed cash and ticket irregularities and, therefore, departmental proceedings had been initiated against him and ultimately by an order dated 3-5-1997 he was removed from service. As the appeal and review filed by him also failed, the petitioner approached the Labour Court by filing I.D.No. 297 of 2000 under the provisions of Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (for short ‘the Act’). The Labour Court upheld the order of removal and being aggrieved by the said order, the aforestated petition has been filed, which was also rejected by the learned Single Judge. We have heard the learned Advocates and have considered the facts of the case. Looking to the fact that several passengers had not been issued tickets, the authorities below rightly upheld the order of removal. The case of the appellant- petitioner was duly considered as per the provisions of Section 11-A of the Act and the Labour Court did not think it proper to review the punishment. The learned Single Judge has also upheld the award made by the Labour Court. Upon hearing the learned Advocates and looking to the facts of the case, we see no reason to interfere with the concurrent findings arrived at by the authorities below. The appeal stands dismissed with no order as to costs. _______________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 19th August, 2008. _____________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J GRR