HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 4095 of 2010 DATE: 24.02.2010 Between: K.J. Reddy … Petitioner And The Chairman-cum-Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Ananatapur District and others … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No. 4095 of 2010 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a Writ of Certiorari to quash the award dated 13.06.2003 in I.D.No.121 of 2002 passed by the Labour Court, Anantapur, and consequently, to direct the respondents to reinstate him into service as the other conductors who were reinstated by virtue of a common judgment dated 28.07.2009 passed by a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.Nos.1910, 1839, 1843, 1908, 1957, 1924, 1925 and 1926 of 2005. 2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that the petitioner and four others were appointed as conductors in the respondent corporation. The 3rd respondent has issued charge sheet dated 22.11.1999 basing on the report of the Chief Inspector of Chittoor District to the petitioner alleging that he was involved in the case of misappropriation of cash by submitting fake police warrants. Subsequently, the petitioner was removed from service on 28.08.2000 relying on the report of the enquiry officer that the charges leveled against him were proved. Along with the petitioner, the other conductors were also removed from service on the same ground. Questioning the order of removal, they raised disputes in I.D.No.38 of 2002 and batch before the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Anantapur, and they were dismissed by a common Award dated 13.06.2003. Challenging the said award, the other conductors filed writ petitions before this Court and the writ petitions were also dismissed by a learned Single Judge of this Court. Aggrieved thereby, they filed W.A.Nos.1910, 1893, 1843, 1908, 1957, 1924, 1925 and 1926 of 2005 and a Division Bench of this Court was pleased to dispose of all the writ appeals, by a common judgment dated 28.07.2009, directing the respondents to reinstate the appellants therein into service and also imposing punishment of stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect. In pursuance of the said judgment, the other conductors were reinstated into service. Having learnt about the reinstatement of the other conductors into service, the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3. Heard both the learned counsel. 4. The facts are not in dispute. During the course of hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of this Court to the order dated 28.07.2009 passed by a Division Bench of this Court in W.A.No.1910 of 2005 and batch, whereby some conductors of the respondent corporation were reinstated into service. May be it is true that the petitioner herein did not approach this Court and file any writ petition questioning the award in I.D.No.121 of 2002 dated 13.06.2003, but when similarly placed conductors, who were removed from service on the sole ground that they also produced fake police warrants, were reinstated into service, by virtue of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court, this Court is of the view that the said relief can be extended to the petitioner herein also. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is allowed, at the stage of admission, and the order of removal of the petitioner from service passed by the respondent corporation and the Award dated 13.06.2003 passed by the Industrial Tribunal-cum- Labour Court, Anantapur, in I.D.No.121 of 2002 are hereby set aside. Respondents 2 and 3 are hereby directed to reinstate the petitioner into service, as was done in the case of other conductors, within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is needless to observe that the punishment of stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect, as imposed by the Division Bench of this Court in the writ appeals, shall be imposed on the petitioner also. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 24th February, 2010 cbs HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.No. 4095 of 2010 (Allowed) 24th February, 2010 cbs