HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.26921 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is working as a Driver on contract basis in the Hyderabad –I Depot of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (for short ‘Corporation’). On 23-03-2011, the Depot Manager issued a charge sheet framing three charges against the petitioner. One of the allegations is that he along with others committed dacoity in the Bus-Pass counter of the Corporation and decamped with Rs.1,56,990/-. The petitioner was shown as accused in crime No.101 of 2009 of by Uppal Police Station and he was also arrested on 17-03-2011 and that the petitioner did not inform this incident to the officials of the Corporation. The petitioner was placed under suspension (put off duty) through a separate order, dated 23-03- 2011. He challenges the order of suspension. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 3. It is indeed shocking that an employee of the Corporation was shown as an accused in a case of dacoity. If the same is found to be proved, the maximum punishment deserves to be imposed either in the departmental proceedings or in the criminal case. Much would depend upon the evidence, which the prosecution may lead to prove its case. There is, absolutely, no basis for the petitioner to seek the relief against the order of suspension. No employee with such allegations can be permitted to remain in service even for a second. 4. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J September 27, 2011. KTL