THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU Thursday, 7th day of February,2008 W.P.No.25859 of 2005 Between:- C.R. Reddy … Petitioner and State of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, represented by its Principal Secretary, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P.No.25859 of 2005 ORAL ORDER: The issue that arises for consideration in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by a Judgment of this Court reported in CH.P.REDDY v. A.P.S.R.T.C.[1] whereunder it was held that an employee cannot be punished for the charge, which is not mentioned. Further, in case of loss of bus tickets, the penalty that could be imposed is the actual loss sustained by the Corporation i.e., cost of paper and printing charges, apart from the cost of tray and not the face value of the tickets, under the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation (C.C.A.) Regulations,1963. In the case on hand also, there was an allegation that the petitioner caused loss of tickets worth Rs.20,430/- and the impugned Order is passed seeking to recover face value of the tickets lost and not the paper and printing charges etc., as per Regulations 8(1)(v) and 28(ix)(a) of the said Regulations read with Clauses 40.06 and 40.07 of the Operation Manual. In view of the said Judgment, the impugned Order is liable to be set aside leaving liberty to the respondents to recover printing charges etc. In the circumstances, the impugned Order is set aside. However, the respondents are at liberty to recover the paper and printing charges, apart from tray cost from the petitioner. If any amounts deducted over and above the paper and printing charges and also the cost of the tray, the same shall be refunded to the petitioner. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. 07-2-2008 prk [1] 2000(5) ALT 7