(1.) The petitioner is assailing the award dtd. 9/8/2012 in I.D.No.1/2008 on the file of II Additional Labour Court, Bangalore.
(2.) In terms of the impugned award, the petitioner's challenge to the penalty of dismissal is rejected and the domestic enquiry conducted by the respondent -Management is held to be valid and charges of unauthorsied absence for 18 days (in a span of 9 months) is held to be proved. Hence, the petitioner/workman is before this Court.
(3.) The workman was dismissed from service on the charges of unauthorised absence for 18 days in 9 months, from 23/1/2006 to 25/9/2006. Admittedly, it was not 18 days of unauthorised absence at a stretch; the absence was intermittent in the aforementioned period. The maximum period of unauthorised absence at a stretch was 8 days. Second continuous period of unauthorised absence was 6 days. In addition on 4 occasions, it is alleged that workman did not report to duty for a day.