(1.) THE challenge in the present Writ Petition is to the award dated 21.01.2010 passed by the Industrial Tribunal -cum -Labour Court, Visakhapatnam, in I.D. No. 76 of 2008, published in the Gazette vide G.O. Rt. No. 186, dated 04.02.2010. Petitioner herein entered into the service of the respondent Corporation as a Conductor in the year 1998 and the respondent Corporation removed the petitioner from service with effect from 25.08.2007 on the following charges:
(2.) IN the case of B.H.K. Rao v/s. Industrial Tribunal -cum -Labour Court, Visakhapatnam and others : 2000 (1) ALT 538 (supra), this Court at Paras 3 to 6, held as follows:
(3.) IN the case of Ishwar Chandra Jayaswal v/s. Union of India and others : 2014 (3) SCJ 276 : (2014) 2 SCC 748 : 2014 (3) ALT 14.2 (DN SC) (supra), the Hon'ble Apex Court at Paras 6 to 8, held as follows: