WP/10538/2019 of The Depot Manager, Vs The Regional Secretary,

1 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE VENKATA JYOTHIRMAI PRATAPA WRIT PETITION NOS.10505, 10538 AND 10659 OF 2019 COMMON ORDER: Since the subject matter in all these writ petitions is one and the same, all these writ petitions are disposed of by way of a common order. 2. Heard Sri Aravala Rama Rao, learned Standing Counsel for the petitioners, Sri J.U.M.V.Prasad, learned counsel for the 1st respondent and learned Assistant Government Pleader for Labour, appearing for the 2nd respondent. 3. Learned Standing Counsel for the petitioners would submit that the workmen namely Sri P.P.Rao, Sri P.A.Vali and G.C.Sekhar, worked as Conductors of Kurnool-II Depot. During their service, they have committed misconduct and disciplinary action has been initiated against them. The office of the APSRTC found them guilty for the charges framed against them and imposed punishment of their removal from service. Hence, the workmen preferred appeals separately before the 2nd petitioner and the same were considered in part and their punishment is modified to the extent that the workmen were reinstated into service with immediate effect and their basic pay shall be reduced by two incremental stages for a period of t