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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:121834 Court No. - 5 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 11925 of 2005 Petitioner :- Radhey Shyam Tewari Respondent :- State of U.P. and Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R.S. Pandey,A.K.Gupta,Gulab Chandra,Rajesh Kesharwani,Satya Prakash Mishra,R1222 Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Amit Manohar,Anubhav Chandra,Anuj Srivastava,C.P. Srivastava,Sunil Kumar Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the respondents- U.P.S.R.T.C.
Learned counsel for the petitioner is not present. By means of this writ petition the petitioner has made following prayer:-
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of certiorari by quashing the impugned suspension order dated 27.01.1998, charge sheet dated 04/05.02.1998, show cause notice with enquiry report dated 05.12.2000, impugned order of dismissal dated 17.09.2001, impugned appellate order dated 25.03.2004 and revisional order dated 29.07.2004 received to the petitioner on 17.11.2004. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in service as bus conductor and pay his monthly salary regularly in accordance with law." This writ petition is pending since 2005. Mr. Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the U.P.S.R.T.C. submits that it is a case arising out of order of dismissal on the basis of proved charges that the petitioner a conductor was found carrying 29 passengers without ticket. Learned counsel has also referred judgments passed by the Supreme Court in the cases of North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation Vs. H.H. Pujar, AIR 2008 SC 3060 and Divisional Manager, Rajasthan S.R.T.C. Vs. Kamruddin, AIR 2009 SC 2528 that such proved charges invite a major punishment of dismissal. In view of the aforesaid submissions, this writ petition is dismissed.
A copy of this order be sent to the petitioner on given address and he will be at liberty to file a review application within a period four weeks, if so advised, however, he has to pay a cost of Rs. 1,000/-.
Order Date :- 24.7.2025 SK Srivastava Digitally signed by :- SAILESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad