Aggrieved by the same, the Appellant I IS before this Court in this intraCourt Appeal. 4. The fact remains that the Appellant had i issued tickets to three passengers of denomination of Rs.2.50 ps., which were not punched and for closmg the ticket tray upto stage No.6 without accounting for the above three tickets. The Appellant submitted his explanation denying the charges of having deliberately committed the act and that on the said day, he had submitted a sick certificate and despite which he was asked to discharge the work and that due to his ill-health, the mistake occurred inadvertently and that there was no intention of re-using the tickets or illegally profiting himself; that the tickets were recovered from the passengers when they were alighting from the bus and not when they were inside the bus and that it was only an inadvertent error and not a deliberate act committed with the intention of causing loss to the Corporation. The Tribunal, after appreciating the said fact that the tickets having been collected from the passengers, who are alighting, gave the benefit of doubt to the Appellant and also appreciating the fact of his illnd health being admitted by the 2 Respondent Corporation witness , was pleased to modify the order of removal and imposed the penalty of deferment of one annual increment with cumulative effect and also denied him back wages for the period during which he had not discharged the duties, The learned Single Judge taking notice of the same has been liberal i - in awarding back wages when the fact remains that the act of the tickets - not having been punched was proved. Yet, dissatisfied with the same, the Appellant is before this Court.
