working, instead of generating the ticket it was generated the status report and same was issued to the said passenger. The amount of Rs.15/- collected from the passenger shown in the status report and it was deposited in the depot along with revenue colleted on that day. Therefore, he has not committed any misconduct. This contention cannot be accepted. It is the bounden duty of the conductor to issue valid ticket to the passenger by collecting the fare amount from him. In the present case, the first party workmanconductor has not issued valid ticket to the passenger even though he was collected the fare amount of Rs.15/- from him. He has issued status report to him instead of valid ticket. If status report is issued to the passenger instead of valid ticket, the fare amount collected from the passenger will not be counted for revenue. There was no mechanical defect in the said ETM machine on that day. The first party workman has issued tickets to the passengers (except one passenger) prior to checking the bus and subsequently. By mistake, if status report is generated in the machine instead of ticket, subsequently ticket can be generated form the said ETM machine. The first party workman cannot say that, he could not issued ticket to the said passenger as ETM machine was not working. Separate printed tickets were also handed over to the conductor to issue the same to the passengers in case defect found in the ETM Machine. In the present case, the first
