Trucks in the name of his wife without getting prior permission from the Management. Without getting prior permission, he registered a business in the name of his wife and was doing contract business with the respondent federation and he also participated in the meeting conducted by the Contractors in the Deputy General Manager's cabin on 07.08.2007 on behalf of his wife. Having found that these acts of the petitioner is in violation of the Rule 7(b) of The Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983, Rule 16 of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Employees Standing Order Act 1947 and Rule 16 (i) and 2 of Special by-law related to service conditions of TCMPF Conduct, Discipline and Appeal Rules, after conducting the enquiry, the above charges were found to be true and the petitioner was awarded with the punishment of dismissal. The appeal preferred by him was also dismissed. The petitioner has filed an Industrial Dispute claiming that the dismissal is illegal. During the course of the proceedings before the Labour Court, the Management examined three witness M.W.1 to M.W.3 and marked Exs.M1 to M26 and the petitioner examined himself as W.W.1 and marked Ex.W1 to W22.
