The Managing Director v. M.Balakrishnan
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ appeal dismissed; TNSTC Madurai Ltd. (Managing Director & General Manager) appellants v. M.Balakrishnan, Conductor; loss of ticket book of face value Rs.47,165 at Dindigul bus stand on 12.09.2017; management recovery order dated 14.04.2018 in ten monthly instalments quashed by Single Judge in W.P.(MD)No.11104 of 2018; recovery of face value vs cost of printing of lost tickets; punishment not catalogued in Standing Orders; no punishment beyond certified standing orders; relies on (2012) 5 SCC 242 Vijay Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh; Division Bench precedent W.A.(MD)No.142 of 2012 K.C.Palanisamy v. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Coimbatore) Ltd., dated 16.09.2014; writ appeal under Clause XV of Letters Patent; G.R.Swaminathan & K.Rajasekar, JJ.; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; decided 13.08.2025; C.M.P.(MD)No.6147 of 2020 closed.
What did the court decide?
None to the appellants; the learned Single Judge's order is sustained, so the recovery of Rs.47,165 remains quashed and (per the Single Judge's decision) the Corporation retains only liberty to recover the cost of printing of the lost tickets.