Depot Manager. Insofar as the other submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that as the petitioner was hospitalized due to giddiness and, further, irritable bowl syndrome, therefore he could not attend to duties is concerned, the said reason assigned by the petitioner is not believed by the authorities. Though it is the case of the petitioner in the enquiry proceedings that he submitted application for leave from time to time, no evidence was produced in support of the same. In the enquiry proceedings, finding is recorded that except the medical certificate issued by the hospital, during the course of enquiry, which is not believable, no other evidence was adduced by the petitioner. It is to be noticed that except pleading that he has suffered giddiness and irritable bowl syndrome, there is no other health problem suffered by the petitioner so as to seek protection from unauthorized absence for such a long time. Even before the Labour Court, no evidence is let in by the petitioner and only documentary evidence, i.e., Exs.M.1 to M.9, were marked. The Labour Court has recorded a finding that though the case of the petitioner was that he submitted medical certificate and he was passing on information of sickness to the respondents, but no evidence is filed in proof thereof. Even the alleged certificate for hospitalization from 26.04.1990 to 15.07.1992 is issued by a private hospital and the same is produced for the first time during the course of enquiry by the enquiry officer. Hospitalization for a period of two years for the
