The decision, dated18-12-1984 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Punjab Labour Court No. 1, Lahore has been challenged, whereby the punishment of stopping of annual increment for one year was set aside.-
2. The allegation against the respondent was that the passengers had got into the bus from Nabipur for Sheikhupura but the respondent issued ticket from Khanpur to Sheikhupura and thus misappropriated the difference of the fare. Only the checker was examined in the inquiry. Neither passengers who are alleged to have boarded the bus from Nabipur were examined nor at the time of checking their statements were recorded by the checker in the presence of the respondent, nor TT-40 shows that the respondent was confronted with any of the passengers.
3. In the circumstances the evidence of the checker who was not resent at the time the passengers are alleged to have boarded the bus from Nabipur is merely hearsay without any corroboration.
The' Punishment awarded to the respondent being illegal was rightly set aside by the learned lower Court.
4. As a result, the appeal being without any substance and is, therefore, dismissed.
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