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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Neelanjit Das

For ferrying 59 ticketless passengers bus conductor was terminated from government job: Allahabad High Court ruled this as dishonesty

For 22 years, a bus conductor of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) fought a legal battle to get his job back after he was fired for allegedly ferrying 59 passengers without tickets.

This incident happened on June 23, 2004, when Mr Prasad was working as a conductor on Uttar Pradesh government bus traveling from Faizabad to Akbarpur. About 12 km into the journey, a surprise inspection was conducted and it was found that he had failed to issue tickets to 59 passengers in the bus though he had filled out paybills.

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