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6. In this case, the misconduct for which the extreme punishment visited the worker is causing a very negligible loss to the employer. A serious question that arises in such cases would be besides the legality of the punishment, the morality of imposing such a severe punishment as well. While imposing a punishment, the employer should first consider whether the delinquent committed the offence with intent to make unlawful gain and to pilfer the revenue of the employer. Was it with intention to gain 50 paise that the worker committed the present misconduct? Was he in such a depraved circumstances that he desired to make an illegal gain of a trivial amount of 50 paise ? What was the number of passengers travelling in the bus and is it possible that he would have accidently omitted to issue tickets ? Is it not possible that while he was in the process of issuing tickets, the two persons might have boarded the bus ? several cases we come across, such omission takes place in buses loaded with more than the permitted number of passengers. Such may be cases of human error committed by the Conductor while issuing tickets to passengers travelling in a bus with passengers much more than the permitted number. The disciplinary authority should keep in mind all facts of problem before it awards the extreme penalty of dismissal.