MY SON WAS TRAVELLING WITH A VALID RS 25/- BUS PASS ON 26/02 FRM VILE PARLE (IRLA) TO THAKUR COMPLEX (KANDIVALI EAST) AT 4.00 PM .AT THE CAMBRIDGE STOP AS SOON AS HE ALIGHTED FROM THE BUS HE WAS ASKED FOR A TICKET BY THE TICKET COLLECTOR AND HE DID SO. ON CLOSE SCRUTINY OF THE TICKET IT WAS POINTED OUT BY THE TICKET COLLECTOR THAT THE PUNCH MARK WAS NOT MUCH VISIBLE ON THE TICKET HENCE HE SHOULD PAY THE FINE.WHEN MY SON POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO OTHER PUNCH MARK ON THE TICKET AND HE HAD PURCHASED IT IN THE MORNING ITSELF THE TICKET COLLECTOR ASKED HIM TO PAY AT LEAST SOMETHING SO AS TO SETTLE THE MATTER.AS MY SON DID NOT AGREE TO IT SAYING HE WAS NOT IN THE WRONG AND WOULD NOT PAY UP THE T.C THEN GAVE HIM A RECIEPT OF RS.44/- TOOK AWAY HIS ORIGINAL TICKET AND ASKED HIM TO PAY UP THE FINE AND COLLECT THE 44/- FROM SOME BUS DEPOT AFTER SCRIBBLING SOMETHING ON THE RECIEPT.FRUSTRATED MY SON PAID UP.AFTER SEEING THE FINE RECIEPT WE HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION THAT IT IS POINTLESS TO GO FURTHER IN THE MATTER .THE TC NO.AS SEEN ON THE RECEIPT SEEMS 18422 (I DOUBT ABOUT THE VALIDITY OF THE NUMBER). IS THE TC RIGHT IN FINING A TRAVELLER FOR CARRYING AN UNPUNCHED/LIGHTLY PUNCHED TICKET BY A CONDUCTOR?
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