VIGILANCE MANUAL VOLUME III - AP Online

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not see reason to change the order,” without complying with the
need to pass a speaking order. The Tribunal quashed the order of
punishment, and the appellate order.
(316)
Misconduct — bigamy
No question of bigamy, when both the first and the
second marriages are not proved.
V.V. Guruvaiah vs. Asst. Works Manager, APSRTC, Tirupati,
1989 (2) ALT AP 189
The petitioner, V.V. Guruvaiah, Mechanic, APSRTC was
removed from service on the ground that he had been enjoying more
than one living wife, viz. Jayamma and Munamma. The petitioner
contended that he married one Nagaratnamma who died and
thereafter he married one Dhanavathi, who divorced him and then
he married another lady by name Laxmamma and had to divorce her
for her infidelity. These facts indicate that the petitioner has no doubt
taken several wives one after the other but he did not have more
than one wife at a time.
The case against the petitioner is that the APSRTC received
a lawyer’s notice dated 1.4.1985 from V. Munamma claiming that
she is the second wife of the petitioner and a son by name V.G.
Somasekhara was born to them. She further claimed a sum of Rs.400
per month from the salary of the petitioner on the ground that she
has been deserted by the petitioner. A preliminary enquiry was
conducted and a charge sheet was issued alleging, among other
things, that the petitioner has committed bigamy by taking a second
wife during the subsistence of his marriage with the first wife.
The petitioner denied that he had any connection with
Munamma and Munamma herself filed a counter affidavit denying