Dear colleagues,
In my view, even before thinking of any punishment like warning etc, it needs to be ascertained the facts of the acts of indiscipline.
The acts of indiscipline are absenting from and leaving the place of work without permission. The employee should be called to understand what time he left the place of work, number of hours he remained absent, what made him not to take prior permission , was there any emergency or any pressing circumstances, is he habitual rule breaker and does he admit his mistake.
After ascertaining these facts which undoubtedly will establish his acts of indiscipline, then he can be awarded appropriate punishment like verbal warning/ written warning.
In my view no showcase notice is necessary if the process of calling him to understand what went wrong is followed . Besides , if the Standing Orders are applicable to the workman, strictly speaking, no prior showcase notice is required for awarding punishment of written warning .
I am stressing here the need for fairness in ascertaining the facts of such aberrations before jumping to any conclusion about awarding punishment.