1. The appeal and cross appeal/objection arise out of a judgment passed by
the learned Single Judge Bench in writ petition (W.P.O. 211 of 2025)
dated 13.08.2025.
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2. The appellant bank was the respondent before the writ court. The cross
objectionist was the writ petitioner. He approached the writ jurisdiction
being aggrieved by an order of punishment dated 26.12.2019 dismissing
the writ petitioner from the bank’s service. The petitioner also sought
quashing of an order of the appellate authority dated 08.09.2020
whereby and whereunder the appellate authority affirmed the penalty.
3. The writ petitioner was proceeded against by a Charge memo dated 9 th
November, 2018. The substance of the allegations made against the writ
petitioner was in respect of certain fraudulent transactions including
unauthorized debit in various General Ledger Heads, when he was posted
as Branch Head/ Official in various branches. The allegations were in
relation to multiple transactions alleging that the Bank’s funds had
either been disbursed in cash; or siphoned off into the personal account
of the charge sheeted officer, his wife and relatives. The writ petitioner
submitted his response to the Charge memo. Relying upon the
petitioner’s reply, the bank took a stand that charges were admitted
therein. Learned Advocate however, submitted that the petitioner’s reply
does not contain any admission of the allegations as per the Charge
Memo.
