JUDGMENT

KASLIWAL. J. :— Special leave granted.

2. All the above cases are disposed of by one single order as identical questions of law are involved in all these cases. In order to appreciate the controversy, facts in brief are stated of all these cases.

SLP No. 4176 of 1988:

3. The respondent Vijaya Kumar was appointed as a Probationary Officer (Gr. 1 Officer) by an order of the Executive Committee of the Central Board of the State Bank of India on 7-12-71. The respondent was chargesheeted in respect of gross irregularities and corrupt practices and was ultimately dismissed from service by an order dt. 22-12-88 passed bv the Chief General Manager of the Bank. Shri Vijaya Kumar filed a Writ Petition No. 194/83 before the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging his order of dismissal. A Division Bench of the High Court heard the writ petition along with Appeal No. 141/86 and allowed the writ petition but dismissed the writ appeal by order dated 26-11-87*. The State Bank aggrieved against the aforesaid order of the High Court passed in Writ Petn. No. 194/83 has filed this writ petition only on one ground that the appointing authority of Vijaya Kumar was Executive Committee of the Bank an