Judgment

KANIA, J.

( 1 ) LEAVE granted. Counsel heard.

( 2 ) THIS is an appeal by special leave against the decision of a learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High court, dismissing summarily Regular Second Appeal No. 405 of 1990 in that court.

( 3 ) THE relevant facts can be stated very shortly.

( 4 ) AT the relevant time respondent 1 was an officer being the manager in the Hardwar Branch of the appellant Bank, a government of India Undertaking. On 2/04/1982 a show cause notice was served on respondent 1 in respect of several irregularities, lapses, acts, omissions and so on. On 4/05/1982 respondent 1 submitted his reply to the said show cause notice denying the charges made against him and asking for the holding of an enquiry into the allegations. On July 17, 1984 respondent 1 was promoted from Scale II to Scale III by the appellant. It appears from the record that disciplinary action was contemplated against respondent 1 but in November 1984, the disciplinary proceedings contemplated against respondent 1 were kept in abeyance as some of the allegations against him were under investigation by the central Bureau of Investigation (CBI ). On 11/03/1988 interviews for promoti