ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. In this appeal, the appellants have questioned the correctness of judgment dated 29.04.2009 of the Division Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court which dismissed the writ appeal preferred by the appellants against the order of the learned Single Judge who allowed the writ petition filed by the respondent and held that penalty of dismissal from service could not be imposed upon him after his retirement from service with effect from 31.12.1993.

3. A perusal of the record shows M/s. Mangaldeep, a customer of appellant No.1 Bank filed a complaint before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in 1992 alleging deficiency of service. The then Zonal Manager of the Bank and the respondent were impleaded as parties in the complaint. After some time, the Zonal Manager issued a charge-sheet to the respondent, which became subject matter of challenge in Writ Petition No.244/1994 filed by the respondent in the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. In the writ petition filed by him, the respondent also challenged the amendment made by appellant No.1 Bank in the service regulations. By an order dated 17.11.1995, the learned Single Judge declined to quash the charge-shee