( 1 ) THIS Contempt Case was filed by the petitioner alleging that without complying with the orders passed by this Court in W. P. No. 16216 of 1996 dated 5-11-1996 fully, the respondent is trying to hold the disciplinary proceedings and the same amounts to flouting the orders of this Court.

( 2 ) HI this case, this Court is called upon to decide not only the issue whether the respondent-Bank flouted the orders of this Court or not but also whether this Court can interdict the disciplinary proceedings in the middest when a serious illegality came to its notice or the proceedings should be allowed to be completed ?

( 3 ) BY order dated 27-2-1997 notice before admission was given returnable by 13-3-1997. After receipt of the notice, respondent filed a counter-affidavit stating that pursuant to the orders of this Court as many as 179 documents on which the Management intends to rely to prove the charges levelled against the petitioner were furnished, and also particulars of 24 missing vouchers were also furnished by the Bank through its letter dated 5-2-1997. With regard to 11 more documents, the Bank categorically stated that they are missing from the records of the