Oral Order:

1. In this writ petition, petitioner challenges continuation of the disciplinary proceedings commenced in pursuant to issuance of charge memo dated 29.6.2004 on the ground that on the same set of facts and evidence, he was acquitted in criminal case.

2. Heard the learned counsel for petitioner and learned standing counsel for respondent bank.

3. Facts which are relevant for the purpose of deciding the issue in this writ petition are as under: While petitioner was working as Clerk-cum-Cashier in the Komaragiripatnam, Allavaram mandal, East Godavari District, petitioner was served with a charge memo dated 29.6.2004 leveling various allegations. Substance of the allegations is, having received the cash from the depositor, he did not remit the amount to the concerned account; made fictitious credit entries in the ledger transactions sheet; illegally credited the draft of a customer into the joint account of the petitioner and his mother; on the day cash was received from the customer, same was not debited immediately; debited savings bank withdrawals from his mother account even though there is no sufficient cash balance.

4. On various allegations, which also form pa