JUDGMENT - M.S. DESHPANDE, J.:---By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner, challenges the order dated 2nd March, 1981 discharging him from his employment without payment of compensation under section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act and seeks reinstatement with backwages.

2. The petitioner was appointed on 22nd August, 1966 as a Clerk with the State Bank of India. He was charge sheeted on 23rd April, 1979, the charges being that he had is collusion with a borrower induced the Manager of Digras Branch of the State Bank of India to grant advances to various relations and servants of that borrower and for these advances, the borrower Shri Rathod was the guarantor, the object of the petitioner being to advance the interests of the said Shri Rathod. The second charge was that he had accepted gratification from various borrowers for arranging to have their loans sanctioned. The petitioner filed his reply on April 30, 1979 and the Enquiry Officer made a report after holding the enquiry that the charges were partly established. A notice to show cause why the petitioner's services should not be terminated was issued on 7th January, 1980 and after considering

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