JUDGMENT - S.S. NIJJAR, J.:---By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari quashing the Part-1 Award dated 3-2-2000 given by Central Government Industrial Tribunal No. II at Mumbai in Reference No. CGIT-2/45 of 1998.

2.The petitioner earlier operated as Development Co-operative Bank Limited but has been converted into a Joint Stock Company known as Development Credit Bank Limited w.e.f. 1-6-1995. The respondent joined the predecessor of the petitioner as a Clerk in 1979. He was progressively promoted as Supervisor, Assistant Officer and, in the year 1988 as an Officer. His qualifications are B.Com. L.L.B. (Gen.). The respondent was also imparted training and was thus well versed in the Banking operations of various departments of the petitioner-Bank. The respondent was also the General Secretary of the Union and, therefore, had the opportunity to defend employees working in the petitioner Bank in the enquiries. According to the petitioner, the respondent is an expert with regard to the rules and regulations of the Bank. The respondent was working as an Officer at Mohammed Ali Road Branch of the petitioner Bank. On a numbe

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