JUDGMENT - KANADE V.M., J.:-By this petition, petitioner seeks appropriate writ, direction or order under Article 226 of the Constitution of India quashing the order of termination dated 14-11-2000 passed by respondent No. 1 Bank and seeks further direction that the petitioner be reinstated in service with all consequential benefits.

2. Petitioner was appointed as a clerk in the year 1964 in the respondent No. 1 the Ratnagiri District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. which is a bank registered under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960. Petitioners case is that he was promoted and appointed as Manager of respondent No. 1. Petitioners case is that his services were terminated after holding an inquiry. Petitioner is challenging the said order of termination on various grounds. The learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, inter alia, submitted that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India would not be maintainable against respondent No. 1 which is a bank registered under the Co-operative Societies Act. He relied upon the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of (Federal Bank Ltd. v. Sagar Thomas and others)1, reported in 2003(III) C.L.R.

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