N.M. Jamdar, J.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of both parties, petition taken up for final disposal.

1. By this petition, the State of Maharashtra has challenged the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal dated 13 December 2014, allowing the Original Application filed by the Respondent and setting aside the order dated 4 September 2014 suspending the Respondent from service.

2. The Respondent, Dr.Subhash Dhondiram Mane, is working as a Director of Marketing, which is a senior level post. He is due to retire on superannuation shortly, on 31 December 2014.

3. The Respondent, entered the services of State of Maharashtra on 19 January 1983 as a Deputy Registrar, Class-I. Thereafter he worked in various capacities and was promoted as an Additional Registrar, Class-I post in July, 2009. He was sent on deputation as Managing Director, Maharashtra State Power-loom Corporation. He was posted as an Administrator, Maharashtra State, Cooperation and Agricultural Rural Development Bank in April, 2010. The Respondent made grievance that he was posted on a defunct bank and he was not permitted to work in a honest and diligent manner. After some oth