1. This appeal is directed against the order dated 27.1.2003, passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing the writ application filed by the appellant challenging the order of punishment awarded after completion of the departmental proceeding as well as the order holding that the period of suspension shall not be treated as a period spent on duty.

2. The writ petition was filed challenging the order passed by the disciplinary authority imposing punishment. The respondent-Bank filed a counter-affidavit stating that after imposition of penalty and withdrawal of the suspension order, an order has also been passed in terms of Regulation 30(4) of the Champaran Kshetriya Gramin Bank Service Regulation, 1980 (hereinafter referred to as the Service Regulation) holding that the period of suspension shall not be treated as a period spent on duty. Thereafter, the appellant filed an interlocutory petition challenging the said order dated 30.4.1998 as Annexure 13 to the writ application.

3. The facts which are not in dispute are that the appellant is an employee of the respondent-Bank. With regard to certain allegations, a departmental proceeding was initiated and the appellant was giv