(1) The petitioner, at the material time, while holding the post of Deputy Manager (Law) of State Bank of India (hereafter the Bank) was posted at its Bidhannagar Zonal Office. Disciplinary proceeding was initiated against him vide charge-sheet dated 9th May, 2000 issued by the Deputy General Manager, Zonal Office of the Bank, being his disciplinary authority. The charges read as follows :

(i) you did not declare in your statement of Assets and Liabilities as on 31.03.97 submitted to the Bank a land measuring 7 Cottah 7 Chattak 13 sq. ft. (arround 500 sq.metre) at 226/5/1 N.S.C. Bose Road, Calcutta 700 092 purchased by your wife, Smt. Nibedita Pattanayak, along with one Smt. Mita Ghosh on 30.09.96 at cost of Rs. .4 lacs, for the purpose of promotion and developing.

(ii) You did not intimate in writing to the Competent Authority regarding acquisition of the abovementioned immovable property in the name of your wife..

(iii) You did not disclose the amount of Rs. 1.90 lac received by your wife in April 1990 from your brother-in-law in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities submitted to the Bank in the succeeding years.

(iv) you along with your wife received possession of 4