Sambuddha Chakrabarti

1. IN an earlier appeal filed by the present appellant a Division Bench of our Court had remanded the matter to the learned Single Judge after framing the issues to be decided by the Trial Court. The points so framed were:

1) Whether after acquittal in a criminal case the writ petitioner is entitled to pray for quashing of the departmental proceedings; and

2) Whether the bank authorities are debarred from proceeding with the said proceeding.

2. AFTER remand the matter went back to the learned Single Judge and His Lordship by an elaborate judgment and order, dated July 27, 2011 had dismissed the writ petition answering both the questions formulated by the Division Bench in the negative.

This judgment and order of the learned Single Judge has been impugned in the present appeal.

3. THIS case unfortunately has a chequered career, perhaps largely due to different stands taken by the appellant himself in different proceedings.

4. SHORT of all details the facts necessary for the disposal of the present appeal may be taken note of. In the year 1978 the appellant was appointed as a subordinate staff of the United Commercial Bank (UCO Bank), i.e., the respondent