1. THIS is an appeal by the petitioner against an order dated September 16, 1971 passed by A.K. Sen, J. summarily dismissing his application under Article 226 (1) of the Constitution. The petitioner's case in brief is that he was appointed a clerk by the Imperial Bank of India on January 13, 1947 and was assigned to work in its Central Accounts Office. The petitioner was duly confirmed in his appointment on August 1, 1947. The said Bank, constituted under the Imperial Bank of India Act, 1920 functioned under the control of two Managing Governors who had their separate establishment with assistants and clerks. This office establishment was known as central Office and had three sections (I) Managing Governors Section (b) Chief Inspector's Section and (c) Ac counts Section. The entire staff of the central Office moved with the Managing Governors who used to visit by rotation Bombay, Madras and Calcutta to hold Central Board meetings. Since about 1925, the Chief Inspector's section and the Accounts Section of the Central Office were located at Calcutta under the supervision of the Chief inspector. From 1927 the above two departments of the office of the Chief inspector were kno