Sambuddha Chakrabarti, J.

1. By this writ petition the petitioner has, inter-alia, prayed for a declaration declaring Regulation 20 (3) (iii) of the United Bank of India (Officers') Service Regulation, 1979 and Regulation 46(2) of the Pension Regulations of the said Bank to be ultra-vires the constitution, a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to act and proceed in accordance with law and cancel or withdraw the charge-sheet and other letters as mentioned therein and for other reliefs.

2. The case of the petitioner, inter alia, is that after rendering service for about 38 years only two days before his retirement he was served with a charge-sheet, dated October 29, 2011, alleging, inter-alia, that it was proposed to hold a disciplinary proceeding against him under Regulation 6 of the United Bank of India Officer Employees' (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 (Service Regulations for short).

3. The charges against the petitioner were that while working as Ex-Deputy General Manager and CRM of UBI and Ex-General Manager of the Southern Region he had committed certain irregularities in sanctioning certain loan amounts and failed to take all possible st