Arijit Banerjee, J.

1. In this proceeding the writ petitioner prays for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to disburse the petitioner’s differential salary along with interest for the period during which he was placed under suspension, annual increment for ten months along with interest thereon and interest on delayed payment of gratuity. The undisputed facts of this case forming the background of this writ petition are briefly as follows.

2. The petitioner joined the respondent Bank as a clerk in the year 1972. Ultimately he was promoted to the Officer Cadre. In the year 1994, the CBI initiated a case against the petitioner and some other officers of the Bank under Secs. 420, 466, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and Secs. 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Corruption of Prevention Act, 1988. The petitioner was placed under suspension by the then General Manager under Regulation 12(1)(b) of the Indian Overseas Bank Officer Employees’ Discipline and Appeal Regulations, 1976 (in short the ‘1976 Regulations’). The petitioner filed CO No. 6205(W) of 1995 in this Court challenging the order of suspension. By an order dated 6 June, 1995, this Court remanded the matter back to the c