JUDGMENT :

Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.

1. In invocation of the extraordinary jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ petitioner has called in question the sustainability of the charge-sheet vide. no. PGDB/HO/CM/95/12-13 dated 04.10.2012 and order of punishment dated 19.03.2014, both passed by the Chairman & Competent Authority, Paschim Banga Gramin Bank (in short, PBGB).

2. Facts as unfurled in the writ petition are that the petitioner joined as Filed Supervisor in Howrah Gramin Bank on 15.1.1985 and on 1.12.1990, he was promoted to the post of Scale-I Officer and subsequently, he was further promoted to Scale-II Officer.

3. Howrah Gramin Bank, Burdwan Gramin Bank and Mayurakshi Gramin Bank were constituted under the Regional Rural Bank Act, 1976 and by virtue of a notification vide. dated 26.2.2007, issued by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs ( Banking Divn.), aforesaid three banks were amalgamated to a single bank, namely, PBGB and the service conditions of the Officers and employees of the PBGB were governed by the Paschim Banga Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010.

4. While the writ petitio