JUDGMENT :

Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.

Preface :

1. The present writ petition challenges the validity of the order dated April 4th, 2012, passed by the learned Tribunal in O.A. 310 of 2010. In this order, the Tribunal declined to intervene in the dismissal order vide. no. F7-1/98-99 dated November 5th, 2009, as well as the order of the appellate authority dated August 3, 2010.

Petitioner’s case:

2. The petitioner’s case, as unfurled in the writ petition, is that the petitioner started his career with the postal department in 1974 as an EDDA. By 1979, he was promoted to the position of Postman, and later, in 1989, he was further promoted to the post of Postal Assistant.

3. In 1992, he had been performing the duties of S.B. Counter Postal Assistant at Ranigunj Head Post Office, which fell under the jurisdiction of the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Asansol Division, Burdwan.

4. As S.B. Counter Postal Assistant, he was responsible for receiving money from depositors and disbursing deposits to S.B. account holders based on the pay-in slip and withdrawal form, respectively. His role does not encompass the preparation of pay-in slips or MIS pass-books.

5. One P.L. Ganguly, a Postal Aut