( 1 ) THE Petitioner is aggrieved by an Award dated 16th August, 1984 passed by the learned Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) in ID No. 51/78.

( 2 ) THE dispute referred for adjudication to the learned CGIT was as under:

"whether the action of the management of State Bank of India, New Delhi, in dismissing Shri J. R. Surma, Typist Clerk, in the State Bank of India, New Delhi with effect from 30th April, 1977 is justified? If not to what relief is the workman entitled?"

( 3 ) BRIEFLY, the facts are that Respondent No. 1 theworkman joined the services of the Petitioner on 8th June, 1970 as a Typist/clerk. On 31st December, 1975 he was issued a charge sheet in which he was alleged to have prepared four fictitious credit vouchers favouring National Trading Co. These forged vouchers were then passed under the forged signatures of M. R. Lamba, Head Clerk in the concerned department. Thereafter, payment vouchers were issued in favour of National Trading Co. on the basis of the forged vouchers. It was alleged that a sheet of paper was found in the drawer of the Workman s table. In this sheet of paper, the Workman had allegedly worked out the amounts receivable under