1. By this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner who was an employee of the respondent no.1/Syndicate Bank and worked as Chief Manager/Assistant General Manager of the respondent no. 1/Bank at Asaf Ali Road Branch, New Delhi and as Divisional Manager (DM) at Chandigarh Branch, impugns the orders passed by the departmental authorities imposing the punishment of dismissal from services of the petitioner.

2. There were three charges against the petitioner. The first charge against the petitioner was that the petitioner while working in the Asaf Ali Road Branch, New Delhi of the respondent no.1/Bank, allowed unauthorized withdrawals in the account of M/s Arora Associates which was the proprietorship concern of one Smt. Swarnadevi, Smt. Swarnadevi being the mother of one of the Sub-Manager of the respondent no.1/Bank posted at the Asaf Ali Road Branch, New Delhi. With respect to nine cheques of different amounts ranging from Rs.2,460/- to Rs.15,700/- the charge against the petitioner was that he allowed withdrawals although he had no power to allow withdrawals and overdrafts in the account of M/s Arora Associates. With respect to t