1. By this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner, who was an employee of the respondent no.1/Union Bank of India, questions the orders passed by the respondent no.1/Bank dated 20.1.1999, 23.4.1999 and 27.3.2001 whereby it has been held that the petitioner’s services with the respondent no.1/Bank have come to an end on account of abandonment of services by the petitioner. These orders of the respondent no.1/Bank read as under:-

“ORDER DATED 20.1.1999

UNION BANK OF INDIA

REGION OFFICE

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Place

Bangla Sahib Marg,

New Delhi-1

RO:DEL:STF:321/99

January 20, 1999

(Regd. A/d)

It is on record that Sh. V.K. Narang was absent from duties from 04.11.1996 to 01.07.1997 and 03.07.1997 to till date. A memo NZ STF 2618/97 dated 03.06.1997 was issued to him to show cause why his continued absent, without valid reasons, should not be treated as voluntary cessation of employment as per clause 17 of the Bipartite Settlement and as amended upto date. In compliance to this memo, he had reported just for duty on 02.7.1999, thereafter continued remain absent till date without any information/application for leave.

Sh. V.K. Narang has thus remained ab