SHIV NARAYAN DHINGRA, J.

1. By this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the validity of award dated 18.11.1997 passed by Cental Government Industrial Tribunal, New Delhi.

2. Briefly, the facts are that the respondent workman was working as a 'daftry' with the petitioner bank. He absented from the job without sanctioned leave for about 686 days prior to December, 1986. He absented for 126 days without sanctioned leave unauthorisedly in the year 1987. A show cause notice was issued to him about his above unauthorised absence on 26.8.1988 to which he gave no reply. Since unauthorised absence constituted minor misconduct under para 19.8(a) of Bipartite settlement, vide order dated 16.11.1988, a penalty of 'censure' was imposed on the respondent. A notice dated 27.8.1988 was issued to the respondent for his unauthorised absence from 5.4.1988 to 14.5.1988 and from 19.5.1988 to 11.7.1988. The respondent did not reply to the show cause notice as well and vide order dated 16.11.1988, a second penalty of 'censure' was imposed upon him. This did not deter the respondent from committing further misconduct of unauthorised absence and respondent absented from duties unauthor