( 1 ) IN a departmental inquiry held against a bank employee he was chargesheeted for certain misconduct. Sufficient details regarding the mis-conduct alleged was not given in the chargesheet. He confessed and admitted something which did not form part of the charge. Without there being any evidence or proof of the misconduct alleged he has been convicted and punished solely on the basis of his confession. Can this order imposing punishment be sustained ? This in short is the question which awaits answer.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is an employee of the respondent which is a nationalised bank. He is serving as a clerk-cum-cashier at Amreli Branch of the Bank. He was selected as a candidate for induction course for a period commencing from June 18 1982 to July 6 1982 When the induction course was going on the petitioner was found to be irregular in his attendance and therefore he was relieved from the training course before the expiry of the training period. He was served with a memo dated July 14 1982 wherein it was inter a stated that after the petitioner was relieved from training centre he (petitioner) approached Shri R. J. Arya of Bank of Baroda Dhanlaxmi Branch Ahme