( 1 ) IN this Special Civil Application, moved under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the propriety, correctness and legality of the impugned order of dismissal passed against him, on 16/08/1980, as contained in Annexure h to the Special civil Application and has prayed for appropriate writs in the nature of certiorari and mandamus for quashing the said impugned order and directing the respondents to pay all arrears of salaries and allowances as admissible to him as an employee of Dena Bank and for directing the respondents to reinstate the petitioner in service as if he has never been out of service.

( 2 ) THE petitioner joined as a Clerk in Dena Bank, sometime in 1953 and was promoted as an Accountant in the said Bank in 1960. After the dena Bank was nationalised, the petitioner was promoted as Branch Manager in April, 1970 in the said Dena Bank. On 5/01/1971, the petitioner was transferred as a Branch Manager to the Palanpur Branch of the said bank. The petitioners case is that, the Regional Manager of Dena Bank at Ahmedabad asked the petitioner to sanction loans to 25 Agriculturists, mentioned in the list stated to have been prepared by a