JUDGMENT :

Anant S. Dave, J.

The appellant is the original petitioner, who filed writ petition being Special Civil Application No. 9868 of 2008, challenging the orders passed by the respondent No. 3 dated 17.12.2004 by which the petitioner came to be dismissed from the services of the respondent bank, came to be confirmed in Appeal vide order dated 31.3.2005 by the respondent No. 2 and finally, by the respondent No. 1 in Revision Application by an order dated 17.10.2007, with basic prayer before the learned Single Judge in above writ petition was to issue a writ of mandamus, certiorari or appropriate writ or direction for quashing and setting aside impugned orders passed by the respondents as arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the statutory Rules and Regulations of Bank of Baroda Employee's (Discipline & Appeal) Regulations, 1976.

Certain facts with regard to filing of this Letters Patent Appeal are as under:

2. In the year 2001, when the petitioner was serving as a Chief Manager of the respondent bank at GIDC, Phase III at Vapi Branch, Gujarat, on 8.8.2001, he came to be served with the charge-sheet under Sub-Regulation 6(3) of Discipline and Appeal Regulations of 1976, for the charge