JUDGMENT :

The writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the Show Cause Notice dated 27.08.2008, Charge-sheet dated 30.06.2010, Enquiry Report dated 16.06.2011, Orders dated 07.10.2011, 02.12.2011 and 31.12.2011. The petitioner was employed as an Messenger under the Assam Gramin Vikash Bank and was posted in the Kaithalkuchi Branch of the Bank. During the course of his service an allegation was made against the petitioner with regard to opening of Re-investment Plan Certificate Account (RIPC account). The allegation made against the petitioner was that the said account amounting to Rs 50,000 (Rupees Fifty Thousand) was opened without depositing any amount in the said account. The further allegation was that the petitioner personally wrote the receipt bearing number 034923 and had personally made entries in the account opening register and the ledger. Accordingly, Show Cause notice was issued to the petitioner to which he replied and thereafter, on the basis of the enquiry report submitted, the authorities passed the impugned order dated 02.11.2011 whereby the petitioner was imposed a major penalty of removal from service “which shall not be a disqualification for fu