Per K. S. RADHAKRISHNAN, J.

This appeal is preferred by the Syndicate Bank and its officers against the judgment of the learned single Judge interfering with the order of dismissal of the first respondent from service on the basis of Syndicate Bank Officer Employees (Conduct) Regulations, 1976. Learned single Judge also set aside the enquiry report dated July 20, 1989 and various orders issued pursuant thereto.

Short facts which are necessary for the disposal of the appeal are as follows. One M. Damodaran, applied for a vehicle loan of Rs. 17, 000/- from the Mulleria Branch of the Syndicate Bank for the purchase of a new autorikshaw. First respondent was functioning as the Manager of the said Branch at that time. First respondent-delinquent Officer agreed to arrange the loan, and as a precondition complainant was directed to remit margin money of Rs. 6000/-. Complainant remitted the margin money in various instalments, final instalment of which was remitted on September 1, 1984. For sanctioning the loan, delinquent officer demanded a sum of Rs. 2, 000/- which the complainant found difficult to pay. Complainant later visited the bank on October 5, 1984 and made enquiries a