Ashok Bhushan, J.

These two Writ Appeals have been filed against the same judgment dated 2.3.2013 in O.P.No.39132 of 2002. The parties in these appeals shall be described as referred to in the Original Petition. Both the parties being aggrieved by the judgment of the learned Single Judge, have come up in these two Writ Appeals. Brief facts which emerged from the pleadings of the parties are:

2. The petitioner entered into the service of the first respondent Nedungadi Bank as a clerk on 17.5.1982. The petitioner was promoted as officer in the year 1999. The petitioner was on leave on loss of pay from 18.4.2000 till 29.3.2001. The petitioner went on maternity leave on 16.7.2001. The petitioner did not rejoin duty after the maternity leave and again took leave on loss of pay till 19.1.2002. The petitioner sent leave application dated 20.1.2002. Exhibit P1 communication dated 11.3.2002 was sent to the petitioner by the Bank stating that the Bank is not in a position to grant further extraordinary leave as the petitioner has already been sanctioned 486 days extraordinary leave on medical ground. The petitioner was instructed to report for duty immediately, failing which the Bank