Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

This order shall dispose of the application filed by the applicant/defendant No.4 for rejection of the plaint on the ground that it does not disclose any cause of action against him.

2. The non-applicant/plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as the ‘plaintiff’), is an ex-employee of defendant No.1- bank and aggrieved by his supersession has filed this suit mainly seeking therein the decree of declaration, mandatory injunction and compensation to the tune of Rs. 1 crore on account of damages caused to his reputation as well as harassment and mental agony caused to him.

3. Besides, the H.P. State Co-operative Bank Ltd, through its Chairman/Managing Director having been impleaded as defendant No.1, the plaintiff has also impleaded the Managing Director of the Bank as defendant No.2 and in addition thereto, certain private parties including defendant No.4 Amit Kashyap, who worked as the Managing Director of defendant No.1 from the period w.e.f. 26.10.2010 to 29.01.2013 and thereafter 02.07.2013 to 27.05.2014 have also been impleaded as party defendant by name.

4. It is averred that prior to joining of defendant No.4 as Managing Director of defendant No.1-Bank,