Pramath Patnaik, J.

1. In the captioned writ application, prayer has been made for quashing the order dated 22.06.2005 whereby the petitioner has been inflicted with punishment of reduction/down grading the pay scale by three stages and for quashing the charge-sheet dated 20.12.2003 issued by the Chairman-cum-disciplinary authority and quashing the order dated 07.09.2006 passed by the appellate authority/respondent no.3 whereby the order dated 16.06.2005/22.06.2005 passed by the disciplinary authority has been modified to the extent that the order of inflicting punishment of reduction/down grading the pay scale by three stages has been reduced to reduction /down grading pay scale by two stages and the period of suspension would remain as it is.

2. Sans details, the facts as disclosed in the writ application is that while continuing on the post of Accountant at Garhwa Bazar Branch of Palamau Kshetriya Gramin Bank, the petitioner was placed under suspension vide letter dated 21.09.2001 for violating the directions and the explanation was called for from the petitioner dated 06.10.2001. In pursuance to the said letter, the petitioner submitted his explanation before the Gener