1. The prayer in the writ petition is for the issue of a writ of certiorarified mandamus, quashing the circular No. 2/8 dated 3-1-1978 issued by the Personnel Department of the respondent-Bank and directing them to give full credit to the salaries of the petitioner and other Award Staff affected under the circular in the month of December, 1977 in the petitioner's and other Award Staff's respective accounts in the respondent-Bank, without any deductions as stated in the circular dated 3-1-1978 issued by the Personnel Department of the respondent-Bank.

2. The prayer has come to be projected on the background of the following facts : The respondent-Bank is a nationalised Bank. The petitioner was an Award Staff working in the Harbour Branch of the respondent-Bank as a cashier. Pursuant to a call given by the All India Bank Employees' Association, the employees (Award Staff of all Nationalised Banks in the country) proposed to stage a demonstration for limited hours in December, 1977, demanding revision of wages and other service conditions any payment of bonus. With regard to the said proposed agitation, the respondent-Bank issued a Circular No. 225/77 dated 27-12-1977, [addres