1. Petitioners are the wife and son of one C.Thanigachalam, now deceased, who was employed as Armed Guard/Assistant (A/c) with the second respondent. In respect of certain alleged wrong doing of the said employee a charge memo dated 03.09.1999 was issued informing as follows:

"i) On 25.06.98, when you were working as Assistant (Accts./Cash) at the Branch, you unauthorisedly withdrew a sum of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two thousand only) from the Savings Bank Account No.11/2844 of Shri G.George William by forging his signature on the withdrawal slip and misappropriated the amount.

You have thus fraudulently withdrawn a sum of Rs.2,000/- from the aforesaid Savings Bank Account by forging the signature of the Account holder on the withdrawal slip and misappropriated the amount.

Your above act of fraudulent withdrawal of a sum of Rs.2,000/- from the SB Account No.11/2844 of Shri G.George William maintained at the Branch by forging the Account holder's signature on the relative withdrawal slip and misappropriation of the said amount, if proved, would amount to an act prejudicial to the interest of the Bank and hence a "gross misconduct" in terms of para 521 (4) (j) of Sastry Award re