The petitioner has filed this writ petition, calling in question, the legality of the order of:

(i) the third respondent, the Disciplinary Authority in and by which he has been imposed the major penalty of compulsory retirement,

(ii) the second respondent, the Appellate Authority confirming the order of the third respondent, the Disciplinary Authority and

(iii) the first respondent, the Reviewing Authority rejecting the Review Application.

2. The petitioner's case, in brief, as could be seen from his affidavit, is as under:

a. The petitioner joined the services of the respondent bank in the year 1974 and was working as Branch Manager of the Kotturpuram Branch from 8.7.1993 to 31.3.1996. While was working as Branch Manager of the Kotturpuram Branch of Indian Bank in 1994, he was informed over telephone by the then Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) that one C.R. Viswanathan would get in touch with him regarding an International Women's Football Tournament in the name of the then Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha and accordingly, an account was opened in the name of “Dr. J. Jayalalitha Gold Cup International Women's Football Tournament - 1994” (“Football Tournament” for short) by the s